Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India Examination for admission to various post graduate engineering courses. GATE is conducted every year by seven IITs and

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India Examination for admission to various post graduate engineering courses. GATE is conducted every year by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore on behalf of the National Coordination Board, Department of Higher Education and MHRD (Ministry of Human Resources Development) India.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has released the schedule for GATE. The online application procedure was commenced from September 1, 2018, and the examination is scheduled to be conducted on February 2, 3, 9 and 10, 2019.

What is GATE?

• GATE is an online examination conducted for 24 disciplines in the field of engineering.
• The GATE Question Paper will carry Multiple Choice and Numerical Choice Questions involving fundamental and concept-based questions.
• GATE is also accepted in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for direct recruitments in Central Government organizations.
• GATE score is accepted for admission in Post Graduate programmes and direct Doctoral programmes in the field of Engineering, Technology and Architecture.
• Apart from India, GATE examination is also conducted in other countries namely, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
• GATE Question Paper will carry 65 questions further divided into three sections i.e. General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and Subject chosen by the candidate.

Things to Know about GATE 2019:

• Examination Conducted by: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Official Website of Examination: gate.iitm.ac.in
• Examination Level: National level
• Examination type: Post Graduate
• Mode of Examination: Computer-based Test
• Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions and Numerical-based Questions
• Periodicity of Examination: Yearly
• Time Duration: 3 Hours
• Score Range: 1000
• Number of Test Takers: Nearly 9,00,000 every year
• Validitiy of Score: Three years

GATE eligibility for this year is that the candidate must possess a B.tech/B.E degree ( 4 years after 10+2 and 3 years after diploma courses) from any recognized university. Final year students can also apply for this exam. It is to be noted that there is no age limit to apply for GATE Exam. Similarly, for M.Arch, the candidate must possess a bachelor's degree in Architecture or candidates in final year can also apply.

GATE Scorecard is also accepted by several PSUs for recruiting candidates for various job vacancies.

Application fee of GATE Exam is non-refundable and non-transferable, for female candidates the application fee is Rs.750, for SC/ST/PWD candidates the application fee is Rs.750 and for other candidates, the fees are Rs.1500.

There are 24 different types of question papers and candidates appear as per opted disciple in GATE Exam pattern. In the papers, the common aspect is that there will be 65 questions carrying 100 marks, out of which 10 questions will be General Aptitude(GA) questions, compulsory for all candidates irrespective of the subject they have opted for. The GA questions carry 15 marks. For the rest 55 questions, there will be two different types of questions in MCQ and Numerical Answer Questions format.

It is clearly indicated that the candidate can only use a Virtual calculator in the exam hence the features of the virtual calculator and its salient features are mentioned below:

Salient Features of GATE Virtual Calculator:

1. There are numeric keys for input the digits and operators for carrying out operations on the right side of the calculator.
2. The left-hand side of the virtual calculator has scientific functions and operations are available. With the help of a mouse, the candidates can easily perform any calculation.
3. The hyperbolic functions and trigonometric functions like sin, cos, tan are grouped together and their inverse is provided just below them.
4. There are two boxes in at the top o the virtual calculator. In the topmost box of the calculator, all the operations are performed while the second box of the calculator shows the result.
5. It is not used for solving cubic, simultaneous and quadratic equations.
6. Authority will not allow the use of a physical calculator in the examination hall.
7. All the calculations with a virtual calculator will be done through mouse; no use of the keyboard is required.

GATE Exam application procedure is available only in online mode via GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS).

1. Conduct self tests based on various chapters. Continue the self tests and try to achieve a very good score.
2. Practice more and more problems and follow the same procedure for the rest of the chapters and subjects.
3. Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus and if necessary take help of others in conducting self-tests.
4. To do all these things one has to spend lots of time on studies and should be very sincere throughout the preparation.
5. One month before the examination you should start revising the course as many times as possible so that on the day before the exam you will be prepared enough to crack the exam.
6. In the revision stage, concentrate more on the selected topics.
7. Always reach the examination centre 30 min before the start of the exam. It helps you to stay cool and calm during the exam.
8. Keep all your necessary stationeries and admit card with you before going to the examination centre.
9. During exam try to attempt section A which is compulsory and that to Q1 carrying one mark each and those in Q2 carrying two marks each10.It's very important to manage the time well during the exam. So manage the time well during the exam.
10. In the examination hall, one should not get panickly upon receiving the question paper rather candidates should stay cool before the test so that they do not get confused while attempting the paper.
11. Time management is important but not at the cost of answering the paper accurately.
12. Start preparing from the initial topics i.e. the basic ones and note down the basic concepts (definitions, unit, dimension etc.) as well as necessary theories, formulae etc.
13. Try to solve as many problems as possible from the different book as well as try to find more and more tricks.
14. Try to apply your own logics and tricks in solving problems and note it down because it will save your time in the examination hall.

