GATE questions, answered.

GATE is a much better option for engineering students specially those belonging to core branches. It immensely helps in developing your career as you are going to be at the entrance of your master’s degree. You'll get better opportunities to bring your career.

It was really tough to decide from where to start with for preparation.

To score high %ile you should: a. Update your study time to time. b. Not ignore any of the subjects, as each subject is equally important. c. Not attempt any question which you are not sure about as this will decline your %ile. d. First, try to attempt questions for which you know the answers well. e. Practice more unsolved papers before taking the exam. f. Learn to manage your time. Set a clock for yourself as you sit to take a practice question paper.

You will called by IIT and NIT for councilling then you can choose your department.

For the candidates who wish to appear for and qualify GATE, pay your full attention to your studies right from the beginning. You can join a good institute for better preparation & regular update about the questions asked during the exam. Try to follow some study material for GATE as it seems to be of great use to everyone.

Request for application form should be sent along with a Demand Draft for Rs 500/- for General/OBC candidates and Rs. 250/- for SC/ST/ Persons with Disabilities drawn on any Nationalised Bank in favour of the Registrar IIT Madras payable at Chennai together with two address slips (50 mm x 100 mm) with the applicant's address in bold letters, to the Deputy Registrar (Acad), IIT Madras, Chennai 600 036 as per the schedule given below. The envelope must be superscribed as "Request for Application for Sponsored M.Tech Programme - 2009". Candidates can download the application as given below and the filled in application should be sent along with Demand Draft as indicated above. For Admission Brochure visit website http://gate.iitm.ac.in/mtech_admissions

GATE 2010 will include both ONLINE and OFFLINE examinations as per the following details: GATE Examination : GATE Examination of TF paper Examination mode : ONLINE examination Examination cities : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee Examination Date (day) : February 07, 2010 (Sunday) Examination Time : 09.30 hrs - 12.30 hrs

GATE Examination : Examination of MN paper : Exam Mode : Online Exam Exam Cities : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee Exam Date : February 07, 2010 (Sunday) Exam Time : 14.30 hrs - 17.30 hrs

GATE Examination : Papers other than MN and TF papers Exam Mode : Offline Exam City : Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai, Roorkee Exam Date : February 14, 2010 (Sunday) Exam Time : 09.30 hrs - 12.30 hrs

There will be 11 questions carrying 15 marks in XE Section A (Engineering Mathematics) paper. Q.1 to Q.7 (4 questions) will carry one mark each (sub-total 7 marks). Q.8 to Q.11 (4 questions) will carry two marks each (sub-total 8 marks) NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer(for Q1 to Q7) 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer(for Q8 to Q11)

Q.1 to Q.9 (9 questions) will carry one mark each (sub-total 9 marks) NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.10 to Q.22 (13 questions) will carry two marks each(sub-total 26 marks). NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.17 through Q.20 (2 pairs) will be common data based questions. Each will carry two marks NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.21, Q.22 will be linked answer questions The answer to the second question of the pair of linked question will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair. 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 will carry two marks For Q.21, 2/3 mark will be deducted for wrong answer. There will be no negative mark for Q.22.

There will be 15 questions carrying 25 marks in XL Section H paper: Q.1 to Q.5 (5 questions) will carry one mark each (sub-total 5 marks). NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.6 to Q.15 (10 questions) will carry two marks each (sub-total 20 marks) NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. (Q.12, Q.13) will be common data questions Each question will carry two marks each. NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Question pair (Q.14, Q.15) will have linked answer questionEach question will carry two marks each There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question of the linked answer question pair. NB: For Q.14, ⅔ mark will be deducted for wrong answer. There is no negative mark for Q.15.

Q.1 to Q.25: Will carry one mark each (sub-total 25 marks). NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.26 to Q.55: Will carry two marks each (sub-total 60 marks) NB: 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. NB: 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. The answer to the second question of the last two pairs will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair. 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. NB: 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). NB: 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) NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. 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.

Part A common for all candidates : (Q.1 to Q.25) carrying one mark each (sub-total 25 marks). NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Part B will contain two sections :Section 1 (Geology) and Section 2 (Geophysics). Candidates will have to attempt questions either Section 1 or Section 2. In this section, Q.26 to Q.55 (30 questions) will carry two marks each(sub-total 60 marks). NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.48 to Q.51 (2 pairs) will be common data questions. Each question will carry two marks. NB: 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. The answer to the second question in these two pairs will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair. 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 NB: 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, 2/3mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55. Q.56 to Q.60: Will carry one mark each (sub-total 5 marks). NB: 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. Q.61 to Q.65: Will carry two marks each (sub-total 10 marks) NB: 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

GATE 2010 results will be announced on March 15, 2010 at 10:00 hrs. at GATE offices and on the websites of IISc and seven IITs.

