Exam Duration

3 Hours (180 minutes)

Total Papers (Subjects)

27 

Total Questions (Each Paper)

Total 65 Questions

General Aptitude: 10 Questions

Engineering Mathematics + Core Subjects 55 Questions

Total Marks

100

Types of Questions 

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 

Multiple Select Questions (MSQs)

Numerical Answer Type (NAT)

Number of Section

Two or Three (Depends upon the subjects)

Marking Scheme

1 Marks and 2 Marks (Depends on the sections)

Negative Marking

For 1 Marks Questions: 1/3^rd marks for each wrong answer

For 2 Marks Questions: 2/3^rd marks for each wrong answer

No Negative Marking for MSQs and NAT

Mechanical Engineering

Instrumentation Engineering

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Science and Information Technology 

Electrical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Agricultural Engineering

Architecture and Planning

Biomedical Engineering

Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry 

Ecology and Evolution

Geology Geophysics

Mathematics

Mining Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering  

Petroleum Engineering

Physics

Production and Industrial Engineering 

Statistics

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science

Environmental Science and Engineering

Engineering Mathematics

Fluid Mechanics

Materials Science

Solid Mechanics

Thermodynamics

Polymer Science and Engineering

Food Technology

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Chemistry

Biochemistry

Botany

Microbiology

Zoology

Food Technology

Economics

Linguistics

Philosophy

Psychology

Sociology

Zone

Zonal GATE Offices

List of Exam Cities

1

IISc Bangalore

Ananthapuramu, Angamaly, Bagalkot, Belagavi (Belgaum), Ballari (Bellary), Bengaluru South, Bengaluru North, Bidar, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangaluru, Manipal, Mysuru (Mysore), Palakkad, Payyanur, Port Blair, Shivamogga (Shimoga), Thrissur, Tumakuru (Tumkur), Vatakara 

2

IIT Bombay

Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Baramati, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Chandrapur, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Vadodara, Akola, Dhule, Himatnagar, Ichalkaranji, Latur, Patghar, Samgamner-Loni, Shirdi 

3

IIT Delhi

Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurugram, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu-Samba, Jodhpur, Kota, Mathura, New Delhi, Rohtak, Srinagar, Sikar, Sonepat, Udaipur, Ujjain

4

IIT Guwahati

Agartala, Aizawl, Asansol-Durgapur, Bokaro Steel City, Burdwan, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Dimapur-Kohima, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Shillong, Silchar, Siliguri, Tezpur

5

IIT Kanpur

Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi

6

IIT Kharagpur

Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Eluru, Hooghly (WB), Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Ranchi, Rourkela,
Sambalpur, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Baharampur, Murshidabad, Hazaribagh, Machilipatnam

7

IIT Madras

Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Chennai South, Chennai West, Chirala, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Gudur, Guntur, Idukki, Kadapa, Kanjirapally, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Madurai, Muvattupuzha, Namakkal, Nellore, Ongole, Puducherry, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar, Warangal

8

IIT Roorkee

Ambala, Amritsar, Bathinda, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur-Una (HP), Jalandhar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mohali-Chandigarh, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala-Sangrur, Roorkee, Shimla-Solan, Yamuna Nagar, Kangra

9

International 

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore