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Between two mirror planes …

Here’s a question from the 2009 GATE paper: Q.15: A defect that is bounded by two mirror planes is: [You have to imagine this being read out by Big B]: (A) twin, (B) stacking fault, (C) grain boundary, and (D) … Continue reading

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A key to success in GATE-09

GATE-09 results are due in just under a day. To all our undergrad readers who took this exam this year: Good Luck! This year, GATE introduced quite a few format changes. The most important ones are the following: reducing the … Continue reading

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Graduate admissions: An interesting initiative at IISc

If you are a student with an interest in joining IISc’s doctoral program in engineering, you may have missed seeing this stuff which appears in some nondescript location in the admission brochure: NOTE: Candidates with BE/ B Tech/ M Sc … Continue reading

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