What is the GATE exam syllabus & pattern

GATE Exam (2021-2022)

IIT Delhi is conducting the GATE 2021 exam, the institute will release the detailed exam pattern of the test. According to 2020, the GATE exam has 25 paper sets including the newly added paper on Biomedical Engineering is available in the GATE portal.

The Candidates made a new addition to the GATE exam 2020 in the form of Biomedical Engineering apart from the 24 existing papers.

GATE Exam Pattern

GATE exam has a total of 25 papers set for the exam which is released by IIT's according to the exam conducted center every year. The candidates can read more details related to the exam at the official website for the GATE exam. Before appearing in the examination, candidates must be well aware of the syllabus and GATE exam pattern.

Paper Code

• CE, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, AE, AG, BT, CH, MN, MT, TF, XE, PE, ST, PI, and BM
• AR, CY, EY, XL, GG, MA, and PH

Exam Pattern

For CE, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, AE, AG, BT, CH, MN, MT, TF, XE, PE, ST, PI, and BM

• General Aptitude (GA): 15%
• Engineering Mathematics: 15%
• Subjective Paper: 70%
• Total Marks: 100

For AR, CY, EY, XL, GG, MA, and PH

• General Aptitude (GA): 15%
• Subjective Paper: 85%
• Total Marks: 100

GATE exam is mostly scheduled to be held in February in online mode. Right now, Biomedical Engineering is added as a new paper in the GATE exam.

General Aptitude

General Aptitude (GA) is a common section in all branches of GATE papers. General Aptitude holds 15% weightage, General Aptitude questions are based on VERBAL ABILITY and NUMERICAL ABILITY.

General Aptitude Topics

• English Grammer
• Sentence Completion
• Verbal Analogies
• Word Groups
• Instructions and Assumptions
• Critical Reasoning
• Verbal Deduction
• Coding-Decoding and Series
• Blood Relation
• Clocks and Puzzles
• Fundamentals, Equations, Percentage, and Averages
• Ratio and Proportions
• Mixture and Allegations
• Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
• Time, Speed, and Distance, "Time and Work"
• Set Theory and Venn Diagrams
• Progression, Functions, and Graphs
• Logarithm’s, Permutations and Combinations
• Probability, Geometry, and Mensuration

Negative Marking In GATE Exam

• 1/3 Mark will be deducted for 1 mark question 2/3 Mark will be deducted for 2 mark question.

Syllabus of Computer Science

• Theory Of Computation (Total Marks: 7.5)
  
• Operating System (Processes, Threads, Deadlock, CPU, Memory, etc.) (Total Marks: 9)
• Digital Logic (Total Marks: 5.25)
• Database (SQL: Model, Constraints, Forms, File Organization, Indexing, etc.) (Total Marks: 7.5)
• Computer Organization & Architecture (Total Marks: 9)
• Computer Networks [Switching, IPv4/IPv6, Routers, TCP/UDP, Control, Protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP), etc.] (Total Marks: 7.5)
• Programming & Data Structure (Total Marks: 10.5)
• Software Engineering/ Web Technologies (Total Marks: 1.5)
• Algorithms (Total Marks: 8)
• Engineering Mathematics(Total Marks: 14.75)
• Compiler Design (Total Marks: 2.75)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Syllabus of Mechanical Engineering

• Engineering Mechanics (Total Marks: 2.5)
• Thermodynamics (Total Marks: 12.75)
• Strength of Materials (Total Marks: 7.75)
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Total Marks: 1.25)
• Theory of Mechanics (Total Marks: 9)
• Manufacturing Engineering (Total Marks: 14.25)
• Machine Design (Total Marks: 3.75)
• Industrial Engineering (Total Marks: 8)
• Fluid Mechanics (Total Marks: 7.5)
• Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 12.25)
• Heat Transfer (Total Marks: 6)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

Syllabus of Electrical Engineering

• Network Theory (Total Marks: 11.75)
• Analog & Digital Electronics (Total Marks: 11.25)
• Signal and System (Total Marks: 5.25)
• EMT (Total Marks: 2.75)
• Electrical Machines (Total Marks: 8.25)
• Power Electronics (Total Marks: 7.5)
• Power Systems (Total Marks: 9.75)
• Control Systems (Total Marks: 9)
• Elecrical and Electronics Measurements (Total Marks: 4.55)
• Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 11.75)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Syllabus of Instrumentation Engineering

• Analog Circuits (Total Marks: 11.75)
• Circuits and Networks (Total Marks: 10.25)
• Analytical Biomedical & Optical Intrumentation (Total Marks: 4.25)
• Process Controls (Total Marks: 1.5)
• Communication (Total Marks: 1.5)
• Signals and Systems (Total Marks: 7.75)
• Control System (Total Marks: 10.75)
• Transducers (Total Marks: 12.25)
• Digital Circuits(Total Marks:  7)
• Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 11.75)
• Measurements (Total Marks: 6.25)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering basically, belong to design, construction, and maintenance of physical and naturally build structures like roads, canals, etc.

Syllabus of Civil Engineering Topics

• SOM (Total Marks: 7.75)
• Design of Steel Structures (Total Marks: 4.25)
• Structural Analysis (Total Marks: 3.5)
• Highway and Surveying (Total Marks: 12)
• GEO-Technical (Total Marks: 15.25)
• Environment Engineering (Total Marks: 9)
• FM and Hydraulic Machine (Total Marks: 6.75)
• Irrigation and Hydrology (Total Marks: 7.75)
• RCC and Pre-stressed concrete (Total Marks: 6.5)
• Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 12.25)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Electronics & Communication Engineering Syllabus

• Network Theory (Total Marks: 11.25)
• Communication Systems (Total Marks: 10.75)
• Micro Processors (Total Marks: 1.5)
• EMT (Total Marks: 9.5)
• Analog Circuits (Total Marks: 11.75)
• Digital Circuits (Total Marks: 6)
• Signal and Systems (Total Marks: 9)
• Control Systems (Total Marks: 9)
• Electronics Devices and Circuits (Total Marks: 7.25)
• Engineering Mathematics (Total Marks: 10.5)
• General Aptitude (Total Marks: 15)

Recommended Books For GATE Exam

General Aptitude

1. Quantitative Aptitude by 'R.S AGARWAL'
2. Quantitative Aptitude by 'ARUN SHARMA'

Engineering Mathematics

1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by 'ERWIN KREYSZIG'
2. Discrete Mathematics & Applications by 'KENNETH ROSEN'