GATE Exam Cut Off Marks: Full Details

Every year averagely 9-10 lakhs students applied for GATE entrance exam to secure the desired seat in IITs.

Cut Off 2017: Gate 2016-17 exam was conducted by IIT Roorkee in which total 9,22,167 students participated while 7,87,148 students appeared in the final exam. In 2017 only 1,29,149 candidates were qualified.

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Organiser IIT Name	Total Candidates Applied	Total Candidates Appeared	Candidates Qualified
IIT Roorkee	9,22,167	7,87,148	1,29,149

Branch	Candidates Appeared	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH
Civil Engineering (CE)	1,29,225	28.7	25.8	19.1
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	2,34,227	32.87	29	21
Electrical Engineering (EE)	1,46,293	25.2	25.2	16.7
Electronics and Comm. Engineering (ECE)	1,83,152	25	22.5	16.6

Cut Off 2016:  Gate 2015-16 exam was conducted by IISc, Bangalore in which total 9,31,831 students participated while 8,18,850 students appeared in the final exam. In 2016 only 1,60,643 candidates were qualified.

Organiser IIT Name	Total Candidates Applied	Total Candidates Appeared	Candidates Qualified
IISc, Bangalore	9,71,831	8,18,850	1,60,643

Branch	Candidates Appeared	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH
Civil Engineering (CE)	1,19,873	25	22.5	16.6
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	1,97,789	29.6	26.6	19.7
Electrical Engineering (EE)	1,25,859	25.1	22.5	16.7
Electronics and Comm. Engineering (ECE)	1,52,318	25	22.5	16.6

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GATE 2018 Exam Pattern & Marking scheme

GATE 2018 is scheduled to be conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati on 3-4 and 10- 11 February 2018. The online registration for GATE 2018 through GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) has started from 1 September 2017 and will continue until 5 October 2017 (Closed Now).

The exam mode of GATE 2018 would be the online i.e. computer-based test (CBT). GATE 2018 exam will be conducted for 23 subjects or papers. A candidate can appear in only one of the 23 papers. The subject or paper should be carefully selected by the candidate while registering online for GATE 2018.
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Exam Name: Gate (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2018

Exam Date: 3-4 and 10-11 February

Admit Card Released Date: January 2018 First week

Exam Mode: CBT Based/ Online

Exam Duration: 3 Hours

Total number of questions: 65

Total marks: 100

GATE Subjects or Papers

1. Aerospace Engineering 
2. Computer Science and Information Technology 
3. Geology and Geophysics Petroleum 
4. Engineering Agricultural 
5. Engineering Chemistry 
6. Instrumentation Engineering 
7. Physics 
8. Architecture and Planning 
9. Electronics and Communication Engineering 
10. Mathematics Production and Industrial Engineering 
11. Biotechnology 
12. Electrical Engineering 
13. Mechanical Engineering 
14. Textile Engineering and Fibre Science 
15. Civil Engineering 
16. Ecology and Evolution 
17. Mining Engineering 
18. Engineering Sciences 
19. Chemical Engineering 
20. Life Sciences 
21. Metallurgical Engineering

Type of Questions:
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions. For MCQs, there would be 4 choices, whereas for NAT type questions there would be no option provided. Candidates have to enter the real number in NAT Questions using the virtual keypad.

Total Questions: 65 (General Aptitude 10, Technical 25, Engineering Mathematics 30)
Total Marks: 100 Marks

Marking scheme:
For each wrong answer in MCQ, there will be negative marking. Each wrong 1-mark MCQ answer would result in a deduction of 1/3 mark. In the same manner, for each wrong answer to a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted.

There would be no negative marking for a wrong answer to NAT (Numerical Answer Type) questions.

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