I would recommend the following books for the preparation of compulsory subjects:

ENGLISH
New College Composition by dave, Verma, Aggarwala
Brush up your English by S.T. Imam
Precis Writing by R. Dhillon

ESSAY
Dawn Articles (Editiorial & Opinion)
202 College Essays by Martin

GENERAL SCIENCE AND ABILITY
General Science and Ability by Dr. Muhammad Akram Kashmiri

ISLAMIAT
Competitive Islamic Studies by Dr. Shazia Ramzan
Rehbar-e-Islamiat by Muhammad Asif Malik
Maruzi Islamiat (MCQs) by Asif Malik
Islamic History by M.Ali
Islam Its Meaning and Message by Khurshid Ahmed
Islam at a Glance by Sadruddin Islahi

PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
Pakistan Affairs by Syed Mohsin Raza
struggle for pakistan by ishtiaq hussain qureshi.
Pakistan Affairs by Imtiaz Shahid
MCQs by Imtiaz shahid

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Read Dawn Newspaper daily for this part
Buy a good Science book such as General Science and Ability by Kashmiri
get your hands on a good Who is Who and What is What book. Try the one by A.H. Publishers, it has some contributions from Foreign Authors as well.

There is no one book for GATE.

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Therefore, first of all take a print out of syllabus & identify the topics. Then you can go for books.

Transportation: khanna and justo

Building Material :Rangwala

FM : rk bansal or Modi & seth

Soil: Arora or gopal ranjan & rao

SOM: b.c. punmia

RCC : B. C. Punmia

TOS : ramamrutham

EE : s k garg

Irrigation & hydrology : sk garg

Survey : B C punmia vol. 1& 2.

Still I'd suggest you to go through handwritten class notes of any reputed coaching ( IES master or MADE EASY) or ACE engg academy).

If you're having difficulty in understanding any particular topic then you can study that particular topic, from book.

Also, enroll in any test series for GATE and give it like real GATE exam.

Don't be disheartened if you're unable to perform well in test series. It is designed to find out any mistake in your preparation, so after each test try to analyse your mistakes and rectify them.

Hope this helps.

Thank you.

Hey! Couldn't help but notice you guys missed Pakistan Affairs by Syed Mohsin Raza. Good luck guys!

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Hope it helped

Books for CE-2021
 

Thankyou for posting such helpful thread. :)

Kindly if anybody can help me in selection of books and online material for mentioned subject, please do. :unsure::con

Compulsory subjects:

1) Essay
2) English Preci (Raymond Murphy, Wren & Martin)
3) GSA (Book by Mian Shafiq, but it has bookish material not satisfied)
4) Pakistan Affairs
5) Current Affairs (Reading Dawn Editorials, kindly mention some books)
6) Islamiyat (Hafiz Karim Dad)

Optional subjects:

1) International Relations
2) International Law
3) USA History
4) Gender Studies
5) Sociology