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GATE QUESTION PAPER STRUCTURE

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Topic: GATE QUESTION PAPER STRUCTURE
Posted By: shilpa123
Subject: GATE QUESTION PAPER STRUCTURE
Date Posted: 28Sep2007 at 10:51pm
  • Main Papers (Non-XE/XL Papers)
  1. The question paper will be fully objective type for a total of 150 marks divided into three groups:
    1. Group I: Question Numbers 1 to 20 (20 questions) will carry one mark each.
    2. Group II: Question numbers 21 to 75 (55 questions) will carry two marks each. Out of this, Q.71 to Q.75 may be common data based questions.
    3. Group III: Question Numbers 76 to 85 (10 questions) will carry two marks each. These questions are called linked answer questions. These 10 questions comprise five pairs of questions (76 & 77, 78 & 79, etc.). The solution to the second question of each pair (e.g. Q.77) will be linked to the correct answer to the first one (e.g. Q.76) in the pair.

    1. Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.

    2. Wrong answers carry 25% negative marks. In Q.1 to Q.20, 0.25 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer and in Q.21 to Q.76, Q.78, Q.80, Q.82 and Q.84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking in Q.77, Q.79, Q.81, Q.83 and Q.85.

    3. Papers bearing the code AG, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, IT, ME, MN, MT, PI, TF will contain questions on Engineering Mathematics to the extent of 20 to 25 marks.

    4. The multiple choice objective test questions can be of the following type:
    5. Each choice containing a single stand-alone statement/phrase/data.

      Example:
      Q. The symmetry of http://www.yuvajobs.com/education/gate/gate_question_paper_structure.asp# -

    6. Group I Group II
        P. Resistance to flow   1. Ductility test
        Q. Ability to deform under load   2. Penetration test
        R. Safety   3. Flash and fire point test


      1. (A) (B) (C) (D)
         P - 2  P - 2  P - 1  P - 3
         Q - 1  Q - 3  Q - 2  Q - 1
         R - 3  R - 1  R - 3  R - 2


    1. Common data based questions: Multiple questions may be linked to a common problem data, passage and the like. Two or three questions can be formed from the given common problem data. Each question is independent and its solution obtainable from the above problem data/passage directly. (Answer of the previous question is not required to solve the next question). Each question under this group will carry two marks. Example:
      Common data for Q. 74 & 75: A glass-reinforced polymer composite comprises of 35 vol % glass fibres and 65 vol % of polymer resin. The elastic moduli of glass and polymer resin are respectively 70 GPa and 3 GPa.

        Q.74. The elastic modulus (in GPa) of the composite under iso-strain            state is

              (A) 4.51      (B) 25.45      (C) 26.45      (D) 27.45

        Q.75. The elastic modulus (in GPa) of the composite under iso-stress state is

              (A) 3.51      (B) 4.51       (C) 6.51        (D) 26.45

       
    2. Linked answers question: These questions are of problem solving type. A problem statement is followed by two questions based on the problem statement. The two questions are to be designed such that the solution to the second question depends upon the answer to the first one. In other words, the first answer is an intermediate step in http://www.yuvajobs.com/education/gate/gate_question_paper_structure.asp# -


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