GATE 2021 is well known as the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It is an engineering level entrance exam to get admission in PG {Post Graduate} courses in India.
After cracking gate 2020 exam, a student can join M.Tech./Ph.D. programmes in IITs,{Indian Institutes of Technology} IISc, IISERs and other reputed institutions in the field of engineering and technology.
Gate exam score/rank is valid to secure a job in the government department. Apart from this top MNC companies checked gate score too.
Gate exam is conducted by 7 IITs (Guwahati, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Mumbai, Kanpur, Delhi and Chennai) and IISC rotationally.
Gate 2020 Exam Overview
Here is GATE 2021 Application Form, GATE 2021 Exam Date, Eligibility Criteria, GATE Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Application Fees, Subjects, etc. Check Gate 2020 exam overview here,
- Name of the Exam: GATE 2021 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
- GATE 2021 Organizing Institute: IIT Guwahati
- Exam Level: All India Level Examination
- Type Of Exam: Postgraduate Examination
- Exam Date: February 03- 04 & February 10- 11, 2020 (Saturdays & Sundays)
View all details about GATE 2021 exam like syllabus, results, registration, dates, pattern, news and much more.
Gate 2020 Application form
Registration for the gate will start from September 1st, 2020 via online mode. GATE 2021 Registration has to been started soon, the GATE 2021 conducting organizations IITs and IISc has officially announced to release GATE 2021 Registration application form from 1st September onwards.
Since GATE is a national level of examination, which IIT Guwahati holds the responsibility to conduct in 2020, several candidates who want to seek admissions in Masters and P.hd courses in various Private and Government colleges across the country including IITs, IISc, IISERs and other reputed institutions.
GATE 2021 pave a gateway to get the desirable admissions, as the admissions in the concerning reputed engineering colleges, will only be on the basis of GATE 2021 score.
So, candidates if you also aspire to take GATE 2021 examination, then here we provided all details about GATE 2021 Registration, Application forms Availability, Exam dates, Syllabus, Exam pattern in this article.
Gate 2020 Exam Date
GATE 2021 registration starts at 1st September 2021 and the enrolling lines will be active till 5th October 2020. All successfully enrolled candidates will be able to take GATE 2021 written examination scheduled to be conducted in Feb 2020, in 23 Subjects or papers. The 23 papers under GATE 2021 will be on the basis of Online Computer-based test(CBT) Only no offline test will be held.
Exam date of Gate 2020 is released now. Application form for gate exam will start from 1st September 2021.
Application through website October 05, 2020 (Thursday) Choice of Examination City via GOAPS login November 17, 2020 (Friday)
Application Interface for printing January 05, 2020 (Friday)
| GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website Opens for Enrollment, Application Filling, Application Submission |
September 01, 2020 (Friday) | |
| Last Date for Submission of Online | Last Date for Request for Change in the | Availability of Admit Card on the Online |
| GATE 2021 Online Examination Dates | February 03- 04 & February 10- 11, 2020 (Saturdays & Sundays) |
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| Announcement of Results on the Online Application Website | March 17, 2020 (Saturday) |
Gate 2020 Registration Fee
GATE 2021 Application form fees are the cost received by the exam conducting authorities to conduct the National level of examination on such a large scale by alumni. The GATE 2021 Application Fees has been set differently for different category and gender of candidates as per a little relaxation in fees for unreserved and females is applicable here as well.
- Application fee for female candidates and SC/ST/PWD candidates is Rs. 750/-
- For all other category candidates, the application fee is Rs. 1500/-
- US $ 50 is applicable as registration fees for International students.
- Mode of GATE 2021 Application form fees is online and can be submitted through Net banking, debit card and e- challan.
| Category | Application Fee |
| Women Candidates | Rs. 750/- |
| SC/ST/PWD Candidates | Rs. 750/- |
| All Other Candidates | Rs. 1500/- |
| GATE International Candidates | US Dollars 50 |
Gate 2020 Eligibility Criteria
If you are going to apply for gate exam 2021 before applying to check out the eligibility criteria of the GATE.
