GATE Exam Pattern

GATE Exam Pattern – (AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF, and XE)
• Engineering Mathematics questions are compulsory and carries 15% of the total weightage (15 Marks).
• The questions based on the subject of the exam have 70% of the total weightage (70 Marks).
• The remaining part of GATE Question Paper includes General Aptitude questions (15% of the total weightage – 15 Marks).

Exam Pattern – (AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH and XL )
• General Aptitude section will carry 15% of the total marks (15 Marks).
• Remaining 85% of the total marks will be based on the subject of the paper (85 Marks).
• There are no question from Engineering Mathematics in these papers.
• NAT includes questions with a value or a real number as their answer.
• NAT questions will be mentioned with, up to which decimal places, the candidates need to make an answer.
• The answer has to be entered using the mouse.
• There won’t be any choices for these questions.
• Using the keyboard must be avoided as it will lock your answer panel.
• There will be no negative marking for NAT questions.

GATE Marking Scheme

• For each of the 23 subjects, the paper covers a total of 65 questions of 100 marks. Each paper is divided into subsections and on the basis of it, marking scheme is defined.
• From the total of 100 marks, there will be 10 questions of 15 marks covering the entire General Aptitude section (Language and Analytical Skills).
• General Aptitude- 5 Questions of 2 Marks each and 5 Questions of 1 Marks each.
• Engineering Mathematics will cover approximately 15% weightage out of 100 marks for the paper bearing codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF and XE.
• Engineering Mathematics- 5 Questions of 2 Marks each and 5 Questions of 1 Marks each.
• Remaining 70% weightage of total marks is acquired by the subject of the paper.
• Subject Knowledge- 25 Questions of 2 Marks each and 20 Questions of 1 Marks each.
• For the paper codes – AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH and XL, the General Aptitude will cover 15% out of 100 marks, and other 85% of the total question paper will be covered by the subject of the paper.

Negative Marking in GATE Exam Pattern
• There is no provision of negative marking in NAT questions.
• MCQs carrying 1 marks each, 1/3 marks would be deducted as a penalty of marking the wrong answer.
• For questions carrying 2 marks, 2/3 marks would be deducted for marking an incorrect answer.

CAT Exam Pattern

CAT Pattern 2018

• Total Questions: 100
• Number of sections: 3
• Questions with negative marking (MCQs): 75
• Questions without negative marking (Non-MCQs): 25
• Score awarded for each correct answer: 3 marks
• Negative marking (Applicable for wrong answers in MCQs): -1 mark

RRB Group D Exam Pattern