Structure of GATE Examination

The GATE is held every year on the second Sunday of February, across the country in over 100 cities. At
present nearly 60,000 students write GATE every year. Candidates can choose a single paper of 3 hours
duration to appear in GATE from the discipline papers shown in the following Table.

Agricultural Engineering AG Mathematics MA

Architecture AR Mechanical Engineering ME
Civil Engineering CE Mining Engineering MN
Chemical Engineering CH Metallurgical Engineering MT
Computer Science & Engg. CS Physics PH
Chemistry CY Production & Industrial Engg. PI
Electronics & Comm. Engg. EC Pharmaceutical Sciences PY
Electrical Engineering EE Textile Engg.& Fibre Science TF
Geology & Geophysics GG Engineering Sciences XE
Instrumentation
IN Life Sciences
Engineering

Papers XE and XL are general in nature and comprise of the following sections:
Candidates appearing in XE or XL papers are required to answer

Three Sections, one compulsory as indicated below:

ENGINEERING SCIENCES(XE) CODE LIFE SCIENCES(XL) CODE

Engg. Maths (Compulsory) A Chemistry (Compulsory) I
Computational Science B Biochemistry J
Electrical Sciences C Biotechnology K
Fluid Mechanics D Botany L
Materials Science E Microbiology M
Solid Mechanics F Zoology N
Statistics G
Thermodynamics H

GATE Results

The GATE result is declared every year on 31 st March and the score of the qualified candidates shows
their All India Rank and Percentile Score in the discipline paper chosen by the candidates.

GATE Score Card

a. Score card will be sent only to the qualified candidates. No information will be sent to candidates
who are not qualified.
 b. The GATE score card is a valuable document. Care should be taken to preserve it. Additional Score
Cards, (upto a maximum of two) will be issued on payment basis only once.
c. The Score Card cannot be treated as a proof of category.
d. The score card of the Qualified Candidates will include GATE Score, Percentile Score and Rank.

i. GATE Score

The GATE SCORE of a candidate is a statistical performance index in the range 0 to 1000. It reflects the
ability of a candidate, irrespective of the paper or year in which he/she has qualified. Candidates with same
GATE SCORE from different disciplines and/or years can be considered to be of equal ability.

where,

m = marks obtained by the candidate.

a = average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard, in the
current year.

s = standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard,
in the current year.

K1 and K2 are determined respectively from the mean and standard deviation of marks of all candidates
across all papers and years since GATE 2002.

A typical qualitative interpretation of the GATE SCORE, for example, can be as follows:

i.
o

GATE Score Range Ability Level

800 to 1000 Outstanding
675 to 800 Excellent
550 to 675 Very good
425 to 550 Good
300 to 425 Above average
100 to 300 Average
Below 100 Below average

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ii. Percentile Score

The percentile score is not the same as percentage of marks. The percentile score of a candidate
shows what percentage of candidates, who appeared in the same paper in GATE 2005, scored less
marks than him/her. It is calculated as follows: Let N be the total number of candidates appearing
in that paper and nc be the number of candidates who have the same all India rank c in the same
 paper (there can be bunching at a given all India rank). Then all the candidates, whose all India rank
is r, will have the same percentile score P, where

The percentile score in each paper is calculated as follows: Let N be the total number of candidates
appearing in that paper, and nc be the number of candidates who have the same all India rank c in the
same paper (there can be bunching at a given all India rank), then all the candidates, whose all India rank is
r, will have the same percentile score P, where

P = {(no. of candidates securing marks less than the candidate concerned)/N}x100

 The evaluation of the ORS is carried out by a computerized process using scanning machines, with
utmost care. Requests for revaluation of the answer script and re-totaling of marks will not be
entertained.
 The GATE result and particulars of the qualified candidates will be made available to interested
organizations (educational institutions, R and D laboratories, industries etc.) in India and abroad
based on written request by the organization and on payment. Details can be obtained from GATE
Chairmen of IITs / IISc.

