How to calculate GATE Score?

The biggest query students will generally have after the GATE exam is how to calculate the GATE score, and what is the normalization score process? Few papers of the GATE exam like Mechanical, Computer Science and Civil Engineering are scheduled in more than one session. Since, the difficulty level of the same paper conducted in different slots may vary, GATE Normalization process is implemented to arrive at an impartial score. 

But before understanding the calculation of GATE score, it is necessary to understand the aspects related to this:

• Actual GATE Marks: Actual marks are those marks, students get in their paper out of 100.

• Normalized GATE Marks: 

• Many GATE papers are conducted in multiple sessions, and hence to arrive at a normalized score of these multiple session papers, normalization process is applied to normalize the variations in difficulty levels of the question papers across the different slots/sessions. 
• This normalization process is done on the basis of the assumption that “in all multi-session GATE papers, the distribution of the abilities of the candidates is the same across all the sessions”. 

• GATE Score: 

• GATE score is the score which is calculated out of 1000. 
• GATE scores for the papers conducted in one session, is calculated by using actual marks only. On the other hand, GATE scores for the papers conducted in multiple sessions, is calculated  by converting into normalized marks first and then GATE score. 

Formula for calculating normalized marks:

Where, 

Mij: is the actual marks obtained by the jth candidate in ith session

Mtg: is the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates considering all sessions

Mqg: is the sum of mean and standard deviation marks of the candidates in the paper considering all sessions

Mti: is the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates in the ith session

Miq: is the sum of the mean marks and standard deviation of the ith session

 

 Formula for calculating GATE Score: 

M: marks obtained by the candidate (actual marks for single session papers and normalized marks for multi-session papers)

Mq: is the qualifying marks for general category candidate in the paper

Mt: is the mean of marks of 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, is the score assigned to Mq

St: 900, is the score assigned to 

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Branch wise analysis of previous year GATE exam

In this section, you will find the topic wise paper analysis of previous years papers. By referring to this, you will get an idea about which topic carries how much weightage and according to that you can prepare your GATE preparation plan.

No of students appeared for GATE

Paper Name	Paper Code	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Total No of students appeared		6,85,000	7,79,632	7,81,461	7,87,148	8,18,850
Mechanical Engineering	ME	1,98,844	1,67,376	1,94,496	1,90,648	1,97,789
Computer Science Engineering	CSE	1,02,494	99,932	1,07,893	96,878	1,08,495
Civil Engineering	CE	1,07,999	1,45,064	1,53,078	1,29,225	1,19,873
Electrical Engineering	EE	1,02,294	1,12,097	1,21,383	1,17, 443	1,25,859
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	1,01,148	1,04,782	1,25,870	1,41, 665	1,52,318
Chemical Engineering	CH	14,783	15,537	–	15.188	15,495
Instrumentation Engineering	IN	10,289	9,999	11,852	12,858	14,804

Year wise list of GATE Exam conducting institutes

Every year GATE exam is conducted by any of the 8 institutes i.e. IISc and other 7 IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Roorkee, Madras). Every institute get a chance to organize GATE Exam at regular intervals. If you follow the below table you find that every institute’s turn repeats every 8 years until a new IIT gets added to this list. By following this cycle, you can predict which IIT will conduct GATE exam in the coming years.

GATE Exam Year	Conducting Authority	GATE Exam Year	Conducting Authority
GATE 1984	IISc, Bangalore	GATE 2004	IIT, Delhi
GATE 1985	IIT, Madras	GATE 2005	IIT, Bombay
GATE 1986	IIT, Delhi	GATE 2006	IIT, Kharagpur
GATE 1987	IIT, Bombay	GATE 2007	IIT, Kanpur
GATE 1988	IIT, Kharagpur	GATE 2008	IISc, Bangalore
GATE 1989	IIT, Kanpur	GATE 2009	IIT, Roorkee
GATE 1990	IISc, Bangalore	GATE 2010	IIT, Guwahati
GATE 1991	IIT, Madras	GATE 2011	IIT, Madras
GATE 1992	IIT, Delhi	GATE 2012	IIT, Delhi
GATE 1993	IIT, Bombay	GATE 2013	IIT, Bombay
GATE 1994	IIT, Kharagpur	GATE 2014	IIT, Kharagpur
GATE 1995	IIT, Kanpur	GATE 2015	IIT, Kanpur
GATE 1996	IISc, Bangalore	GATE 2016	IISc, Bangalore
GATE 1997	IIT, Madras	GATE 2017	IIT, Roorkee
GATE 1998	IIT, Delhi	GATE 2018	IIT, Guwahati
GATE 1999	IIT, Bombay	GATE 2019	IIT, Madras
GATE 2000	IIT, Kharagpur	GATE 2020	IIT, Delhi
GATE 2001	IIT, Kanpur	GATE 2021	IIT, Bombay
GATE 2002	IISc, Bangalore	GATE 2022	IIT, Kharagpur
GATE 2003	IIT, Madras	GATE 2023	IIT, Kanpur

Strategy plan for GATE 2022

It is always beneficial if you start preparing for the GATE exam early. By starting early, you can devote more time to important topics and questions. You can plan your studies in advance and can solve more previous years GATE questions. 

To help you out with the preparation plan, we have prepared a 300 days preparation plan on the basis of our experience and our topper’s preparation strategy.  

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Previous Year GATE Questions

Once you start preparing for the GATE exam, the very initial step would be to analyze previous years papers to get an idea about the weightage and marking system of different subjects and their respective topics. So, here we are providing branch wise GATE previous year question papers so that you can easily identify weightage system, and you can solve questions of GATE previous years papers too. 

About GATE Exam

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a computer-based standardized examination conducted at a national level. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and 7 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs- Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Madras and Roorkee) jointly conduct GATE Examination. 

It examines the basic understanding of subjects related to engineering and science and students who are seeking an admission to the post graduates program, doctoral program and PSU jobs apply for the GATE exam.

What’s new in GATE Exam 2022?

• Eligibility criteria to appear for GATE-2022 has been relaxed from the minimum 10+2+4 (ongoing) to minimum 10+2+3 (ongoing), enabling the third-year students of undergraduate studies to appear for gate 2022 examination.
• All Test Papers of GATE 2022 will be entirely objective type. The Pattern of questions may include: (i) Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), (ii) Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) and (iii) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
• Two new subjects–Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) and Humanities and Social Science (XH) have been added. The total number of subjects in GATE 2022 is now increased to 27.
• Students applying for GATE 2022 can also opt for two subject papers from the prescribed set of combinations.