GATE 20245 Exam: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, will be conducting the Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) in 2025. The exam syllabus, question paper pattern and the marking scheme has been released. The interested candidates can check the official website.
All About GATE Exam 2025.
GATE 2025 will be conducted for 30 test papers. The candidates can appear either in one or up to two test papers. The mode of examination will be in English.
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Basic Pattern of the Exam:
- GATE 2025 will be conducted for a total of 100 marks. The General Aptitude (GA) is common for all papers, and it will include 15 marks. The rest of the paper covers the respective test paper syllabus for 85 marks.
- For two-paper combinations: Candidates who seek to appear in two subjects must have a primary choice. The second paper will have to be chosen from the allowed combinations.
- Combinations other than those listed by IIT Roorkee will be disallowed during registration.
- The examination centre for the second choice will be different from that for the first paper, but might be in the same city.
- Time duration: The exam will be held for 3 hours.
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Types of questions:
- Questions which are subjective i.e., according to the candidate’s selected subject(s)
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
- Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)
- Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
- Type of Questions – Comprehension based, Application based, Analysis & Synthesis based.
Distribution of marks for all papers except papers except Architecture (AR), Chemistry (CY), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA), Ecology and Evolution (EY), Geology and Geophysics (GG), Mathematics (MA), Physics (PH), Statistics (ST), Humanities and Social Sciences (XH), and Life Sciences (XL):
- General Aptitude: 15 marks
- Engineering Mathematics: 13 marks
- Subject Questions: 72 marks
- Total: 100 marks
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Distribution of marks in Architecture (AR), Chemistry (CY), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA), Ecology and Evolution (EY), Geology and Geophysics (GG), Mathematics (MA), Physics (PH), Statistics (ST), Humanities and Social Sciences (XH), and Life Sciences (XL):
- General Aptitude: 15 marks
- Subject Questions: 85 marks
- Total: 100 marks
General Information Regarding the Marking Scheme
- A Wrong answer to a MCQ, will result in negative marking.
- For a 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted.
- For a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted.
- There is no negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ or NAT questions. There is no partial marking in MSQ.
Further Information
- For more information please visit and follow https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in
- Information Bulletin – Still awaited.
- Eligibility Criteria – https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/eligibility-criteria.html
- Pattern and Question papers and Syllabus –
https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/exam-papers-and-syllabus.html
