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What is the GATE exam syllabus & pattern

LAST READ: APR 19 2024 | Author: JENNIFER SARA

GATE Exam (2021-2022)

IIT Delhi is conducting the GATE 2021 exam, the institute will release the detailed exam pattern of the test. According to 2020, the GATE exam has 25 paper sets including the newly added paper on Biomedical Engineering is available in the GATE portal.

The Candidates made a new addition to the GATE exam 2020 in the form of Biomedical Engineering apart from the 24 existing papers.

GATE Exam Pattern

GATE exam has a total of 25 papers set for the exam which is released by IIT's according to the exam conducted center every year. The candidates can read more details related to the exam at the official website for the GATE exam. Before appearing in the examination, candidates must be well aware of the syllabus and GATE exam pattern.

Paper Code

CE, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, AE, AG, BT, CH, MN, MT, TF, XE, PE, ST, PI, and BM
AR, CY, EY, XL, GG, MA, and PH

Exam Pattern

For CE, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, AE, AG, BT, CH, MN, MT, TF, XE, PE, ST, PI, and BM

General Aptitude (GA): 15%
Engineering Mathematics: 15%
Subjective Paper: 70%
Total Marks: 100

For AR, CY, EY, XL, GG, MA, and PH

General Aptitude (GA): 15%
Subjective Paper: 85%
Total Marks: 100

GATE exam is mostly scheduled to be held in February in online mode. Right now, Biomedical Engineering is added as a new paper in the GATE exam.

General Aptitude

General Aptitude (GA) is a common section in all branches of GATE papers. General Aptitude holds 15% weightage, General Aptitude questions are based on VERBAL ABILITY and NUMERICAL ABILITY.

General Aptitude Topics

English Grammer
Sentence Completion
Verbal Analogies
Word Groups
Instructions and Assumptions
Critical Reasoning
Verbal Deduction
Coding-Decoding and Series
Blood Relation
Clocks and Puzzles
Fundamentals, Equations, Percentage, and Averages
Ratio and Proportions
Mixture and Allegations
Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
Time, Speed, and Distance, "Time and Work"
Set Theory and Venn Diagrams
Progression, Functions, and Graphs
Logarithm’s, Permutations and Combinations
Probability, Geometry, and Mensuration

Negative Marking In GATE Exam

1/3 Mark will be deducted for 1 mark question 2/3 Mark will be deducted for 2 mark question.

Syllabus of Computer Science

Theory Of Computation (Total Marks: 7.5)
Operating System (Processes, Threads, Deadlock, CPU, Memory, etc.) (Total Marks: 9)
Digital Logic (Total Marks: 5.25)
Database (SQL: Model, Constraints, Forms, File Organization, Indexing, etc.) (Total Marks: 7.5)
Computer Organization & Architecture (Total Marks: 9)
Computer Networks [Switching, IPv4/IPv6, Routers, TCP/UDP, Control, Protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP), etc.] (Total Marks: 7.5)
Programming & Data Structure (Total Marks: 10.5)
Software Engineering/ Web Technologies (Total Marks: 1.5)
Algorithms (Total Marks: 8)
Engineering Mathematics(Total Marks: 14.75)
Compiler Design (Total Marks: 2.75)
General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Syllabus of Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Mechanics (Total Marks: 2.5)
Thermodynamics (Total Marks: 12.75)
Strength of Materials (Total Marks: 7.75)
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Total Marks: 1.25)
Theory of Mechanics (Total Marks: 9)
Manufacturing Engineering (Total Marks: 14.25)
Machine Design (Total Marks: 3.75)
Industrial Engineering (Total Marks: 8)
Fluid Mechanics (Total Marks: 7.5)
Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 12.25)
Heat Transfer (Total Marks: 6)
General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.