Fact Check: Artificial Intelligence Syllabus for NTA NET Exam Guide
Generally Credible
1 verified, 1 misleading, 0 false, 7 unverifiable out of 9 claims analyzed
This video from Gate Smashers aims to help students prioritize AI topics for competitive exams like NTA NET and GATE. The speaker uses a star-rating system (3-star, 2-star, 1-star) based on claimed analysis of past exam questions. Key recommended topics include heuristic search (A*, AO*, Best First), fuzzy sets (3-star priority), neural networks, and multiagent systems (2-star), while knowledge representation, NLP, and planning receive lower priority (1-star). The speaker urges students to use standard textbooks like Rich and Knight and to solve assignments linked in the description.
However, the analysis is entirely the speaker's opinion, with no verifiable data or official sources provided. Claims such as 'questions come every year from approach to AI' or 'fuzzy set questions follow the same pattern' are unverifiable without access to the speaker's question database. The claim that genetic algorithm is a 'new topic' is misleading, as it has been a standard AI concept for decades (e.g., first introduced by John Holland in the 1960s). The reference to 'Soraj Kaushik' as an Indian author is unverifiable, as no such textbook is found in standard academic catalogs.
The video's credibility is moderate (score: 85) because while the advice is practical and aligns with common exam preparation strategies, it is subjective and lacks empirical backing. Students are advised to cross-check with official syllabi and practice papers. The speaker's suggestions on depth (e.g., focusing on basic levels for newer topics) are reasonable but should be supplemented with official exam guidelines.
Claims analysis
The syllabus for AI is mostly the same for NTA NET and university-level exams.
While AI curricula often overlap, syllabi vary by institution and exam body. NTA NET's syllabus is publicly available but not compared here with specific university syllabi. Without direct evidence, this claim cannot be verified.
Rich and Knight's book is the standard book for artificial intelligence.
Rich and Knight's 'Artificial Intelligence' (3rd edition by Elaine Rich, Kevin Knight, and Shivashankar B. Nair) is widely used as a textbook for AI courses in Indian universities, as noted in academic syllabi.
Soraj Kaushik's book provides the same content in easier language.
Soraj Kaushik is not a widely recognized author for AI textbooks; no major publication under that name is found. The claim about easier language is subjective and cannot be verified.
Approach to AI, including heuristic search (A*, AO*, Best First), is the most important topic, with questions every year.
Heuristic search is a core AI topic, but the claim that questions appear every year in NTA NET or GATE is based on the speaker's analysis. No official data is provided to confirm this pattern.
Fuzzy set questions follow the same pattern every year (e.g., alpha cut, operations).
Fuzzy sets are covered in AI exams, but the claim of consistent yearly patterns is anecdotal. Exam question banks vary, and no statistical evidence is cited.
Neural network has 2-star priority because fewer questions are asked compared to heuristic search or fuzzy sets.
The priority rating is subjective and based on the speaker's analysis. No empirical data on question frequency is provided to support this ranking.
Genetic algorithm questions are basic level because it is a new topic.
Genetic algorithm is not a new topic; it has been part of AI curricula for decades. While exams may start with basic questions, calling it 'new' is inaccurate and could mislead students.
Questions on big data in the December 2018 exam were simple level.
The claim references a specific exam but provides no example questions or sources. Without access to the 2018 paper, this cannot be verified.
The speaker has analyzed all AI questions from the past to create priority stars.
The claim of comprehensive analysis is self-reported. No methodology or dataset is provided to verify the analysis.
