Pattern of Question Papers and Marking
A candidate can apply for only ONE of the 21 papers listed in the
table given below. In the tables given below, the columns titled 'Paper
Title' and 'Title of the Section' provide links to the appropriate
syllabus.
The choice of the appropriate paper is the responsibility of the candidate. Some guidelines in this respect are suggested below.
The candidate is expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the
discipline of his/her qualifying degree. The candidate is, however, free
to choose any paper according to his/her admission plan, keeping in
mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which he/she wishes
to seek admission.
(The Architecture and Planning students will have to give gate examination online)
The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration
which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The
question paper will consist of only objective questions. In all papers
other than AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF, all the questions are of multiple
choice type. In AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF papers, the question paper
will consist of questions of multiple choice type and also some
questions of numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions,
each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical
answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. (Pattern of question paper is given below).
The examination for the papers
with codes AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF will be carried out ONLINE using
computers where the candidates will be required to enter the answer for
each question using mouse. For all other papers, the candidates will
have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by
darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be
negative marking for each wrong answer, except for the numerical answer
type questions.
Each GATE paper shall have a General Aptitude (GA) component carrying 15 marks.
Examination Structure:
The examination for the papers with codes AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF will
be carried out ONLINE using computers where the candidates will be
required to enter the answer for each question using mouse. For all
other papers, the candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an
Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against
each question.
In the ONLINE papers, the question paper will consist of questions of
multiple choice type and numerical answer type. For multiple choice type
questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For
numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the
answer and choices will not be given.
GATE 2012 would contain questions of four different types in various papers:
Examples of such questions can be found in Question Types.
In the papers bearing the codes AR, CY, GG, MA, PH and XL, the General
Aptitude section will carry 15 % of the total marks and the remaining 85
% of the total marks is devoted to the subject of the paper.
Marking
For 1 mark multiple choice questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a
wrong answer. Likewise, for 2 marks multiple choice questions, 2/3 mark
will be deducted for a wrong answer. However, for the linked answer
question pair, where each question carries 2 marks, 2/3 mark will be
deducted for a wrong answer to the first question only. There is no
negative marking for wrong answer to the second question of the linked
answer question pair. If the first question in the linked pair is
wrongly answered or is unattempted, then the answer to the second
question in the pair will not be evaluated. There is no negative marking
for numerical answer type questions.
Pattern of Question Papers for Architecture
In all papers, GA questions are of multiple choice type, and carry a
total of 15 marks. The GA section includes 5 questions carrying 1 mark
each (sub-total 5 marks) and 5 questions carrying 2-marks each
(sub-total 10 marks)
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