GATE Result will be declared by IIT Madras on March 16, 2019. The candidates who appeared for GATE examination can check their result through GOAPS. GATE Result will be used to apply for admissions to the Post Graduate Engineering courses offered by IITs, NITs and GFTIs. The scorecard of the same is scheduled to be released on March 20, 2019, and will be available till May 31, 2019. The candidates who appeared for the examination can download their scorecard from the official website.

GATE Result 2019 Important Dates:

Steps to check GATE Result:

1. Visit the official website of GATE
2. Click on the ‘GATE Result' tab available on the homepage
3. Provide your GATE enrolment number/registered email ID and date of birth
4. GATE 2019 Result will appear on the screen
5. Download it and take a print out for further references

Details mentioned on GATE Result:

• Name of the candidate
• Candidate's GATE Registration Number
• Examination paper and code
• Scores obtained by the candidate out of 100
• Qualifying marks for GATE examination
• AIR for the candidates who qualify the examination

Candidates need to secure the minimum cut-off marks for the admissions to postgraduate programs (Masters' and Doctoral). Candidates will be awarded a GATE Score if they candidate qualify the cutoff. GATE Cut Off will be released by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras along with the announcement of GATE Result. Admission will be made on the basis of the Normalized GATE Score and the marks secured in the Interview.

Candidates are selected on the basis of the following:

• The Result or the Scorecard of the candidate
• Once the examination is conducted, the score of the candidate will be converted to a normalization GATE Score

1. IISc Bangalore:

   Alappuzha, Aluva, Ananthapur, Attingal, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Bellary, Belgaum, Bidar, Chengannur, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Idukki, Kannur, Kanjirapally, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Muvattupuzha, Mysore, Nedumangad, Pala, Palakkad, Payyannur, Port Blair, Punalur, Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara

2. IIT Bombay, Powai:

   Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Hyderabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Lonawala, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Secunderabad, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara

3. IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas:

   Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Delhi-NCR, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar-Rohtak, Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Sikar, Udaipur-Chittorgarh and Ujjain

4. IIT Guwahati:

   Agartala, Asansol,Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur

5. IIT Kanpur:

   Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi

6. IIT Kharagpur:

   Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur(CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam

7. IIT Madras:

   Angamaly , Bapatla, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Madurai, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nellore, Ongole, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal

8. IIT Roorkee:

   Ambala, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh-Mohali-Fatehgarh Sahib, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani-Bhimtal, Hamirpur (HP)-Una, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana-Moga, Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Panchkula, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala-Sangrur, Roorkee-Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Sirmaur, Solan-Shimla, Sonepat and Yamunanagar

Successful candidates can download their GATE scorecard which will be valid for 3 years after the declaration of result. Scorecard will be available for download between March 20, 2019, to March 31, 2019. Candidates can get the soft copy of their GATE score card after paying the fee of Rs.500 between March 20, 201,9 to March 31, 2019.

GATE score provides admission into M.Tech/ME programme in various Institutions. Candidates can also use GATE score card for PSU through GATE exam recruitment.

The GATE scorecard contains the candidate's name, GATE score, total marks scored by the candidate out of 100, qualifying marks, all India rank, the number of candidates appeared in the paper, etc.

Below is the procedure for downloading the Score Card:

1. Visit the official portal (link is given above).
2. Click on the link “GATE 2019 Score Card”.
3. Enter your Enrollment ID/Email Address, Password & Captcha.
4. Click on the submit button.
5. Keep the print copy of the GATE scorecard.

Calculation of GATE Score:

The following formula is used for calculating the gate core:

GATE Score=Sq + (St–Sq) (M–Mq) / (M¯t–Mq)

M=marks secured by the candidate (It is actual marks for single session papers and normalized marks for multi-session papers)

Mq=qualifying marks for general category candidate in the paper.

M¯t=Average marks of the top 0.1% or top 10 (whichever is larger) of the candidates who appeared in the paper (in case of multi-session papers including all sessions)

Sq=350, score assigned to Mq

St=900, score assigned to M¯t

Alternatively, check the scorecard through the official GOAPS portal by login and password.

AIR -1 -Harsh Gupta , a 22-year-old Jaipur boy topped the exam.

• He is currently a final year chemical engineering student at Jaipur's Malviya National Institute of Technology(MNIT).
• He is elated at his success and plans to work at a PSU before going abroad for masters.
• He believes hard work and clear concepts in each and every semester is the key to scoring well in this exam.

Another student under top-100 - Haseena kadavath echoes the same sentiments.

• She religiously solved last five-year question papers and left no stone unturned to ace this exam.
• She advises candidates to not ignore the general aptitude section and suggests Barrons GRE guide for the same.
• Acing the subject-specific exam, practice is the only answer.
• She was a student of chemistry and aced her subject as well.