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GATE EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) is the Organising Institute (OI) for GATE 2025. The website of Gate 2025 is http://gate2025.iite.ac.in. GATE 2025 Exam will be conducted on February 1, 2, 15 & 16, 2025. GATE 2025 application form was released on August 24, 2024 on the official website. GATE result has been released by IIT Roorkee on March 19, 2025.
OVERVIEW
GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is a nationwide entrance test administered by IISc Banglore and seven IITs (located in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) on behalf of NCB GATE for admission of M.Tech in IIT, NIT, IIIT. , etc. and also for PSU recruitment (at BHEL, GAIL, HAL, IOCL, NTPC, ONGC, PGCI, etc.). The GATE scorecard is also used by various PSUs (Public Sector Companies) to recruit candidates for prominent positions in Indian Oil, GAIL, and Hindustan Petroleum, etc.
SYLLABUS
Detailed Syllabus of General Aptitude Test (Common for all Papers) is given below:-
Name of Test | Topic | Topic Example | Weightage |
General Aptitude | Verbal Aptitude - | Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage. | 10 Q |
Quantitative Aptitude - | An e-mail password must contain three characters. The password has to contain one numeral from 0 to 9, one upper case and one lower case character from the English Alphabet. How many distinct passwords are possible? | ||
Analytical Aptitude- | Some students were not involved in the strike | ||
Spatial Aptitude - | A rectangular sheet of length 6cm and breadth 4cm is coiled to form an open cylinder (say, P) such that the breadth sides meet. The same sheet can also be coiled to form acylinder (say, Q) such that the length sides meet. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?A. Surface area of the open cylinders P and Q are equal.B. Volume of P and Volume of Q are equal.C. Volume of P is greater than that of Q.D. The height of cylinder Q is greater than that of P. |
A brief Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Aerospace Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Flight Mechanics |
GATE EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) is the Organising Institute (OI) for GATE 2025. The website of Gate 2025 is http://gate2025.iite.ac.in. GATE 2025 Exam will be conducted on February 1, 2, 15 & 16, 2025. GATE 2025 application form was released on August 24, 2024 on the official website. GATE result has been released by IIT Roorkee on March 19, 2025.
OVERVIEW
GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is a nationwide entrance test administered by IISc Banglore and seven IITs (located in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) on behalf of NCB GATE for admission of M.Tech in IIT, NIT, IIIT. , etc. and also for PSU recruitment (at BHEL, GAIL, HAL, IOCL, NTPC, ONGC, PGCI, etc.). The GATE scorecard is also used by various PSUs (Public Sector Companies) to recruit candidates for prominent positions in Indian Oil, GAIL, and Hindustan Petroleum, etc.
SYLLABUS
Detailed Syllabus of General Aptitude Test (Common for all Papers) is given below:-
Name of Test | Topic | Topic Example | Weightage |
General Aptitude | Verbal Aptitude - | Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage. | 10 Q |
Quantitative Aptitude - | An e-mail password must contain three characters. The password has to contain one numeral from 0 to 9, one upper case and one lower case character from the English Alphabet. How many distinct passwords are possible? | ||
Analytical Aptitude- | Some students were not involved in the strike | ||
Spatial Aptitude - | A rectangular sheet of length 6cm and breadth 4cm is coiled to form an open cylinder (say, P) such that the breadth sides meet. The same sheet can also be coiled to form acylinder (say, Q) such that the length sides meet. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?A. Surface area of the open cylinders P and Q are equal.B. Volume of P and Volume of Q are equal.C. Volume of P is greater than that of Q.D. The height of cylinder Q is greater than that of P. |
A brief Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Aerospace Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Flight Mechanics | ||
Space Dynamics | ||
Aerodynamics | ||
Structures | ||
Propulsion |
A brief Syllabus for Agricultural Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Agricultural Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Farm Machinery | ||
Farm Power | ||
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering | ||
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering | ||
Agricultural Process Engineering | ||
Dairy and Food Engineering |
A brief Syllabus for Architecture and Planning is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Architecture and Planning | General | 55 Q |
Architecture | ||
Planning |
A brief Syllabus for Biomedical Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Biomedical Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Electrical Circuits & Signals and Systems | ||
Analog and Digital Electronics | ||
Measurements and Control Systems | ||
Sensors and Bioinstrumentation | ||
Human Anatomy and Physiology | ||
Medical Imaging Systems | ||
Biomechanics & Biomaterials |
A brief Syllabus for Biotechnology is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Biotechnology | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
