GATE 6-Month Plan: Free 180-Day Study Plan 2026
A complete 180-day study plan covering 40 highest-weightage topics for GATE. Prioritised by subject weight, not alphabet. No signup, no fees, works offline once loaded.
Reviewed by: StudyRoadmap Editorial Team · Last verified: 2026-04-24 · Methodology: Topic weightage derived from last 5 years of official GATE papers; plan optimised by total time × topic difficulty.
Week-by-week schedule
| Week | Days | Topics covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–7 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 1 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 1 (w3) |
| 2 | 8–14 | General Aptitude: Number System and Simplification (w3)Engineering-Maths: Topic 2 (w3) |
| 3 | 15–21 | Subject-Specific: Topic 2 (w3)General Aptitude: Ratio, Proportion and Percentage (w3) |
| 4 | 22–28 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 3 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 3 (w3) |
| 5 | 29–35 | General Aptitude: Time, Work and Distance (w3)Engineering-Maths: Topic 4 (w3) |
| 6 | 36–42 | Subject-Specific: Topic 4 (w3)General Aptitude: Data Interpretation (w3) |
| 7 | 43–49 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 5 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 5 (w3) |
| 8 | 50–56 | General Aptitude: Logical Venn Diagrams (w3)Engineering-Maths: Topic 6 (w3) |
| 9 | 57–63 | Subject-Specific: Topic 6 (w3)General Aptitude: Analytical Reasoning (w3) |
| 10 | 64–70 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 7 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 7 (w3) |
| 11 | 71–77 | General Aptitude: Statistics and Probability Basics (w3)Engineering-Maths: Topic 8 (w3) |
| 12 | 78–84 | Subject-Specific: Topic 8 (w3)General Aptitude: Coding and Series Patterns (w3) |
| 13 | 85–91 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 9 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 9 (w3) |
| 14 | 92–98 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 10 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 10 (w3) |
| 15 | 99–105 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 11 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 11 (w3) |
| 16 | 106–112 | Engineering-Maths: Topic 12 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 12 (w3) |
| 17 | 113–119 | Subject-Specific: Topic 13 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 14 (w3) |
| 18 | 120–126 | Subject-Specific: Topic 15 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 16 (w3) |
| 19 | 127–133 | Subject-Specific: Topic 17 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 18 (w3) |
| 20 | 134–140 | Subject-Specific: Topic 19 (w3)Subject-Specific: Topic 20 (w3) |
Subject-wise topic split
Engineering-Maths
- Topic 1w3
- Topic 2w3
- Topic 3w3
- Topic 4w3
- Topic 5w3
- Topic 6w3
- Topic 7w3
- Topic 8w3
- + 4 more…
Subject-Specific
- Topic 1w3
- Topic 2w3
- Topic 3w3
- Topic 4w3
- Topic 5w3
- Topic 6w3
- Topic 7w3
- Topic 8w3
- + 12 more…
General Aptitude
- Number System and Simplificationw3
- Ratio, Proportion and Percentagew3
- Time, Work and Distancew3
- Data Interpretationw3
- Logical Venn Diagramsw3
- Analytical Reasoningw3
- Statistics and Probability Basicsw3
- Coding and Series Patternsw3
Why a 180-day plan beats a 1,200-page prep book
| Dimension | Typical GATE book | This 6-Month Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Hours of reading before any study starts | Seconds — plan is already here |
| Personalisation | One-size-fits-all | Fits exactly your 180 days |
| Freshness | Printed months ago | Rebuilt every deploy · verified 2026-04-24 |
| Weightage signal | Author guess | Derived from last 5 years' papers |
| Cost | ₹500–2,500 | ₹0 |
| Sign-up required | Often (with a trial trap) | None |
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