Referral Books for GATE Electronics and Communications Engineering Exam

General Aptitude

1. Objective English for Competitive Examinations – Hari Mohan Prasad, Uma Rani Sinha

2. How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT – Arun Sharma, Meenakshi Upadhyay

3. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT – Arun Sharma

4. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT – Arun Sharma

Engineering Mathematics

1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig and Michael Greenberg

2. Intermediate Mathematics by B. V. Sastry and K. Venkateswarlu

3. Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal

4. Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis by SS Sastry

Networks

1. Networks and Systems – D. Roy Choudhary

2. Fundamentals of Electric Circuits – Charles K. Alexander, Mathew N. O. Sadiku

Signals and Systems

1. Signals & Systems – Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky, S. Hamid Nawab

Electronic Devices

1. Electronic Instrumentation – H. S. Kalsi

2. Semiconductor Physics and Devices – Donald A. Neamen, Dhrubes Biswas

Analog Circuits

1. Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems by B. P Lathia, Zhi Ding

2. Microelectronic Circuits – Adel S. Sedra

Digital Circuits

1. Communication Systems Engineering by John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi

2. Fundamentals of Digital Circuits – A. Anand Kumar

3. Microprocessor Architecture, Programming, and Applications with the 8085 – Ramesh Gaonkar

Control Systems

1. Control System Engg. – I. G. Nagrath & M. Gopal B. C

2. Linear Control Systems with MATLAB Applications – B. S. Manke

Communications

1. Communication System – Simon Haykins

2. Principles of Communication Systems – Goutam Saha, Herbert Taub, Donald Schilling

Electromagnetics

1. Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics – N. N. Rao

2. Principles of Electromagnetics – Mathew N. O. Sadiku

3. Microwave and Radar Engineering – M. Kulkarni

4. Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice – John M. Senior

5. Antenna and Wave Propagation – K. D. Prasad