Hello friends welcome to gate smashers In today's video we are going to see Syllabus of artificial intelligence
And we are discussing this specially for NTA and NET exam But even if you are preparing for your college or university level exam also Then the syllabus if Artificial intelligence is mostly same only
But if we talk about NTA and NET exam Then they have already given syllabus of Artificial Syllabus on their website So the first point I would like to tell over here
That the syllabus I have written over here And what is the motive to make this video Because when syllabus is already available
Each and every point is already given Then what is the benefit of this video for you So what happens whenever I make video of syllabus
Before this I had made syllabus of DBMS I had made syllabus of Networks, Operating system Specially for NTE NAT exam
And GATE exam I have given the link in the description So you please check that also once
In that also I had told one point only Whenever you are preparing for competitive exam Then it very necessary in today's time to do hard work and smart work
If you see interview of all the toppers Or all the people who have qualified exam Then they generally work with hard work and smart work both
So obviously you only have to hard work But smart work, how to make strategy That we are helping
So over here first of all I want to tell you I have picked the main topics directly from the syllabus only But over here what strategy we have to make
We are making the strategy All the questions that have came till now From Artificial intelligence
On the basis of that we will decide the probability Which are such topics whose probability is maximum You have to do all that topics and do not leave them
What is the second point, many times students Either they have mastery in particular artificial intelligence subject They find it a very interesting subject
They study properly at their own end But for maximum students think that we will study once for exam Or we prepare according to what will come in the exam
So when we purchase the book Standard book For artificial intelligence
Rich and Knight, the standard book that we follow That is Rich and Knight By the author Rich and Knight
But there are Indian authors also Like Soraj Kaushik If you follow his book for you
In that also you will get the same content And you will get content on easy language But the language of content in this
You will find it a bit tough But it is obvious if you are doing preparation in less time Then you will be demotivated by seeing the book
That how can we follow this book How we will cover all the topics of the subject So over here with my complete analysis
I am telling that only Which are such topic Which would definitely have to do it on go
Until how much depth you have to do Sometimes it happens that we do it in complete deep But if sufficient time then you can definitely do it
Because your knowledge will increase with this And knowledge will increase only when you will go deep into it Deep learning concept also tells the same
Don't just learn it from above learn that concept in deep But if you want to do it in deep then you should have sufficient time So this syllabus this video is beneficial for them also
But specially for them who want to prepare this subject in less time So for that first of all I want to tell you The first topic is approach to AI
Approach to artificial intelligence I have added this broad topics according to their syllabus only And if you also follow the book of Rich and Knight
Or of Soraj Kaushik Then in that also you will get the topics like this unit wise only So if we talk about approach to AI
So this is the most important Why am I telling this most important Because every time you will get question from this unit
And which is the topic The first topic is heuristic search Over here in heuristic search we will talk about
A*, AO*, Best first We talk specially about this algorithm After that we talk over here about game playing
In game playing over here we talk about Specially minmax algorithm And other than that we have alpha beta cut off
These are the main topics over here You have to do this topic and go And along with that over here constraint satisfaction topics also come
Where we use crypt analysis And I will also tell one more small point in this DFS and BFS
Although we discuss this in data structure also What is DFS what is BFS technique But all these algorithms
A*, AO*, Best first Hill climbing You should know about them in detail
How do they work In which all the questions have came on them You definitely do those question once and go
And I will also tell from the point of view of questions What is the main motive of this channel We are covering the syllabus the content of student in a best way
Second is assignments In assignments also we are putting those questions only Which are the most expected questions
So over here you have to prepare the content also Hand on the basis of that content you also have to do the questions I've already added the links of assignment in the description box
So you definitely check that assignment also You will come to know with the questions Where you have to use those topics
We have read the concept But how to use that concept What are its real life application
How we have to bring them into calculation That obviously you will come to know after doing the question only So the first point over here, that is why I am giving 3 start over here
This is the most important topic in the artificial intelligence 2nd most topic over here is Fuzzy set
I will this also 3 start Because you will get questions from this also every year And questions are of same pattern only
Either it is AO* or it is A* Or it is best first Or you will get questions on DFS and BFS, you will get similar kind of questions
Sometimes there were theory questions or sometimes they were questions related to graphs Similarly if you talk about fuzzy set Over here we have crisp or fuzzy set related questions
Or alpha cut and operations Union, intersection, minus operation You will get maximum questions on them
So these are very logical questions If you will do them one time then definitely you will come to know How we have to solve them
So I'm keeping these 2 topics at top priority over here Then I want to give neural network 2 stars Over here I am giving 2 stars to neural network that does not mean
You do not have to do this and go This is also in most important only But compared to the number of questions asked
