Hello,

So firstly as a fellow learner of programming language I must tell you coding needs a proper timings and practice to master them. You need yo practice everyday different things in order to become a good programmer.Generally, it takes about 3 to 6 months to learn the basics of coding. You can learn coding faster or slower depending on your pace.

For example, programming 1 hour per day every day consistently is much better than thinking you will get in 8 hours every week or so. You can scale those numbers as appropriate. For example if you work or study during the day, you could try programming for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening.

Now your gate preparation can go hand in hand if you are good student who like persistent and consistency.

Gate exam consists of questions from engineering level so you need to focus on college lectures so that you don't have study extra.

Do it daily don't take holidays in between.

So give more hours to gate exam preparation and less to coding balance them .

And remember to stay healthy.

All the best!!!