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GATE

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), administered by the IITs and IISc, is the qualifying test for admission to ME, M.Tech and MS courses in India. There are 21 different papers (one for each stream) in GATE including engineering streams such as ECE, CSE, EE and pure sciences such as Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. For each of the streams, the syllabus is different and therefore the question paper is different as well. The syllabus for engineering streams includes four years of engineering syllabus and general aptitude.

GATE Syllabus and Pattern

GATE is an objective type test with multiple choice questions with total time duration of 3 hours. There are 65 questions for a total of 100 marks. There is a 33 % negative marking for every wrong answer. The question wise distribution is as follows

– Q. 1 to Q. 25 : One mark Technical Questions
– Q. 26 to Q. 55 : Two mark Technical Questions
– Q. 56 to Q. 60 : One mark Aptitude Questions
– Q. 61 to Q. 65 : Two mark Aptitude Questions

The aptitude part of the syllabus in GATE has been added from GATE 2010 only. Till last year, the syllabus of GATE contained only technical aspects but from this year numerical and verbal aptitude questions have been added. In GATE 2010, there will be 10 aptitude questions carrying 15 marks out of total 100 marks. The verbal aptitude part includes questions on English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction. The numerical aptitude part includes questions on numerical computation, numerical estimation, numerical reasoning and data interpretation. It will be very important to prepare and do well in these aptitude questions because they can make a difference in qualifying in GATE or not.