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GATE Exam Format and Marking Scheme

The GATE examination consists of a single 3-hour paper containing only objective-type multiple choice questions. The paper contains 65 questions worth a total of 100 marks. Questions 1-25 are worth 1 mark each, questions 26-55 are worth 2 marks each, and the remaining questions are worth either 1 or 2 marks each. There is a negative marking of 1/3 or 2/3 of a mark for each incorrect answer depending on the question.

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GATE Exam Format and Marking Scheme

The GATE examination consists of a single 3-hour paper containing only objective-type multiple choice questions. The paper contains 65 questions worth a total of 100 marks. Questions 1-25 are worth 1 mark each, questions 26-55 are worth 2 marks each, and the remaining questions are worth either 1 or 2 marks each. There is a negative marking of 1/3 or 2/3 of a mark for each incorrect answer depending on the question.

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The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration.

The question paper consists of only


objective type questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.

Question Papers bearing the codes : AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PH, PI
and TF 

 Q.1 to Q.25: Will carry one mark each (sub-total 25 marks). 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong
answer.
 Q.26 to Q.55: Will carry two marks each (sub-total 60 marks) 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong
answer.
 Q.48 through Q.51 (2 pairs) will be common data questions. Each question will carry two marks 2/3
mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
 Question pairs (Q.52, Q.53) and (Q.54, Q.55) will be linked answer questions.
o The answer to the second question of the last two pairs will depend on the answer to the first
question of the pair.
o If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is un-attempted, then the answer
to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. Each question will carry two marks
o There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question of the linked answer
question pair i.e. for Q.52 and Q.54, 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is
no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55.
 Q.56 to Q.60 : From General Aptitude (GA) will carry one mark each (sub-total 5 marks). 1/3 mark will
be deducted for each wrong answer.
 Q.61 to Q.65 : From GA will carry two marks each (sub-total 10 marks) 2/3 mark will be deducted for
each wrong answer.

Note : All the papers bearing the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI and TF will
contain few questions on Engineering Mathematics carrying 15 marks.

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