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GATE Exam Pattern 2022: Paper-wise Pattern, Marking Scheme, Types of Questions

Updated: 03.06.2021 By: Team Gatenotes

GATE Exam Pattern 2022 - IIT Kharagpur will release the GATE 2022 exam pattern along with the official brochure.

The GATE exam pattern will provide candidates with many important details about the exam, such as the types of questions that will be asked, the total number of questions, the exam duration, and much more.

The paper's pattern of Questions in GATE exam is divided into Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions. The exam duration GATE papers are 3 hours long. Moreover, you can check the detailed information about paper-wise GATE weightage and the marking schemes below -

GATE Exam Pattern 2022: Key Highlights

Particulars	Details
Examination Mode	Computer Based Test (CBT)
Duration	3 Hours
Number of Subjects (Papers)	27
Sections	General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate’s Selected Subject
Type of Questions	1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) 2. Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or 3. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
Questions test these abilities	1. Recall 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis and Synthesis
Number of Questions	10 (GA) + 55 (subject) = 65 Questions
Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks + Subject Questions: 72 Marks = Total: 100 Marks
Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Subject Questions: 85 Marks = Total: 100 Marks
Marking Scheme	All of the questions will be of 1 mark or 2 marks

GATE Exam Pattern 2022 - Paper Code Wise Subject Weightage

Paper Code	Exam Pattern
CE, CS, EC, AE, AG, BT, CH, ME, MN, MT, EE, IN, TF, XE, PE, ST, and PI	GA (General Aptitude) – 15 Engineering Mathematics – 13 question Subject of the Paper – 72 question
AR, CY, GG, EY, XL, PH, and MA	GA (General Aptitude) – 15 Subject of the Paper – 85

GATE 2022 Exam Pattern - Marking Scheme

Paper Code	General Aptitude Marks	Subject Marks	Total Marks	Negative Marking
CS, CY, EC, EE, CE, CH, AR, AE, AG, EY, BT, GG, IN, ME, MA, PH, PI, TF, MN, MT, PE, ST	15	85	100	1/3rd Mark will be deducted for 1 mark question; 2/3rd Mark will be deducted for 2 marks question
XE (Section A + any two sections)	15	15+2*35	100
XL (Section P + any two sections)	15	25+2*30	100

GATE 2022 Paper Codes

GATE Paper	Code	GATE Paper	Code
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Mathematics	MA
Architecture and Planning	AR	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Biotechnology	BT	Mining Engineering	MN
Civil Engineering	CE	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Chemical Engineering	CH	Petroleum Engineering	PE
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	Physics	PH
Chemistry	CY	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	Statistics	ST
Electrical Engineering	EE	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF
Environmental Science & Engineering	ES	Engineering Sciences	XE
Ecology and Evolution	EY	Humanities and Social Sciences	XH
Geology and Geophysics	GG	Life Sciences	XL

GATE 2022 Exam- Key Guideline

While taking GATE 2022, keep the following instructions in mind:

I. Physical calculators, wristwatches, and mobile phones are strictly prohibited inside the examination centres.

II. For the ease and convenience of candidates, a virtual calculator are going to be provided on the screen of the candidates.

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GATE NOTES 2022

GATE EXAM NOTES

By: Admin Update: 22.04.21

Topic-wise GATE Handwritten Notes and best study material for GATE 2022 exam preparation. We have collected subject-wise study material and notes of all GATE papers (ME, CE, EE, CS & ECE).

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