Eligibility
In 2004, 102,790 students appeared for GATE, out of which 21,689 qualified.
Forms are usually available in late September till late October at prominent Canara bank Branches. Students can attempt in GATE under different disciplines according to their M.Tech interests. The discipline specification is done while filling the forms. Apart from the basic engineering disciplines there are XE and XL papers which are general in nature.
The current format of the GATE exam paper pattern is:
- Total of 100 marks, fully objective, with three sections
- Group I: Question Numbers 1 to 20 (20 questions) will carry one mark each.
- Group II: Question numbers 21 to 60 (40 questions) will carry two marks each.
- Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.
- Each wrong answer will result in a deduction of 2/3rd of the total marks for that question.
- The score card of the Qualified Candidates formerly included GATE Score, Percentile Score and Rank. However, from 2006 onwards percentile has been excluded from the results.