General Biology | ||
Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology | ||
Fundamentals of Biological Engineering | ||
Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology | ||
Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology | ||
Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology |
A brief Syllabus for Civil Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Civil Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Structural Engineering | ||
Geotechnical Engineering | ||
Water Resources Engineering | ||
Environmental Engineering | ||
Transportation Engineering | ||
Geomatics Engineering |
A brief Syllabus for Chemical Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Chemical Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Process Calculations and Thermodynamics | ||
Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations | ||
Heat Transfer | ||
Mass Transfer | ||
Chemical Reaction Engineering | ||
Instrumentation and Process Control | ||
Plant Design and Economics | ||
Chemical Technology |
A brief Syllabus for Computer Science and Information Technology is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Computer Science and Information Technology | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Digital Logic | ||
Computer Organization and Architecture | ||
Programming and Data Structures | ||
Algorithms | ||
Theory of Computation | ||
Compiler Design | ||
Operating System | ||
Databases | ||
Computer Networks |
A brief Syllabus for Chemistry is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Chemistry | Physical Chemistry | 55 Q |
Inorganic Chemistry | ||
Bioinorganic Chemistry | ||
Organic Chemistry |
A brief Syllabus for Electronics and Communications is given below:-
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Electronics and Communications | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Networks, Signals and Systems | ||
Electronic Devices | ||
Analog Circuits | ||
Digital Circuits | ||
Control Systems | ||
Communications | ||
Electromagnetics |
A brief Syllabus for Electrical Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Electrical Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Electric circuits - Network elements | ||
Electromagnetic Fields | ||
Signals and Systems | ||
Electrical Machines | ||
Power Systems | ||
Control Systems | ||
Electrical and Electronic Measurements | ||
Analog and Digital Electronics | ||
Power Electronics |
A brief Syllabus for Environmental Science and Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Environmental Science and Engineering | Mathematics Foundation | 55 Q |
Environmental Chemistry | ||
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Water Resources and Environmental Hydraulics | ||
Water & Wastewater Treatment and Management | ||
Air and Noise Pollution & Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | ||
Global and Regional Environmental Issues | ||
Environmental Management and Sustainable Development |
A brief Syllabus for Ecology and Evolution is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Ecology and Evolution | Ecology & Evolution | 55 Q |
Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology | ||
Behavioural Ecology | ||
Applied Ecology & Evolution |
A brief Syllabus for Geology and Geophysics is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Geology and Geophysics | Common Section - Earth and planetary system, Weathering and soil formation, Basic structural geology, Crystallography, Petrology of common igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, Geological time scale, Mineral, coal and petroleum resources of India, Introduction to remote sensing, Engineering properties of rocks and soils, Elements of hydrogeology & Principles and applications of gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, seismic and radiometric | 55 Q |
Geology & Geophysics |
A brief Syllabus for Instrumentation Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Instrumentation Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Electricity and Magnetism | ||
Electrical Circuits and Machines | ||
Signals and Systems | ||
Control Systems | ||
Analog Electronics & Digital Electronics | ||
Measurements & Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation | ||
Communication and Optical Instrumentation |
A brief Syllabus for Mathematics is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Mathematics | Calculus, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Ordinary Differential equations, Algebra, Functional Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Topology & Linear Programming | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Mechanical Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Applied Mechanics and Design | ||
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences | ||
Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering |
A brief Syllabus for Mining Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Mining Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Mining Geology, Mine Development, and Surveying | ||
Geomechanics and Ground Control | ||
Mining Methods and Machinery | ||
Surface Environment, Mine Ventilation, and Underground Hazards | ||
Mineral Economics, Mine Planning, Systems Engineering |
A brief Syllabus for Metallurgical Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Metallurgical Engineering | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Transport Phenomena and Rate Processes | ||
Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy | ||
Physical Metallurgy | ||
Mechanical Metallurgy & Manufacturing Processes |
A brief Syllabus for Petroleum Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Petroleum Engineering | Linear Algebra, Calculus, Differential equations, Complex variables, Probability and Statistics, Numerical Methods, Petroleum Exploration, Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology, Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Production Operations, Offshore Drilling and Production Practices, Petroleum Formation Evaluation, Oil and Gas Well Testing, Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques & Latest trends in Petroleum Engineering | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Physics is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Physics | Mathematical Physics & Classical Mechanics | 55 Q |
Electromagnetic Theory & Quantum Mechanics | ||
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics & Atomic and Molecular Physics | ||
Solid State Physics & Electronics | ||
Nuclear and Particle Physics |
A brief Syllabus for Production and Industrial Engineering is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Production and Industrial Engineering | Engineering Mathematics &General Engineering | 55 Q |
Manufacturing Processes I & Manufacturing Processes II | ||
Quality and Reliability & Industrial Engineering | ||
Operations research and Operations management |
A brief Syllabus for Statistics is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Statistics | Calculus, Matrix Theory, Probability, Standard discrete and continuous univariate distributions, Stochastic Processes, Estimation, Testing of Hypotheses, Non-parametric Statistics, Multivariate Analysis & Regression Analysis | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Textile Engineering & Fibre Science is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Textile Engineering & Fibre Science | Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q |
Textile Fibres & Textile Testing | ||
Yarn Manufacturer, Yarn Structure, and Properties | ||
Fabric Manufacture, Structure, and Properties | ||
Chemical Processing |
A brief Syllabus for Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Engineering Mathematics | Linear Algebra, Calculus, Vector Calculus, Complex variables, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Probability, and Statistics, Numerical Methods | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Fluid Mechanics (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Fluid Mechanics | Flow and Fluid Properties | 55 Q |
Kinematics of Fluid Motion | ||
Integral Analysis for a Control Volume | ||
Differential Analysis & Dimensional Analysis | ||
Internal Flows & Bernoulli’s Equation and its Applications, Potential Flows | ||
External Flows |
A brief Syllabus for Materials Science (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Materials Science | Classification and Structure of Materials | 55 Q |
Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations | ||
Properties and Applications of Materials | ||
Characterization and Measurements of Properties | ||
Processing of Materials & Degradation of Materials |
A brief Syllabus for Solid Mechanics (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Solid Mechanics | Mechanics of rigid bodies & Mechanics of deformable bodies | 55 Q |
Vibrations |
A brief Syllabus for Thermodynamics (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Thermodynamics | Basic Concepts | 55 Q |
First Law of Thermodynamics & Second Law of Thermodynamics | ||
Properties of Pure Substances & Thermodynamic Relations | ||
Thermodynamic Cycles & Ideal Gas Mixtures |
A brief Syllabus for Polymer Science and Engineering (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Polymer Science and Engineering | Chemistry of high polymers | 55 Q |
Polymer Characterization & Synthesis, manufacturing, and properties | ||
Polymer blends and composites | ||
Polymer Technology & Polymer rheology | ||
Polymer processing & Polymer testing | ||
Polymer Recycling and Waste management |
A brief Syllabus for Food Technology (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Food Technology | Food Chemistry and Nutrition | 55 Q |
Food Microbiology & Food Products Technology | ||
Food Engineering |
A brief Syllabus for Atmospheric & Ocean Science (for all XE candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Atmospheric & Ocean Science | Atmospheric Science & Ocean Sciences | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Reasoning and Comprehension | Reading Comprehension, Expression, Analytical reasoning, Logical reasoning | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Economics (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Economics | Microeconomics & Macroeconomics | 55 Q |
Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics | ||
International Economics & Public Economics | ||
Development Economics & Indian Economy |
A brief Syllabus for English (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
English | Multi-genre literatures in English—poetry, the novel and other forms of fiction including the short story, drama | 55 Q |
Especially in a comparative context, anglophone and in English translation, literatures from India and, extending to some degree, the larger Indian subcontinent | ||