| Qualification Required | Description of the Qualifying Degree | Status of the Degree | Year of Passing |
B.E./B.Tech/B.Pharm |
4-years B.Tech (after 10+2) in any stream or 3-years B.Tech lateral entry (after B.Sc./Diploma in Engineering/Technology). | Pursuing final year examination or completed | 2020 |
B.Arch |
5-years bachelor’s degree in Architecture | Pursuing final year examination or completed | 2020 |
B.Sc. Research/B.S. |
4-years Bachelor’s degree in Science (post-diploma or after 10+2) | Pursuing final year examination or completed | 2020 |
M. Sc./M.A./MCA or equivalent |
Master’s degree in Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent | Currently in the final year or completed | 2020 |
Int. M.E/M.Tech(Post-B.Sc.) |
4-years Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering / Technology | Presently in 2nd/3rd/4th year or completed | 2010 |
Int. M.E./M.Tech or Dual Degree (after Diploma or 10+2) |
5-years Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/Technology | Currently in 4th/5th year or completed | 2020 |
Int. M.Sc/Int. B.S.-M.S. |
Integrated M.Sc. or Five-year integrated B. S./M. S. program | Pursuing final year examination or completed | 2020 |
Professional Society Examination is equivalent to B.Tech/B.E./B.Arch |
B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognised by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers India) | Completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses | NA |
Note: Above Eligibility criteria is based on gate 2020 exam. We will update the Gate Eligibility criteria 2020 very soon.
GATE Registration 2020 Dates
| Events | Dates (official) |
| Online registration starts from | 1st September 2021 |
| Closing date of submission of application form | 5th October 2020 |
| Correction in the application form | 2nd week of October 2020 |
| Last date to change examination city | 17th November 2020 |
| GATE 2021 exam date | 3rd – 4th February & 10th – 11th February 2020 |
Gate 2020 Exam Pattern
This exam will be organised through Computer Based Test (CBT). As we already know there are 23 papers in Gate 2020. A candidate can apply for the only single paper.
In Gate exam 2021, there will be 65 questions and will be of total 100 marks. Check below table for Gate Exam Pattern 2020.
| Section | Question
No. |
No. of
Questions |
Marks Per
Question |
Total
Marks |
||
| General Aptitude | 1 to 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Technical
+ Engineering Mathematics |
1 to 25 | 25 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 26 to 55 | 30 | 2 | 60 | |||
| Total Questions: 65 | Total Marks: 100 | Total Duration : 3 hours | ||||
| Technical Section :
70 marks |
General Aptitude: 15 marks | Engineering Mathematics :
15 marks |
||||
| 25 marks to 40 marks will be allotted to Numeric Answer Type Questions | ||||||
Gate 2020 Negative Marking
| Negative Marking | ||
| Questions Type | Marks | Negative Marking |
| Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | 1 mark | 0.33 |
| 2 marks | 0.66 | |
| Numerical Answer Questions | 1 mark | Nil |
| 2 marks | Nil | |
GATE 2021 Exam Centers
| Zonal GATE Office | Tentative List of Examination Cities* |
Chairman,GATE, IISc Bangalore,Bengaluru – 560 012 Website: gate.iisc.ernet.in |
Ananthapur, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Bellary, Belgaum, Bidar, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kasargod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Mysore, Palakkad, Payyannur, Port Blair, Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara |
Chairman, GATE, IIT BombayPowai, Mumbai – 400 076 Website: www.gate.iitb.ac.in |
Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara |
Chairman, GATE, IIT Delhi,Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 Website: gate.iitd.ac.in |
Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurgaon, Hisar, Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Rohtak, Sikar, Udaipur and Ujjain |
Chairman, GATE, IIT GuwahatiGuwahati – 781039 Website:www.iitg.ernet.in/gate |
Agartala, Asansol, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur |
Chairman, GATE, IIT KanpurKanpur – 208016 Website: gate.iitk.ac.in |
Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi |
Chairman, GATE, IIT KharagpurKharagpur – 721302 Website: gate.iitkgp.ac.in |
Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (Surampalem), Kharagpur/Haldia/Bishnupur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
Chairman, GATE, IIT MadrasChennai – 600036 Website: gate.iitm.ac.in |
Alappuzha, Aluva, Angamaly, Attingal, Bapatla, Chennai, Chengannur, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Idukki, Kadapa, Kanjirapally, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Madurai, Muvattupuzha, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nedumangad, Nellore, Ongole, Pala, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Punalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal |
Chairman,GATE, IIT RoorkeeRoorkee – 247667 Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in |
Ambala, Amritsar, Baddi, Bathinda, Bhimtal, Dehradun, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Jalandhar, Khanna, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Malout, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Roorkee, Ropar, Sangrur, Shimla, Solan, Sonepat, Una and Yamunanagar |
| For International Centers, contact shall be Chairman, GATE, IIT
Roorkee Roorkee – 247667 Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in |
Abu Dhabi/Dubai (UAE), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore |
Gate 2020 Syllabus
Here we are providing GATE Syllabus 2021 for all streams. Understanding GATE Syllabus 2021 is very necessary to score well in the main exam. The first step to cracking every exam is knowing the syllabus. Check GATE Syllabus 2021 branch wise all subjects. Download GATE Syllabus 2021 from here. You can follow separate post on Gate 2020-19 Syllabus here.