List of GATE Training Institutes

Training Centre
Sl.no City Description Website
Name
VANI Institute of
1 Bangalore GATE -06 Coaching : ME, ECE,EEE, CSE, IT& IN... NA
Engg. & Technology
2 Elite Academy Bangalore elite academy GATE coaching centers in Bangalore... NA
Career Avenues or CAV is best known as specialized
3 Career Avenues Bangalore
training centre for CAT .He- adquartered ...
Our institute is training people for last four years Quality
4 IOC Chandigarh NA
education is our motive Teaching with ...
WE HAVE WELL STUCTURED PROGRAM FOR GATE ,JTO,
5 IMPULSE TUTORIAL Other IES,PSU..BE... WE HAVE MOST EXPERIENSED FACULTY
TEAM ...
ECE,EEE,MECH,CSE,IT,IN,CHEMICAL,IP&OTHER
6 VANI INSTITUTE Hydrabad COMPETITIVE EXAMS. Best institute for
GATE/IES/competative...
Vani institute of
Training in Instrumentation Engg. and Electronics and
7 science and Other
Communication Engg....
technolgy
the insitute has best faculity having best knowledge in
8 I.E.S. Made Easy Delhi
their field . Mainly Chadda Sir....
Visu International Visu provides Unique teaching methodology,Special
9 Bangalore
Ltd. emphasis for Non-mathematic students,Our data bank...
 ACE Engineering This has more than 10 years experience in GATE
10 Hydrabad
Academy coaching and other PSE exams and ES exams for ...
Supersoft Solution Welcome to the world of Software Training 25352872,
11 Bangalore
Provider Umesh Supersoft Solution Provider Software T...

Are you the right one to apply for ?

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE:

a. Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy and those who are

in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
b. Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications
or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
c. Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme
(Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year
Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/ Technology.
d. Candidates with qualifications obtained through examination conducted by professional societies
recognised by UPSC/AICTE as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed Section A or
equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

1.Material Collection

 Syllabus
 All the relevant books based on the subject(Divide the books in two groups - (1) Fundamental and
basic concepts (2) Problem oriented
 Some books helpful for pre-requisite knowledge on the subject
 Some good guide books for GATE
 Previous questions papers

2.Keep contact with some expert and GATE experienced persons

3.Study - Syllabus and Previous questions papers

4.Start from the first chapter

 read at least 5 books, it will widen your knowledge(if necessary consult with the books for pre-
requisite knowledge or with some expert)
 Note down the probable concepts(definitions, unit, dimension etc.)
 Note down necessary theories, formulae etc
 Solve problems as maximum as possible(from text books, Guide books etc)
 Think about various tricks in solving problems(if necessary, note it)
 Go for series of self tests based on this chapter(take other's help to conduct tests)
 Continue the self tests until getting a very good score

5.Solve more and more problems, discover more and more new tricks…

6.Follow the same procedure for the rest chapters

7.Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus(take other's help to conduct these tests)

8.On the exam day…you will be at the Pick, who can stop you?
Syllabus

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING

Measurement Basics and Metrology: Static and dynamic characteristics of measurement systems.
Standards and calibration. Error and uncertainty analysis, statistical analysis of data, and curve fitting.
Linear and angular measurements; Measurement of straightness, flatness, roundness and roughness.

Transducers, Mechanical Measurements and Industrial Instrumentation: Transducers - elastic, resistive,

inductive, capacitive, thermo-electric, piezoelectric, photoelectric, electro-mechanical, electro-chemical,
and ultrasonic. Measurement of displacement, velocity (linear and rotational), acceleration, shock,
vibration, force, torque, power, strain, stress, pressure, flow, temperature, humidity, viscosity, and density.
energy storing elements, suspension systems and dampers.

Analog Electronics: Characteristics of diodes, BJTs, JFETs and MOSFETs; Diode circuits; Amplifiers: single
and multi-stage, feedback; Frequency response; Operational amplifiers - design, characteristic, linear and
non-linear applications: difference amplifiers; instrumentation amplifiers; precision rectifiers, I-to-V
converters, active filters, oscillators, comparators, signal generators, wave shaping circuits.

