Quantitative Aptitude Topics - GATE ME Syllabus

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Data interpretation

Tables, charts analysis.

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📌 Key FormulaPercentage change

2

Data graphs

bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data

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📌 Key FormulaPercentage from pie

3

2- and 3-dimensional plots

Line, scatter, surface plots.

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📌 Key FormulaNone

4

Maps

Thematic or data maps.

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📌 Key FormulaScale

5

Tables

Tabular data analysis.

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📌 Key FormulaRow/column totals

6

Numerical computation and estimation

Approximation, percentages quick calc.

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📌 Key FormulaPercentage, ratio

7

Ratios

Proportion, division.

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📌 Key Formulaa:b = a/b

8

Percentages

Increase/decrease, successive.

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📌 Key FormulaSuccessive %: x + y + xy/100

9

Powers

Exponents, roots.

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📌 Key Formulaa^m * a^n = a^{m+n}

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Exponents and logarithms

Log properties, change of base.

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📌 Key Formulalog_b a = 1/log_a b, log(ab)=log a + log b

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Permutations and combinations

Arrangements and selections.

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📌 Key FormulanPr = n!/(n-r)!, nCr = n!/(r!(n-r)!)

12

Series

Arithmetic, geometric, summation.

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📌 Key FormulaSum AP = n/2 (2a + (n-1)d)

13

Mensuration and geometry

Area, volume, basic shapes.

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📌 Key FormulaCircle, triangle, cylinder etc.

14

Elementary statistics

Mean, median, mode, SD.

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📌 Key FormulaMean = Σx/n

15

Probability

Basic events, conditional.

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📌 Key FormulaP(A∪B) = P(A)+P(B)-P(A∩B)