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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam
GATE Examination Pattern
IISc, Bengaluru has released the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2024 Notification & Exam dates. GATE 2024 Exam will be held from 03, 04, 10 & 11 February, 2024. IISc Bengaluru will be organising institute for the exam in 2024.
GATE 2024 Examination will be conducted for 30 Papers (Subjects). GATE 2024 Examination will be conducted in online Computer - Based Test (CBT) mode, where the candidates will be shown the questions on a computer screen. Candidate can appear for only one of the 30 GATE Papers.
Personal calculators, wristwatches, mobile phones or any other electronic devices are not allowed inside the examination hall. But, a virtual scientific calculator will be available on the computer screen during the examination. So, candidates have to use the same during the examination.
GATE 2024 Examination Schedule (Tentative)
The Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) Bengaluru has announced the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2024 Examination Schedule. Candidates who have registered for the examination can check the schedule on the official website - gate2024.iisc.ac.in. GATE 2024 exams will be held from 03 to 11 February, 2024 in two sessions - Forenoon Session - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and Afternoon Session - 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
| DATE / DAY | TIMINGS | ACTIVITIES / PAPER |
| 03 February, 2024 (Saturday) | 09:30 AM to 12:30 PM 02:30 PM to 5:30 PM | AR, CY, DA, ES, PI GE, ME, PH |
| 04 February, 2023 (Sunday) | 09:30 AM to 12:30 PM 02:30 PM to 5:30 PM | BM, CE1, CH, EY, GG, XH CE2, IN, MA, MN, PE |
| 10 February, 2023 (Saturday) | 09:30 AM to 12:30 PM 02:30 PM to 5:30 PM | AE, AG, BT, CS1, MT, NM, TF CS2, ST, XE, XL |
| 11 February, 2023 (Sunday) | 09:30 AM to 12:30 PM 02:30 PM to 5:30 PM | EC EE |
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2024 Exam Duration:
GATE 2024 Examination will be of 3 hours duration and they consist of 65 questions for a total of 100 Marks.
GATE 2023 Examination for all the papers will be carried out in an online computer based test (CBT) mode, where the candidates will be shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen.
The question paper will consist of both multiple choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer type (NAT) questions.
At the end of the stipulated time (3 hours), the computer will automatically close the screen inhibiting any further action. So, candidates are advised to complete their papers within the given time.
Note:
Candidates will be permitted to occupy their allotted seats 40 minutes before the scheduled start of the examination.
Candidates can login and start reading the instructions 20 minutes before the start of examination. The last login time (if any) recorded by the computer system MUST NOT be beyond 30 minutes from the actual starting time of the examination.
Under NO Circumstances, will a candidate be permitted to login after 30 minutes from the actual examination starting time.
Candidates will not be permitted to leave the examination hall before the end of the examination.
GATE 2023 Exam Pattern:
| Particulars | Details |
| Examination Mode | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Durations | 3 Hours |
| Number of Subjects (Papers) | 30 Papers (Data Science & Artificial Intelligence is newly added subjects) |
| Sections | General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subject |
| Type of Questions | (a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (b) Multiple Choice Questions (MSQ) and / or (c) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions. |
| Questions for testing these abilities | Recal Comprehension Application Analysis & Synthesis |
| Number of Questions | 10 (GA) + 55 (Subject) = 65 Questions |
| Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT Papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude : 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics : 13 Marks + Subject Questions : 72 Marks Total : 100 Marks (*XE Includes Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 Marks) |
| Distribution of Marks in Papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude : 15 Marks + Subject Questions : 85 Marks + Total : 100 Marks |
| Marking Scheme | Questions Carry 1 Mark and 2 Marks |
| Negative Marking | For a wrong answer chosen in a MCQ, there will be negative marking. For 1 Mark MCQ, 1/3 Mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-Marks MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. There is no negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ NAT Question. |
Pattern of Examination
| Paper Code | General Aptitude (GA) Marks | Compulsory Section | Subject Marks | Total Marks | Total Tme (Minutes) |
| AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, ES, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PI, TF; Subject marks in these papers include questions on Engineering Mathematics (13 Marks), which are paper-specific | 15 | --- | 85 | 100 | 180 |
| CY, DA, EY, MA, PH, ST | 15 | --- | 85 | 100 | 180 |
| AR [Part A is Common & Compulsory for all; Part B1 or B2 can be selected during the Exam. (B1: Architecture or B2: Planning) | 15 | 60 | 25 | 100 | 180 |
| GE [Part A is Common & Compulsory for all; Part B1 or Part B2 can be selected during Exam. (B1: Surveying and Mapping or B2: Image Processing and Analysis) | 15 | 55 | 30 | 100 | 180 |
| GG [Part A is Common & Compulsory for all; Part B can either be Geology (B1) or Geophysics (B2)--which must be chosen at the time of Application.) | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 | 180 |
| XE (Section A (Engineering Mathematics) is Common & Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam) | 15 | 15 | (2x35) | 100 | 180 |
| XH (Section B1 (Reasoning & Comprehension) is Common & Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any ONE additional Section at the time of Application) | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 | 180 |
| XL (Section P (Chemistry) is Common & Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam) | 15 | 25 | (2x30) | 100 | 180 |
*PwD candidates with benchmark disability are eligible for the compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour. Thus, they will get one hour extra for a three hours examination.