GATE 2010 score is valid for TWO YEARS from the date of announcement of the GATE 2010 results.

Commencement of: sale of Information Brochure and Application Form/ Online Application Form submission. Tuesday, Sept 22 2009

by post from GATE Offices : Sept 22, 2009 Tuesday. At bank counters : Nov 07, 2009 Saturday . At GATE office counters : Nov 07, 2009 Saturday

This examination is generally held on the second Sunday of February every year.

Biotechnology (BT) has been introduced as an independent paper from GATE 2010.

Each GATE paper shall have a common General Aptitude (GA) component carrying 15 marks from GATE 2010.

Due to introduction of an independent paper in Biotechnology (BT), the Biotechnology section in Life Sciences (XL) paper has been discontinued from GATE 2010.

Online payment is possible through HDFC bank payment gateway using Mastercard or Visa credit cards, and debit cards of certain banks as listed on the web site.

Offline payment is possible through a demand draft.

The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration, which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only multiple choice objective questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. The examination for the papers with codes TF and MN will be carried out ONLINE using computers where the candidates will be required to select the correct choice from among the four provided options. For all other papers, the candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for each wrong answer.

The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration, which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only multiple choice objective questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. The examination for the papers with codes TF and MN will be carried out ONLINE using computers where the candidates will be required to select the correct choice from among the four provided options. For all other papers, the candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for each wrong answer.

GATE 2010 examination for Mining Engineering (MN) and Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) papers will be computer based ONLINE examination.

The admit card shall be sent to you by the zonal GATE office (the GATE office corresponding to your first choice of examination city) in Jan 2010 by regular postal mail. For any enquiry related to this, candidates are advised to contact the zonal office only after December 1, 2009 with their APPLICATION NUMBER (and not the REFERENCE NUMBER)

At this point, you can not upload your signatures/photographs. Please contact the zonal GATE office for any such corrections between December second week and fourth week.

No more changes are possible now. In case of a problem you should contact your zonal GATE office during the second and last week of December for furhter action.

Sometimes in rare cases due to the failures at the payment gateway, we are unable to get the payment information in right time. If your payment is made successfully, we will be doing a manual reconciling of payments and shall credit to your application. You will be able to see this correctly on the application status within one week. You are still advised to contact us through email to [email protected]. If you have done multiple successful payments for a single reference number, all but one payment will be refunded to you through your card after the payments are reconciled manually. If you made multiple successful payments to different reference numbers, they will be treated as duplicate applications. All such duplicate applications shall be rejected and only one application shall be accepted but NO REFUND of the application fee will be made.

No more changes are possible now. The data has been transfered to the zonal GATE office and you should contact them after the second week of December 2010.

LAST DATE for submission of Online Application Form has also been EXTENDED till NOV 7, 2009 18:00 hrs.

LAST DATE for the Receipt of completed Offline Application Form at respective zonal GATE Office is NOV 10, 2009.

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The following guidelines may be helpful in determining whether or not your child should be evaluated: 1. Students who obtain overall extremely high scores on standardized achievement tests (98th-99th percentiles) should be evaluated. 2. Students who obtain overall high scores on standardized achievement tests (90th-97th percentiles) may be evaluated, especially when also possessing many of the characteristics listed on this site (see link below). 3. Students who achieve at lower levels, but possess many or most of the characteristics listed on this site should be evaluated.

Depending upon the availability of all the necessary information and the length of processing time for the test scoring services, the results of GATE evaluation should be available to parents within six weeks of the time a student takes the aptitude test.

Students may be re-evaluated for GATE placement after 12 calendar months from the date a student took the aptitude test. Students may test a total of three times.

Parents are notified through a letter stating the results of GATE evaluation and including a copy of the aptitude test scores. Each school site is provided with a list of newly identified GATE students. Parents of identified GATE students do not need to contact the school for placement, but do need to submit a signed consent form (included with the results letter) in order for their child to participate in the GATE program.

Preparation for GATE is an ongoing process, and is supposed to happen in stages. First get your fundamentals right, and then test yourself on those fundamentals. When you have done this, you should pit yourself with the competition, which means a mock test which would give you a percentile to let you know where you stand amongst competitors.