GATE Preparation

It is good that you have taken the initiative early. That shows your enthusiasm. Now that you have decided to take the test you must reflect the thought "Why exactly do I want to write GATE?"
There are two perspectives to that question-
1. Decent score to get a good job
2. For further studies and if you are interested in research, it will be a good start.
Since you are in your second year, try joining an institute for guidance and attend the classes. Prefer going to the crowded ones for a better GATE score and low understanding if you want an immediate job.
(Or)
Go to a private tutorial who have less number of students and give more specific interest in feeding in the basics or the base of fundamental engineering. Here you will learn how things work instead of mugging up formulae.
Try searching for applications on your smart phone or laptop that keeps you updated about the exam. Believe me there are lot of such applications.
Although still in second year I wont recommend you to waste time in interesting yet not so important topics in your curriculum
Now these points that I mention will be of utmost importance.
1. Take down the syllabus of your specified course and stick to the syllabus.
2. Make sure you make one and only one notebook per subject, lets say its the fair notebook and you must keep it as a relic. Whatever you enter into this notebook should be very important points and no rough work or rubbish. Keep a rough note too to do those things.
3. Start watching videos from NPTEL. Its free and the best as far as I can go.
4. Once you start doing it enrol in a class and always attend it. Never miss a class.
5. Go slow take your time you have plenty of it.

Hi,
Follow these steps:
Study Subjects deeply during your semester exams as later you wont need to work hard.
Clear your basics.
Start your preparation with DMS as it is very very important subject.
Study simultaneously two subjects else you will get bored.(Depends on you)
Every day 23 hours regular study is enough for GATE preparation.
As soon as you complete the topic, solve the Previous year GATE question papers or exercise problems given at end of chapter in book.
Repeat the procedure same for all subjects.
Revision is very important,
Follow cycle Learn- Test- Analyze- improve- Learn- Test- Analyze- Improve
Solve 1 Aptitude problems daily.
Prepare Time table.
Fix small targets like I will complete this and this topic in this week, concept building lean more and more concepts and learn them by heart.
Every day make list of topics you will cover by night strive to achieve the target and if you fail have a new start morning.
Take short breaks of about 1015 minutes after 2 & 3 hours of study.
Test series is must for joining Speed+accuracy.
Most of the questions patters are repeating.
Collect questions and answers subjects wise.
Do this for all subjects and you will see repeating the pattern.
Solve papers (each and every question) this would cover 50% of marks in GATE.
Most problems unsolvable at first site each problem is taken from some reference books.
Collect formulas in blank paper.
I suggest you to study subjects in following order!
DS+ C+ Algorithms
TOC+CD
Maths
LD+ CO+ OS
DBMS+ can
General Aptitude!