Important Topics of Programming and Data Structures for GATE Computer Science

By Kajal Vats|Updated : August 12th, 2021

Data Structure & Programming is a very important subject as it covers all the basic concepts that are used in the Computer Science branch. This subject is full consists of the programming techniques which are required at the highest priority in the Computer Science field. It also carries a good amount of weightage in the GATE CS exam and all PSU exams. Also, many questions are asked from this subject in interviews of both the public and private sectors.

So, here, we are providing a list of important topics of the Data Structure asked in GATE and Computer Science engineering exams. While preparing for this subject, we advise you to not miss any of these topics because they are asked for the maximum time in GATE and other exams.

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Programming & Data Structure Topics Covered in GATE Previous Papers

	GATE 2020	GATE 2019	GATE 2018	GATE 2017	GATE 2016	GATE 2015
Average marks	12	14	9	12.5	11.5	12
Topics Covered	MST, Binary heap,C- programming, Balanced Binary Search Tree, Post order traversal, Arrays and Pointers	C Programming, Recursion, Trees, Heaps	C Programming, Queues, Linked List, Depth First Traversal, String Functions	Programs, Linked list, Queue, Trees, Functions using static variables and pointers, Linked list, structure	Algorithm Analysis; Stacks and Queues; Height Balanced Trees; Queues; Heaps.,Quick Sort, C Programming	Stack And Queues, Trees, Height Balanced Tree(AVL Tree, BTree), C Programming, Data Structure, Hashing.

Read also: G ATE Computer Science Syllabus

Important Topics to Prepare for GATE 2021-22

The following are the topics that must be prepared for the GATE Computer Science exam on the basis of previous years analysis :

Programming in C
- Basic loops (For, while, do while)
- Switch case
- Pointers
- Type Casting
- String Manipulation
Arrays
- Single Dimensional Array (Finding address of given random element)
- 2-Dimensional Array (Finding address of given random element)
- 3-Dimensional Array (Finding address of given random element)
- Storing lower triangular matrix in array
- Storing upper triangular matrix in array
Graph Traversals
- Breadth-First Traversal
- Depth First Traversal
Trees
- Binary Search Tree
  - Insertion/Deletion
  - Membership Test time complexity
  - Identifying the operation done on BST by given code
- AVL Tree
  - Insertion/Deletion
  - Counting Rotations
  - Membership Test time complexity
Linked List
- Single Linked List
- Double Linked List
- Circular Linked List
- Identifying the final linked list after executing the given code
Queue
- Rear/Front Pointer
- Priority Queue
- Double Ended Queue
Stack
- Recursion
- Ackermann's Relation
- Infix to Prefix/Postfix conversions
- Postfix Evaluation
- Tower of Hanoi

So these are the important topics in programming and data structures subject. Preparing these topics will cover almost the entire subject which will help you to score maximum marks in this subject.

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Raju BilwalJul 10, 2018

Thanks

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Praveen PrajapatiAug 4, 2019

Thankuu so much

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Chill With BobyAug 4, 2019

Mam I have a question can you please tell me in 2020 I complete my BCA. can I give the this GATE exam after BCA

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Chill With BobyAug 4, 2019

If not so what I do for the good job in good place like Google, Facebook, WhatsApp also another good companies in abroad

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Dhananjay Prasad GuptaJul 23, 2020

Hello
Kajal mam
Can you provide me notes of Electrical Engineering and Analog and Digital Communication.
Otherwise you can help by any link of YouTube or any site

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