Literary criticism and theory; critical and cultural intellectual-traditions and approaches widely referred to and used in the discipline of English | ||
History of English literature and English literary studies | ||
Research approaches and methodologies, including interpretive techniques responsive to literary forms, devices, concepts, and genres |
A brief Syllabus for Linguistics (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Linguistics | Language and Linguistics | 55 Q |
Levels of Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | ||
Historical Linguistics & Sociolinguistics | ||
Areal Typology, Universals, Cross-linguistic Features | ||
Methods of analysis & Applied Linguistics |
A brief Syllabus for Philosophy (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Philosophy | Classical Indian Philosophy, Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Classical and Modern Western Philosophy & Contemporary Western Philosophy | 55 Q |
A brief Syllabus for Psychology (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Psychology | Research Methods and Statistics, Psychometrics: Foundations of Psychological measurement; Basic components, Biological and evolutionary basis of behaviour, Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting, Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language, Personality & Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping | 55 Q |
Social psychology & Development across the life span | ||
Applications of Psychology |
A brief Syllabus for Sociology (for all XH Candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Sociology | Sociological Theory & Research Methodology and Methods | 55 Q |
Sociological Concepts & Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation | ||
Family, Marriage and Kinship & Indian Society / Sociology of India | ||
Social Movements & Sociology of Development |
A brief Syllabus for Chemistry (Compulsory for all XL candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Chemistry | Atomic Structure and Periodicity & Structure and Bonding | 55 Q |
s, p and d Block Elements | ||
Chemical Equilibria & Electrochemistry | ||
Reaction Kinetics & Thermodynamics | ||
Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms & Chemistry of Biomolecules |
A brief Syllabus for Biochemistry (for all XL candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Biochemistry | Organization of life; Importance of water; Structure and function of biomolecules: Amino acids, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins and Nucleic acids; Protein structure, folding / misfolding and function; Myoglobin, Hemoglobin, Lysozyme, Ribonuclease A, Carboxypeptidase and Chymotrypsin | 55 Q |
Enzyme kinetics, regulation and inhibition, Vitamins and Coenzymes, Bioenergetics and metabolism, Generation and utilization of ATP; Metabolic pathways and their regulation glycolysis, TCA cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, oxidative phosphorylation, gluconeogenesis, glycogen and fatty acid metabolism, Metabolism of Nitrogen containing compounds, nitrogen fixation, amino acids and nucleotides. Photosynthesis, Calvin cycle | ||
Biochemical separation techniques | ||
Cell structure and organelles, Biological membranes, Action potential, Transport across membranes, Membrane assembly and Protein targeting, Signal transduction, Receptor-ligand interaction, Hormones and neurotransmitters | ||
DNA replication, transcription and translation, DNA damage and repair, Biochemical regulation of gene expression, Recombinant DNA technology and applications, PCR, site directed mutagenesis, DNA-microarray, Next generation sequencing & Gene silencing and editing | ||
Immune system |
A brief Syllabus for Botany (for all XL candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Botany | Plant Systematics & Plant Anatomy | 55 Q |
Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis | ||
Plant physiology and biochemistry | ||
Genetics and genomics | ||
Plant Breeding, Genetic Modification, Genome Editing | ||
Economic and applied Botany & Plant Pathology | ||
Ecology and Environment |
A brief Syllabus for Microbiology (for all XL candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Microbiology | Historical Perspective & Methods in Microbiology | 55 Q |
Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity | ||
Prokaryotic Cells & Microbial Growth | ||
Control of Micro-organisms | ||
Microbial Metabolism & Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction | ||
Chemotherapy/Antibiotics | ||
Microbial Genetics |
A brief Syllabus for Zoology (for all XL candidates) is given below
Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
Zoology | Animal Diversity & Evolution | 55 Q |
Genetics & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ||
Cell Biology & Gene expression in Eukaryotes | ||
Animal Anatomy and Physiology | ||
Parasitology and Immunology | ||
Development Biology, Animal Behaviour & Ecology |
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GATE EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) is the Organising Institute (OI) for GATE 2025. The website of Gate 2025 is http://gate2025.iite.ac.in. GATE 2025 Exam will be conducted on February 1, 2, 15 & 16, 2025. GATE 2025 application form was released on August 24, 2024 on the official website. GATE result has been released by IIT Roorkee on March 19, 2025.
