All About Gate -Part 2

GATE Syllabus

GATE syllabus is one of the toughest exams in India, covering various topics of engineering. GATE exam questions can be broadly classified as follows -

1. Engineering mathematics questions constituting 13-15 marks

2. General aptitude questions constituting 15 marks

3. Core questions consist of 70-72 marks

4. General aptitude questions (common for all streams) test analytic skills in verbal ability and numerical ability.

Test Scores

GATE Exam score is announced in the 3rd week of March. The GATE report card or we say scorecard consists of the following -

1. GATE Score (on a scale of 1000)

2. Marks (out of 100)

3. All India Rank

4. Number of candidates appeared in the paper

5. Qualifying marks for General, OBC, and SC/ST/PwD categories.

Both Marks, as well as GATE score, is released because Marks tells the candidates about his performance in his Examination

GATE Score is normalized score among different sets of question papers. Example, Because every year lots of students, Mechanical Engineering (ME) is divided into 4-time slots of students each of which gets different sets of questions. The difficulty level might vary across slots, the organizing body releases GATE score which can be used to compare and rank of students in different time slots.

Fees

FeesCategoryRs 750Indian female, SC, ST and Physically challenged students Rs 1500.