GATE 2023 Registration Date Extended, Know Eligibility Criteria and Exam Pattern

GATE 2023: Eligibility criteria

If you are currently in your third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree program, or have completed a government-approved degree program in domains such as engineering, technology, architecture, science, commerce or arts, you are eligible for GATE 2023. 

You can check the eligibility criteria on the official website: gate.iitk.ac.in/eligibility_criteria

GATE 2023: Paper Pattern

In case an applicant is taking two papers, each paper will be worth 100 marks. General Aptitude (GA) will make up 15 marks of the total and will be common to both papers. The remaining 85 marks will be divided among the specific topics covered by each syllabus.

The examination will last for 3 hours. There will be three types of questions: Multiple Choice Questions, Multiple Select Questions and Numerical Answer Type.

There will be a total of 65 questions on the exam (10 GA questions + 55 subject questions). There will be negative marking for wrong answers on the MCQs, but no negative marks for wrong answers on the MSQ or NAT.