GATE

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN

ENGINEERING

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Why GATE?
Academic/Career Growth
Fellowship applicable to fulltime-research
Fulfillment

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Format of GATE Paper

Its an online Computer Based Test (CBT)
Time duration is of 3 hours
The online examination paper will contain some questions

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for which numerical answers must be keyed in by the

candidate using the virtual keypad
Rest of the questions shall be of Multiple Choice Question
(MCQ) type
There will be a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks, out
of which 10 questions carrying a total of 15 marks are in
General Aptitude (GA)
Engineering Mathematics will carry around 15% of the
total marks and the remaining 70% of the total marks is
devoted to the subject of the paper
MCQ / Numerical Answer Questions will carry 1 or 2
marks each

Format of GATE Paper

Questions will be based on Recall, Comprehension,

Application, Analysis and Synthesis

For 1-mark multiple-choice questions, 1/3 marks will be
deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-mark multiplechoice questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for a wrong
answer. There is NO negative marking for numerical
answer type questions.
General Aptitude consists of:
Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion,

verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical

reasoning and verbal deduction
Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical
estimation, numerical reasoning and data interpretation.

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Sources of GATE Fellowship

INSPIRE
AICTE
Funding agencies such as UGC/CSIR/DST
Maulana Azad Fellowship for Minorities
TCS/Google

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