GATE (Mechanical Engineer) Exam Pattern

  The Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India level examination for aspirants who are interested in pursuing Masters/Direct PhD in India or Abroad. More than 12 Lac in      3 lac+ mechanical students had applied for GATE 2013. These figures send the message clear and loud that if you are aspiring for admission in top institutes like IIT, NIT, IISC etc. or a high paying job in Public Secor Undertakings (PSU) you need to work hard.

Important Dates for GATE Application:-

• Availability of GATE forms:- October 1st week
• Last Date for filling up forms: November, 1st week
• Exam Date: 2nd Sunday of February
• Results: March 15^th  

 

Pattern of Gate Exam:-

In the papers, there will be a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks, out of which 10 questions carrying total of 15 marks are in General Aptitude (GA). The remaining of 85% of the total marks is devoted to the syllabus of the paper (as indicated in the syllabus section).

GATE 2013 contains questions of four different types in papers:

1. Multiple choice questions carrying 1 or 2 marks each; each of the multiple choice objective questions in all papers and sections will contain four answers, of which one correct answer is to be marked.

2. Common data questions (which are also multiple choice questions), where two successive questions use the same set of input data.

3. Linked answer questions (which are also multiple choice questions), where the answer to the first question in the pair is required to answer its successor

Marking Scheme:-

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 unattended  then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. There is no negative marking for numerical answer type questions (numerical answer type questions will appear only in the papers for which the exam is ONLINE only). General Aptitude (GA) Questions: In all papers, GA questions are of multiple choice types, 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).

Table showing Score and rank corresponding to given Marks according GATE 2013 analysis:

Gate Score 2013	GATE 2013 Rank
Gate Marks 88.67)	1
858 (Marks 79)	17
Gate Marks  (77.67)	23
693	369
661	517
623	825
591	1244
457	4873
595	1187
370	10285