Top Branches for GATE examination are AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI, TF, XE, AR, CY, GG, MA, PH and XL. Check below table to download Gate Syllabus pdf 2020.
| Paper Code | GATE 2021 Exam Paper | Download Link |
| AE | Aerospace Engineering | Download Now |
| AG | Agricultural Engineering | Download Now |
| AR | Architecture and Planning | Download Now |
| BT | Biotechnology | Download Now |
| CE | Civil Engineering | Download Now |
| CH | Chemical Engineering | Download Now |
| CS | Computer Science and Information Technology | Download Now |
| CY | Chemistry | Download Now |
| EC | Electronics and Communication Engineering | Download Now |
| EE | Electrical Engineering | Download Now |
| GG | Geology and Geophysics | Download Now |
| IN | Instrumentation Engineering | Download Now |
| MA | Mathematics | Download Now |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | Download Now |
| MN | Mining Engineering | Download Now |
| MT | Metallurgical Engineering | Download Now |
| PH | Physics | Download Now |
| PI | Production and Industrial Engineering | Download Now |
| TF | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | Download Now |
| XE* | Engineering Sciences | Download Now |
| XL** | Life Sciences | Download Now |
| EY | Ecology and Evolution | Download Now |
Gate 2020 Admit card Download
Hall ticket of Gate exam 2021 will be available from 5th January 2020. To download gate admit card 2021, candidates have to log in to the GOAPS{GATE Online Application Processing System}. Here it will ask you to enter enrollment ID and email address. This information is precious, we will suggest you save registration ID and email address safe.
Gate 2020 Answer Key
After the exam, the authority will release official Gate answer key 2020. This answer key will contain the correct answer to all 65 questions. On the base of the answer key, you can estimate your gate score or gate rank quickly. Gate 2020 answer key will be in pdf format. You can download gate answer key 2020 in pdf form here. We will update the answer key after the Gate exam.
Gate 2020 Cut Off Marks
In below table, detailed information on gate 2020 cut off marks and gate qualifying marks 2020. According to last year, gate exam here is gate 2020 expected cutoff.
These gates Cut Off 2020 marks will also help you to estimate the marks cut off for GATE 2021 and accordingly you can target the preparation for next year.
| Cut off, and Qualifying Marks 2020(Expected) | Cut off and Qualifying Marks 2020(Expected) | ||||||
| Branch | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH | Branch | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
| ME | 29.6 | 26.6 | 19.7 | ME | 32.73 | 29.46 | 21.82 |
| CE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 | CE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| EE | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 | EE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| EC | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 | EC | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| CS | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 | CS | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| IN | 31.6 | 28.4 | 21 | IN | 25.45 | 22.9 | 16.96 |
| PI | 26.4 | 23.7 | 17.5 | PI | 26.82 | 24.14 | 17.88 |
Gate 2020 Score Card Download
If you have successfully qualified the GATE examination, you can download gate score card 2021 from the official site of GOAPS. For GATE 2021, the candidates can download the scorecard from 17th March 2020 (Expected).
Gate 2020 FAQs {Frequently Asked Questions}
The frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding GATE exam 2020 is here.
1# How can I apply online for GATE entrance exam 2021?
Ans: You have to refer GATE 2021 Brochure. You have to visit website www.gate.iitg.ernet.in
2# Can I use one Gmail id for multiple times?
Ans: No, You can not use same mail id again.
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