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GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Examination –

Organised by – IIT ( Indian Institute of Technology) or IISC ( Indian Institute of Science ) on behalf of National Coordination Board – GATE, The Department of Higher Education , Ministry of Education ( MOE ) , Government of India.

IISC is the nodal institute to organise the examination in 2024.

Purpose of the examination – It is an examination to test the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in Engineering / Technology  / Science / Architecture  / Humanities for admission in the –

i .  Masters Degree and direct Doctoral Programs in Engineering / Technology / Science / Architecture / Humanities

ii . Doctoral Programs in relevant branches of Engineering / Technology / Science / Architecture / Humanities



iii. Recruitment by some Public Sector Companies.



Financial Assistance – Qualifying GATE score can be used for financial assistance in different type of courses –

presently Rs. 12,400 /- per month to M.Tech
students and generally paid for 22 months.

Financial Assistance for Phd Programs ( Director Ph.D after B.E. / B.Tech / M.Sc equivalent with a valid GATE score ) is Rs. 37,000/- per month for the first two years and Rs. 42,000/- per month from the third to the fifth year .


General Schedule of the Examination –

Registration and Online application – Generally in August to October

Admit cards download – Generally in January

Examination – In February

Result published – In March

Free download of Score Card – May to June

Session – The Examination generally happened in Saturday and Sunday in two sessions –

i. Forenoon session – 09:30 am to 12:30 pm

ii. Afternoon session – 02:30 pm to 05:30 pm



Test Pattern –
i . Examination is conducted in English .

ii. Computer Based Test in selected centres in selected cities.

iii. Duration – 3 hours

iv. Number of Subjects – 30

v. Sections – a . General Aptitude Test
                     b. Selected Subjects

vi. Type of questions for selected Subjects –

   a . MCQ or Multiple Choice Questions

   b. MSQ or Multiple Select Questions

   c. NAT or Numerical Answer Type Questions

vii. Question category – Recall, Comprehension, Application, Analysis and Synthesis

viii. Distribution of Marks in all papers except AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL –
  a. General Aptitude – 15 marks
  b. Engineering Mathematics – 13 marks
  c. Subject – 72 marks
  d. Total – 100 marks

ix. Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL –

a . General Aptitude – 15 marks
b. Subject – 85 marks
c. Total – 100 marks

x. The General Aptitude Test is compulsory for every candidate.

xi. In XH paper there are 25 marks from Reasoning and Comprehension .

Marks distribution in this subject –

General Aptitude Test – 15 marks

Reasoning and Comprehension – 25 marks

Subject – 60 marks ( any one optional section among Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology )

Total – 100 marks

xii. In XL paper there are 25 marks from Chemistry.

Marks distribution in this subject –

General Aptitude Test – 15

Chemistry – 25

Subject – 60  (2×30 )  Any two optional section among Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology, Food Technology

xiii.  Marks per question – one or two

xiv. Negative Marking – a. For one mark MCQ ⅓ marks will be deducted for every wrong answer .

b. For two marks MCQ ⅔ marks will be deducted for each wrong answer .

c. No negative marking in MSQ or NAT type questions.

d. No partial marking in MSQ .



Selected Subjects – Candidates can select any one or two optional papers . The subjects are given below –

Aerospace Engineering –      AE

Agricultural Engineering –     AG

Architecture and Planning –  AR

Biomedical Engineering –     BM

Biotechnology –                    BT

Civil Engineering –               CE

Chemical Engineering –       CH

Computer Science and
Information Technology –     CS

Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence –           DA

Electronics and
Communication
Engineering.           –             EC

Electrical
Engineering –                        EE

Environmental Science
and Engineering –                 ES

Ecology and Evolution –        EY

Geomantics
Engineering –                         GE

Geology and Geophysics –    GG

Instrumentation Engineering – IN

Mathematics –                          MA

Mechanical Engineering –        ME

Mining Engineering –               MN

Metallurgical Engineering –     MT

Naval Architecture and
Marine Engineering –              NM

Petroleum Engineering –         PE

Physics –                                  PH

Production and
Industrial Engineering –            PI

Statistics –                                ST

Textile Engineering and
Fibre Science –                        TF

Engineering Sciences –           XE

Humanities and
Social Sciences –                    XH

Life Sciences –                        XL