OVERVIEW
GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is a nationwide entrance test administered by IISc Banglore and seven IITs (located in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) on behalf of NCB GATE for admission of M.Tech in IIT, NIT, IIIT. , etc. and also for PSU recruitment (at BHEL, GAIL, HAL, IOCL, NTPC, ONGC, PGCI, etc.). The GATE scorecard is also used by various PSUs (Public Sector Companies) to recruit candidates for prominent positions in Indian Oil, GAIL, and Hindustan Petroleum, etc.
EXAM PATTERN
As per GATE Exam Pattern the exam will be conducted online for a duration of 3 hours. GATE Question Paper includes 65 questions mainly divided into the General Aptitude section and Core Discipline. The General Aptitude section in GATE exam carries a weightage of 15 marks while the remaining 85 marks are the Core Discipline and related topics.
Check the key points related to the GATE exam pattern in the table below:
1. Fully Computer Based Test (CBT).
2. Total number of subject papers: 30
3. All Test Papers of GATE examinations will be entirely of objective type. The pattern of questions will include some Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), while the remaining questions may include Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
4. A candidate is allowed to appear for ONE or maximum TWO subject papers only. TWO Paper combinations have to be chosen from the given list of combinations of papers. Final allotment of TWO papers will still be subject to availability of infrastructure and dates.
EXAM PATTERN : HIGHLIGHTS
Feature | Description |
GATE Examination Mode | Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
GATE Exam Language | English |
GATE Duration | 3 Hours (180 Minutes) |
GATE Sectional Time Limit | None |
GATE Total Marks | 100 |
GATE Total Number of questions | 65 |
GATE Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ); |
GATE Number of Sections | General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subject Subject (s) |
GATE Section-wise Number of Questions | General Aptitude- 10 questions, |
Distribution of Marks# in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude- 15 marks, |
Distribution of Marks" in all papers EXCEPT 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 an Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 marks) |
GATE Marking Scheme | 1 or 2 marks for each correct answer |
GATE Negative Marking | For 1 mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer; |
At present, GATE is conducted in the following 30 disciplines. A candidate can select any one of these:-
GATE Paper | Code |
Aerospace Engineering |
GATE EXAMINATION 2025: LATEST UPDATE
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) is the Organising Institute (OI) for GATE 2025. The website of Gate 2025 is http://gate2025.iite.ac.in. GATE 2025 Exam will be conducted on February 1, 2, 15 & 16, 2025. GATE 2025 application form was released on August 24, 2024 on the official website. GATE result has been released by IIT Roorkee on March 19, 2025.
OVERVIEW
GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is a nationwide entrance test administered by IISc Banglore and seven IITs (located in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) on behalf of NCB GATE for admission of M.Tech in IIT, NIT, IIIT. , etc. and also for PSU recruitment (at BHEL, GAIL, HAL, IOCL, NTPC, ONGC, PGCI, etc.). The GATE scorecard is also used by various PSUs (Public Sector Companies) to recruit candidates for prominent positions in Indian Oil, GAIL, and Hindustan Petroleum, etc.