How many questions have been asked On that basis we are giving this 2 stars That means artificial neural network
Over here we have neural network and genetic algorithm And along with that over here we have Single, multilayer, feedforward network
In recurrent we have hope field network And we have concept of machine learning In machine learning generally we talk about supervised and unsupervised learning
So you should know these learning strategies In these strategies How we will, which is theoretically only
Mainly these topics are related to theory only After that I want to tell that Knowledge representation
Knowledge representation, planning, NLP Multiagent I again want to give 2 stars to multiagent
Because in multiagent related to types of agent And their properties Those agent use current history
They use past history Or how they work You will get questions related to that
And you will get questions of very simple level over here But other than that knowledge representation NLP, planning
I am giving them one star What is the meaning to say As compared to them
You can say that the number of questions are less But you have to do them and go Specially which topics in them
In knowledge representation Which approaches are there to represent the knowledge Predicate logic
This predicate logic topic I am giving 2 stars internally in the topic of knowledge representation I have given this complete topic single star
But I'm giving double start a predicate logic Because the concept of logic comes in mathematics also And this concept comes in artificial intelligence also
So the meaning of double star is that You don't have to leave this topic and go in knowledge And along with that we have reasoning
In reasoning we have statistical reasoning Forward and backward reasoning is there You should just know the theory about these main topics
That what is it How does it work That is all
Then planning If we talk about planning Overview what is planning, what are planning graphs, which types are there
But in that if we talk about hierarchical and goal stack planning These 2 are the most important methods Other than all
Definitely do an overview about them and go And you will get questions from that only Then NLP
In NLP we have syntactic and semantic In Natural Language Processing these 2 are main topics Cover from these 2 topics only
There is theory of them and questions come related to them only And many times I want to tell you one more strategy over here There are many topics like genetic algorithm
If you study genetic algorithm in a proper way Then definitely you will take a lot of time In studying all the algorithms
But what happens is, in competitive exams New topics are introduced So in new topics they never asked questions in detail
Or they do not ask question in deep Questions are always asked from top only But if I give you a simple example
This time only in the exam in December In December 2018 exam If we talk about that
Over there related to big data In DBMS a new topic is added big data So if you see carefully the questions on big data
Then there were very simple level questions like related to big data In the same way if we talk about genetic algorithm Or the concept of machine learning
So in this it is not that you will get concepts in very deep No, they will ask of basic level only Why? Because they will go in deep slowly
Initially they will ask of basic level only But if you talk about approach to AI Heuristic
Over here we cannot say that they will ask of basic level Or if we talk about fuzzy logic Then it is possible that they might not ask of basic level in fuzzy logic
Why? Because they are asking questions on these topics from many years So obviously they will ask one step further they will increase the difficulty level But over here still the difficulty level has not increased
Because these questions are not coming that much So whenever they will come they will come of basic level only Then I have already discussed about multiagent
Types and properties I have already given star to fuzzy set So what is the funda of star over here, it is priority
And guys I'm telling you this on the basis of my analysis only The whole subject All the questions that have came of artificial intelligence
I have analyzed all those questions I have bought this video And if you will start preparation according to this video
Then definitely you will get a lot of help And you will also enjoy that you will come to know Which topic you have to do
Which topic you can ignore a bit Thank you
The star-rating system is entirely the creator's opinion. The video provides no verifiable data, official sources, or access to a past question database to back up the claimed pattern analysis. For accurate prioritization, always cross-check with official syllabi and previous years' question papers.
No, this claim is misleading. Genetic algorithms are a standard and well-established AI concept, first introduced by John Holland in the 1960s. While they might appear less frequently in older exams, they are not a new topic in the field of artificial intelligence.
According to the video, you should give top priority (3-star) to heuristic search (A*, AO*, Best First) and fuzzy sets. Second priority (2-star) includes neural networks and multiagent systems. Topics like knowledge representation, NLP, and planning receive lower priority (1-star). Treat these as suggestions, not guarantees.
No. While the advice is practical and aligns with common strategies, it is subjective and lacks empirical backing. The video is a useful starting point for topic prioritization, but you must always supplement it with the official exam syllabus, standard textbooks, and practice papers to ensure complete and accurate preparation.
The reference to a textbook by 'Soraj Kaushik' as an Indian author is unverifiable. No such textbook appears in standard academic catalogs. It is safer to rely on widely recognized and verified standard textbooks, such as 'Rich and Knight' or official university-recommended resources.
Use the video's star ratings as a rough guide for where to focus your study effort. However, the best approach is to list topics from the official syllabus, cross-reference them with this video's priorities, and then validate the importance of each topic by analyzing actual past exam papers. This will give you a balanced, evidence-based study plan.
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