GATE 2025 exam schedule out, application form by August end. Syllabus, exam pattern, other details here

GATE 2025: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee—the nodal institute to organise the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2025 for admission to postgraduate engineering programmes—has announced the examination schedule.

In a press release on the official website for GATE 2025 (gate2025.iitr.ac.in), the IIT- Roorkee informed that GATE 2025 exam will be conducted on February 1st, 2nd, 15th, and 16th of 2025. The exams will be conducted in two shifts - forenoon and afternoon, on each of these days. The first shift (forenoon shift) will start at 9:30 am and will end at 12:30 pm, while the second shift (afternoon shift) will begin at 2:30 pm and conclude at 5:30 pm.

Candidates must note that the IIT Roorkee will open the application registrationwindow for GATE 2025, most likely by the end of August 2024.

Candidates must note that they can fill out ONLY ONE application form. If they wish to appear in the second paper (from the two-paper combination), they can add the respective paper to their original application. In case of Multiple applications, only one will be accepted, and the remaining applications will be rejected without any refund for the paid fee.

GATE 2025 will be a computer-based test (CBT). The city list where GATE will be conducted has also been declared. These cities are divided into eight zones.

GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria

According to the notification, candidates currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program or who have completed any government-approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts/ Humanities are eligible to appear for GATE 2025.

GATE 2025: Exam Pattern

As per the IIT-Roorkee notification, GATE 2025 will consist of 30 exam papers. The mode of exam papers will be in English, and candidates will be allowed to choose one or two test papers from permissible combinations. The exam duration will be 3 hours and GATE scores will be valid for three years from the result's announcement date.

Sections: General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subjects

Type of Questions: Candidate’s Selected Subject(s)

(a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

(b) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or

(c) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions

GATE 2025 questions will be testing these abilities in candidates:

(a) Recall

(b) Comprehension

(c) Application

(d) Analysis & Synthesis

GATE 2025: Distribution of Marks

Distribution of Marks in all 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

Distribution of Marks in AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL

General Aptitude: 15 marks

Subject Questions: 85 marks

Total: 100 marks

GATE 2025: Marking Scheme

Questions carry 1 mark or 2 marks

Negative Marking: For a wrong answer chosen in an MCQ, there will be negative marking.

For a 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.

For a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.

There is no negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ or NAT questions.

There is no partial marking in MSQ.

GATE 2025: Syllabus

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The GATE exam is a prestigious nationwide test assessing candidates' knowledge in various undergraduate-level disciplines. Successful qualifiers can pursue Master's and Doctoral programs with potential financial aid, and GATE scores are considered by educational institutions and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for recruitment processes.

Aspiring candidates can check the eligibility criteria, syllabus, paper pattern, two-paper combinations, fee structure and other important details on the official website at gate2025.iitr.ac.in.