EXAM PATTERN
As per GATE Exam Pattern the exam will be conducted online for a duration of 3 hours. GATE Question Paper includes 65 questions mainly divided into the General Aptitude section and Core Discipline. The General Aptitude section in GATE exam carries a weightage of 15 marks while the remaining 85 marks are the Core Discipline and related topics.
Check the key points related to the GATE exam pattern in the table below:
1. Fully Computer Based Test (CBT).
2. Total number of subject papers: 30
3. All Test Papers of GATE examinations will be entirely of objective type. The pattern of questions will include some Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), while the remaining questions may include Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
4. A candidate is allowed to appear for ONE or maximum TWO subject papers only. TWO Paper combinations have to be chosen from the given list of combinations of papers. Final allotment of TWO papers will still be subject to availability of infrastructure and dates.
EXAM PATTERN : HIGHLIGHTS
Feature | Description |
GATE Examination Mode | Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
GATE Exam Language | English |
GATE Duration | 3 Hours (180 Minutes) |
GATE Sectional Time Limit | None |
GATE Total Marks | 100 |
GATE Total Number of questions | 65 |
GATE Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ); |
GATE Number of Sections | General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subject Subject (s) |
GATE Section-wise Number of Questions | General Aptitude- 10 questions, |
Distribution of Marks# in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude- 15 marks, |
Distribution of Marks" in all papers EXCEPT 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 an Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 marks) |
GATE Marking Scheme | 1 or 2 marks for each correct answer |
GATE Negative Marking | For 1 mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer; |
At present, GATE is conducted in the following 30 disciplines. A candidate can select any one of these:-
GATE Paper | Code |
Aerospace Engineering | AE |
Agricultural Engineering | AG |
Architecture and Planning | AR |
Bio-medical Engineering | BM |
Biotechnology | BT |
Civil Engineering | CE |
Chemical Engineering | CH |
Computer Science and Information Technology | CS |
Chemistry | CY |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | DA |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC |
Electrical Engineering | EE |
Environmental Science & Engineering | ES |
Ecology and Evolution | EY |
Geology and Geophysics | GG |
Instrumentation Engineering | IN |
Mathematics | MA |
Mechanical Engineering | ME |
Mining Engineering | MN |
Metallurgical Engineering | MT |
Petroleum Engineering | PE |
Physics | PH |
Production and Industrial Engineering | PI |
Statistics | ST |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF |
Engineering Sciences | XE |
Humanities & Social Sciences | XH |
Life Sciences | XL |
Geomatics Engineering | (GE) |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | (NM) |
Note: Geomatics Engineering (GE) and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) are two new papers introduced in GATE
The section-wise distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL is given below :-
Test Mode | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test | General Aptitude (GA) | 10 Q | 15 Marks | 180 Minutes |
Engineering Mathematics | 55 Q | 13 Marks | ||
Subject Questions | 72 Marks | |||
Total | 65 Q | 100 Marks |
The section-wise distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL is given below :-
Test Mode | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
Objective Type Online Computer Based Test | General Aptitude (GA) | 10 Q | 15 Marks | 180 Minutes |
Subject Questions | 55 Q | 85 Marks | ||
Total | 65 Q | 100 Marks |
The section-wise distribution of Marks for GATE Paper Codes XE, XH, and XL Papers is given below:-
XE Paper Sections | Code | XH Paper Sections | Code | XL Paper Sections | Code |
Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (15 marks) | A | Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory) (25 marks) | B1 | Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 marks) | P |
Any TWO optional Sections (2x35 = 70 marks) | Any ONE optional Section (60 marks) | Any TWO optional Sections (2x30 = 60 marks) | |||
Fluid Mechanics | B | Economics | C1 | Biochemistry | Q |
Materials Science | C | English | C2 | Botany | R |
Solid Mechanics | D | Linguistics | C3 | Microbiology |