By Ankit Goyal
Candidates eyeing for GATE 2022 must have started their preparation. Here's a list of some of the best GATE 2022 books for the EE exam.
GATE 2022 Books: This article is intended to tackle one of the most important questions related to GATE 2022 that is what books are to be referred for the exam. First of all, let’s get one thing straight i.e. one book or 10 books, nothing is sufficient for GATE exam preparation. It all depends on the student’s learning capability i.e. how much one can learn from each question and each book.
If you are able to quickly learn concepts then you can cover the same course from a lesser number of books but if you are a slow learner then you need to go through multiple books. So even one book can be sufficient and 10 books are not really required. In this article, you will get information on which of the best GATE 2022 books are to be referred for different sections in Electrical Engineering.
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GATE 2022 Books for Engineering Mathematics
For studying the concepts you can refer to Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E.Kreyszig. It covers all the topics in sufficient enough detail but kindly study this book with the GATE curriculum alongside you so that you don’t get lost in the vastness of this book.
The better way to prepare for Engineering Maths is by the use of the Kreatryx Engineering Maths book available on Amazon which will cover all the concepts in sufficient detail along with a lot of unsolved problems for practice.
GATE 2022 Books for Network Analysis
For conceptual purposes please refer to Engineering Circuit Analysis by Hayt and Kemmerly. For practising problems in Network Analysis, you can refer to Circuit Theory by AK Chakraborathy.
GATE 2022 Books for Signals and Systems
For this, you can follow Signals and Systems by Oppenheim and Wilsky. But if the language of this book seems difficult to understand then you can also refer Signals and Systems book by BP Lathi.
GATE 2022 Books for Electrical Machines
For concepts please refer to Electrical Machinery by P.S.Bimbhra. Also, solve all the solved and unsolved exercises in this book as they are pretty much based on the GATE exam pattern.
GATE 2022 Books for Power Systems
Please refer to Power Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Kothari. This book is concise and to the point and if you need further clarification on any topic then you can refer to Power Systems by CL Wadhwa.
GATE 2022 Books for Power Electronics
Please refer to Power Electronics by P.S.Bimbhra. This book is mostly based on numerical solving techniques in Power Electronics. If you need any detailed explanation on any topic then you can follow the Power Electronics book by Rashid.
GATE 2022 Books for Control Systems
You can refer to Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal as it gives all enough details on any concept within the GATE 2022 syllabus. But if you need any reference for more details on any topic then you can refer Automatic Control Systems book by BC Kuo
GATE 2022 Books for Electrical Measurement and Instrumentation
You can refer to Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation by AK Sawhney. This book is very vast so do make sure that you have a handy list of all the topics required else you may end up studying unnecessary topics.
GATE 2022 Books for Analog and Digital Electronics
For Analog Electronics, you can refer to Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Boylestad. If you need more details on any topics then you can also refer to Electronic Circuits by Donald Neamen. Please do not study devices that are not covered in the EE curriculum.
For Digital Electronics, you can refer to Digital Design by M.Morris Mano. If the topics do not seem to be understood then you can also refer to Digital Circuits by Anand Kumar.
GATE 2022 Books for General Aptitude
You can refer to Kreatryx Numerical and Verbal Aptitude for GATE / ESE / PSU / SSC / Bank PO and all other competitive Exams.
GATE exam is mostly based on upon application of concepts and not mugging up the definitions and concepts directly from the book. So focus must be on problem-solving rather than just mugging up the concepts. So while referring to any book make sure that you are using it the right way to polish your problem-solving skills.
About the Author:
Ankit Goyal is the co-founder of Kreatryx which is an online and offline exam preparation portal. He completed his BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Indore in 2013. He is a gold medalist of his batch. He cracked GATE with an AIR-8 with the final year of college in 2013 but joined Qualcomm. He again cracked GATE in 2014 with an AIR 1.
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