Pattern of GATE exam

GATE exam is a paper of 3 hours duration. It consists of 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper consists of multiple choice objective type questions out of which only one answer is correct. There is an ORS sheet containing bubbles corresponding to the 4 options A,B,C and D. Only one answer is supposed to be marked.Negative Marking: For each 1 mark questions, there is negative marking of 0.33 marks. Thus, if 3 one mark questions are answered incorrectly, 1 mark will be negated. For each 2 mark questions, there is negative marking of 0.66 marks. Thus, if 3 two mark questions are answered incorrectly, 2 marks will be negated.GATE scorecard is valid for 2 years from the date of declaration of results. No additional GATE scorecards will be provided.