Subject Specialization Priority

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

• VLSI Design Tool Technology
• Integrated Electronics & Circuits
• Micro Electronics
• Microwave Engineering
• Communication Engg
• Telecommunication Technology & Management
• Optoelectronics & Optical Communication
• Nanotechnology
• Digital Signal Processing
• Control & Automation

Electrical Engineering

• Power Electronics
• Machines & Drives
• Power Systems
• Control & Automation
• Digital Signal Processing
• Instrumentation Technology

Mechanical Engineering

• Design of Mechanical Equipment or Machine Design
• Thermal Engineering
• Manufacturing Science & Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Material Science & management

Civil Engineering

• Structural Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Construction Engineering &Management
• Transportation Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Earthquake Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering
• Rock Engineering & Underground Structure

Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology

• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Information Security
• Software Engineering
• Distributed Computing
• Image Processing
• Computer Systems and Hardware
• Database and Information Systems
• Programming languages
• Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Advanced Computing

GATE Exam Pattern 2019 – Nature of Questions asked

There are two types of questions that can be expected by the candidates for GATE 2019. They different categories of questions are:

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – The questions are objective in nature and have a set of four options out of which one will be the correct answer.
• Numerical Answer Type (NAT) – The answer to the questions will be a real number which the candidates will have to use to enter a mouse and virtual keyboard. The answers can either be an integer (3, 7, 21 and more) or a number with decimals (for example 10.1) or even a decimal number. No choices will be provided for these type of questions.

Additional Information on GATE 2019 Marking Scheme

• GATE papers with the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF and XE will include a compulsory sections of Engineering mathematics (15% of total marks) and General Aptitude (15% of total marks). The rest of the paper will be based on the subject selected by the candidate.
• However, GATE papers with the codes AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH and XL will consist of compulsory section of General Aptitude (15% of the total marks) and the remaining 85% will be for the selected subject.

GATE Exam Pattern 2019 – Information about GATE Papers

GATE 2019 Papers (Except GG, XE, XL)

• The questions asked will be multiple choice questions and numerical answer type in nature.
• The question paper will consist of 25 questions of 1 mark each and 30 questions which will be of 2 marks each.

Geology and Geophysics Paper (GG)

In Geology and Geophysics Paper, one section consists of General Aptitude questions. The other section is divided into two parts – Part A and Part B.

• Part A has to be attempted by all the candidates
• Part B consists of two sections – Geology (Section I) and Geophysics (Section II)
• The candidates will be able to select which section they want to attempt.
• Part A will consist of 25 questions of 1 mark each. Numerical answer type questions will also be asked in this part.
• Part B (Section I and II) will have 30 questions of 2 marks each. Numerical answer type questions may be included in both the sections.

Engineering Sciences (XE)

• The paper will consist of one compulsory section i.e., Engineering Mathematics
• General aptitude consisting of 15 marks also has to be attempted.
• Section A will have 11 questions of 15 marks in total. Some numerical answer type questions will be present in this section.
• Candidates will be able to select any other section from Section B to H.
• The sections (B to H) will consist of 22 questions each with total marks of 35 marks.

GATE Engineering Sciences Paper Pattern

Life Sciences (XL)

• The compulsory section for this paper is Chemistry (Section P) which consists of 15 questions of total 25 marks. Numerical answer type questions are also asked in this section.
• General Aptitude section of total 15 marks also has to be solved.
• Apart from Chemistry, the candidates will have to select one section from Q to U. Each section will consist of 20 questions of a total of 30 marks

GATE Life Sciences Paper Pattern

Types of Questions

GATE 2018 Exam consists of Multiple Choice Questions and Numerical Type Questions in all papers & sections. Multiple Choice Questions will contain 4 options, of which only one is correct. For Numerical Type Questions a numerical value as the answer should be entered using mouse and virtual keyboard on the monitor. The following are type of Questions:

a. Recall: These are based on facts, principles, formulae or laws of the discipline. The candidate is expected to be able to obtain the answer either from his/her memory directly or at most from a one-line computation.

b. Comprehension: These questions will test the candidate’s understanding of the basics of his/her field, by requiring him/her to draw simple conclusions from fundamental ideas.

c. Application: In these questions, the candidate is expected to apply his/her knowledge either through computation or by logical reasoning.

d. Analysis and Synthesis: These can be linked questions, where the answer to the first question of the pair is required in order to answer its successor. Or these can be common data questions, in which two questions share the same data but can be solved independently of one another.

e. Common Data Questions: Multiple questions may be linked to a common data problem, passage and the like. Two or three questions can be formed from the given common data problem. Each question is independent and its solution obtainable from the above problem data/passage directly. (Answer of the previous question is not required to solve the next question). Each question under this group will carry two marks.

f. Linked Answer Questions: These questions are of problem solving type. A problem statement is followed by two questions based on the problem statement. The two questions are designed such that the solution to the second question depends upon the answer to the first one. In other words, the first answer is an intermediate step in working out the second answer. Each question in such linked answer questions will carry two marks.