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.

Gate 2019: GATE Counselling Process Commenced, Know More!

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has released the schedule for GATE. The online application procedure will be commenced from September 1, 2019, and the examination is scheduled to be conducted on February 2020.

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 2020:

• Examination Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• 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
• The 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).

IIT Delhi will be releasing GATE Result 2020 in the month of March, for all 24 subjects. The candidates who appeared for GATE can check their result on the official website of GATE at gate.iitm.ac.in. Last year the exam was successfully conducted on February 2, 3, 9 and 10, 2019. GATE Result is considered for admission in various Post Graduate Engineering Programmes offered by IITs, NITs and GFTIs.

GATE Scorecard will be released on the official website on March 20, 2020, and the candidates can download their scorecard till May 31, 2020. The candidates can also download GATE Scorecard after May 31 by paying a late fee of INR 500. GATE Scorecard will be available on the official website till December 31, 2020. The GATE Scorecard will be released for only those candidates who qualify the examination. GATE Score will be valid for a period of three years. Not only for admissions but GATE Scores are also considered for PSU recruitment process.

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, Delhi 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

Test Centres for GATE 2020 can be  broadly devided into 8 zones, based on the IITs and IISc as follow:

• IISc Bangalore
• IIT Bombay, Powai
• IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT Kanpur
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Roorkee
• IIT Madras

Candidates can check the test city under each zone in this table:

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.