GATE 2024 Papers:
| GATE Paper | Code | GATE Paper | Code |
| Aerospace Engineering | AE | Geology and Geophysics | GG |
| Agricultural Engineering | AG | Instrumentation Engineering | IN |
| Architecture and Planning | AR | Mathematics | MA |
| Bio-Medical Engineering | BM | Mechanical Engineering | ME |
| Biotechnology | BT | Mining Engineering | MN |
| Civil Engineering | CE | Metallurgical Engineering | MT |
| Chemical Engineering | CH | Naval Architecture & Marine Enigneering | NM |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | CS | Petroleum Engineering | PE |
| Chemistry | CY | Physics | PH |
| Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (NEW) | DA | Production and Industrial Engineering | PI |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC | Statistics | ST |
| Electrical Engineering | EE | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | ES | Engineering Sciences | XE* |
| Ecology and Evolution | EY | Humanities and Social Sciences | XH** |
| Geomatics Engineering | GE | Life Sciences | XL*** |
*XE (Engineering Sciences), **XH (Humanities & Social Sciences), ***XL (Life Sciences) papers are of general nature and will be comprised of sections listed in the below table:
| XE Papers Sections | Code | XH Paper Sections | Code | XL Papers Sections | Code |
| Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (15 Marks) | A | Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory) (25 Marks) | B1 | Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 Marks) | P |
| Any TWo Optional Sections (70 Marks) | Any ONE Optional Section (60 Marks) | Any TWO Optional Sections (60 Marks) | |||
| Fluid Mechanics | B | Economics | C1 | Biochemistry | Q |
| Materials Science | C | English | C2 | Botany | R |
| Solid Mechanics | D | Linguistics | C3 | Microbiology | S |
| Thermodynamics | E | Philosophy | C4 | Zoology | T |
| Polymer Science and Engineering | F | Psychology | C5 | Food Technology | U |
| Food Technology | G | Sociology | C6 | ||
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | H |
*XE (Engineering Sciences), **XH (Humanities & Social Sciences), **XL (LIfe Sciences), Papers are of general nature and will be comprised of Sections listed in the above table.
NOTE : Each Subject/Paper is total 100 Marks. General Aptitude (GA) Section of 15 Marks is common for all Papers. Hence remanining 85 Marks are the respective subject / Paper code.
MAXIMUM TWO PAPERS IN GATE 2024
A candidate may appear either in ONE or TWO Papers. For Candidates who Choose TWO Papers, the combination must be from the approval list of combinations and subject to the availability of infrastructure and Schedule.
| Code of The First (Primary) Paper | Codes of Papers Allowed as the Second Paper | Code of the First (Primary) Paper | Codes of Papers Allowed as the Second Paper |
| AE | NM, XE | IN | EC, EE, PH |
| AG | ES, GE, XE, XL | MA | CS, GE, PH, ST |
| AR | CE | ME | AE, CH, NM, PI, XE |
| BM | BT, EC, IN, XL | MN | GE, GG, XE |
| BT | BM, XL | MT | PH, XE |
| CE | AE, AR, ES, GE, NM | NM | AE, CE, XE |
| CH | PE, XE | PE | CH, GG, XE |
| CS | EC, GE, MA, ST | PH | EC, GE, GG, IN, MA, MT, ST, XE |
| CY | XL | PI | ME, MT, XE |
| EC | IN, PH, EE, CS, GE | ST | MA, PH |
| EE | EX, IN | TF | XE |
| ES | AG, CE, GE | XE | AE, AG, CH, ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF, NM |
| EY | XL | XH | ST |
| GE | CE, GG, ES, MN | XL | BM, BT, CY, EY |
| GG | GE, MN, PE, PH |
NOTE : Candidates opting on appear in TWO Subject Papers must have primary choice of paper, which will be their default choice and the second choice of paper, which has to be chosen from the allowed combinations. Combinations other than the listed ones are NOT allowed. Under unforeseen cirucumstances, GATE 2022 committee has the rights to remove certain combinations listed. In such case, the fee paid towards the second paper will be refunded to the candidates. Also note that the examination centre for candidate to appear for the second Paper may be different (but in same city) from that for the first paper due to the infrastructure and scheduling constraints. GATE committee is NOT liable for any legal obligations related to this issue.