Originally Posted by waqas izhar

let me disagree.
first of all let I also appeared in 2014 with applied maths. will I score excellent? no. will I score fine? I think so.

let us analyse the syllabus.
PAPER I
three questions were to be attempted from section a and two from section b.
if you had just prepared mechanics by q.k. ghouri you would have been able to attempt all five! and what is in that book? ten exercises? or twelve?
so if you give one day to each exercise and make your own notes you can prepare it in two weeks max. and if you go only with this one book good preparation you can get at least eighty marks.

PAPER II
two questions from section a
one from section b
two from section c

section c is all numerical analysis. the questions lengthen but you can shorten them by applying convergence formulas. for this section you just need to prepare numerical analysis book taught at bsc level.
if you are counting you already have 120 marks in your pocket in three weeks preparation.
of course you have to revise, but tell me which other subject gives you at LEAST 120 marks in three weeks and we are not done yet.

section a is differential equations
for that use schuam's outline series book. use mathematical methods by s.m yousuf for Cauchy euler equations.
I did not consult any book for PDEs, did it only from the internet. but you can use a book if you like.
you do that and you covered 160 marks. tell me which other subject gives you 160 marks by covering four books considering the new paper patterns?

the end
then you can pick the vectors and tensors and better still; just solve the questions from the past papers

I will change my other optionals, but never applied maths. thANKS