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Candidates who are in their final year of the qualifying exam are eligible to apply for GATE.Candidates who have passed in their bachelor's degree in the relevant field are also eligible to apply for GATE.If you have done your bachelor's degree in relevant field then you are eligible to appear in GATE Geology and Geophysics.

Dear Palani, the syllabus is more than our character limit to type it down for you. Neverthless, you can download the syllabus from our page at: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-syllabus/amp

Few books that might help you are:
1. Engineering Geology by R. Nagarajan, A. Parthasarathy, V. Panchapakesan
2.Principals of Engineering by  GeologyK M Bangar
3.A text book of Geology by G. B. Mahapatra
4.Engineering and General Geology by Parbin Singh
5.Structural Geology by Marland P Billings
6.Economic Geology by Umeshwar Prasad
7.Textbook of Physical Geology by G B Mahapatra
8.Principles of Geomorphology by W.D. Thornbury
9.Principles of Petrology by G W Tyrrell
10.Fundamentals of Geophysics by William Lowrie
11.Danas Textbook of Mineralogy by William E. Ford
12.Quantitative Geophysics and Geology by Louis Lliboutry