Digital Electronics: Combinational logic circuits, minimization of Boolean functions; IC families (TTL, MOS,
CMOS), arithmetic circuits, multiplexer and decoders. Sequential circuits: flip-flops, counters, shift
registers. Schmitt trigger, timers, and multivibrators. Analog switches, multiplexers, S/H circuits. Analog-to-
digital and digital-to-analog converters. Basics of computer organization and architecture. 8-bit
microprocessor (8085), applications, memory, I/O interfacing, and microcontrollers.

Signals and Systems: Vectors and matrices; Fourier series; Fourier transforms; Ordinary differential
equations. Impulse and frequency responses of first and second order systems. Laplace transform and
transfer function, convolution and correlation. Amplitude and frequency modulations and demodulations.
Discrete time systems, difference equations, impulse and frequency responses; Z-transforms and transfer
functions; IIR and FIR filters.

Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Measurement of R, L and C; bridges and potentiometers.

Measurement of voltage, current, power, power factor, and energy; Instrument transformers; Q meter,
waveform analyzers. Digital volt-meters and multi-meters. Time, phase and frequency measurements;
Oscilloscope. Noise and interference in instrumentation.

Control Systems & Process Control: Principles of feedback; transfer function, signal flow graphs. Stability
criteria, Bode plots, root-loci, Routh and Nyquist criteria. Compensation techniques; State space analysis.
System components: mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and electronic; Servos and synchros;
Stepper motors. On-off, cascade, P, PI, PID and feed-forward controls. Controller tuning and general
frequency response.

Analytical, Optical and Biomedical Instrumentation: Principles of spectrometry, UV, visible, IR mass
spectrometry, X-ray methods; nuclear radiation measurements, gas, solid and semi conductor lasers and
their characteristics, interferometers, basics of fibre optics, transducers in biomedical applications,
cardiovascular system measurements, instrumentation for clinical laboratory.
GATE, like CAT and unlike GRE, GMAT or Board examinations, is a zero sum game. You need to beat
someone else to rise up the ranks. You should always remember the fact that you are adjudged relatively,
not absolutely. Hence, your rank obviously depends on how you performed relative to your competitors. It
does not really matter whether you got 89 marks out of 150, or 148 marks out of 150. What matters the
most is how many people you have beaten and how many people have beaten you.

The following list gives us an indication of the degree of competition that was there in GATE 2004.

As we can see, only 137 applicants out of every 1000 applicants in computer science stream were qualified,
and only 4 out of 1000 applicants were admitted in premierinstitutions like IITs and IISc.

Paper
Paper Title Overall
Code
Regd App QTot App% Qual%
AG Agricultural Engineering 672 649 158 96.58 24.35
AR Architecture & Planning 1387 1311 305 94.52 23.26
CE Civil Engineering 10165 9340 2370 91.88 25.37
CH Chemical Engineering 6874 6447 1542 93.79 23.92
CS Computer Science & Engg 40708 37797 5181 92.85 13.71
CY Chemistry 3174 2936 791 92.5 26.94
EC Electronics & Comm. Engg 34082 31567 4732 92.62 14.99
EE Electrical Engineering 19858 18548 3442 93.4 18.56
GG Geology & Geophysics 400 374 87 93.5 23.26
IN Instrumentation Engineering 5067 4765 663 94.04 13.91
MA Mathematics 1497 1342 293 89.65 21.83
ME Mechanical Engineering 28056 26241 4625 93.53 17.63
MN Mining Engineering 337 318 95 94.36 29.87
MT Metallurgical Engineering 1300 1185 339 91.15 28.67
PH Physics 2548 2358 598 92.54 25.36
PI Production & Ind.Engg 2682 2489 454 92.8 18.24
PY Pharmaceutical Sciences 6847 6475 1765 94.57 27.26
TF Textile Engg & Fibre Science 586 554 137 94.54 24.73
XE Engineering Sciences 1208 1087 267 89.98 24.56
XL Life Sciences 3849 3571 1033 92.78 28.93
Total 171297 159354 28877 93.03 18.12

Regd : Number of candidates registered

App : Number of candidates finally appeared in the GATE.
App% : Percentage of applicants actually taking up the exam.
Qual% : Percentage of people who qualified among the candidates who appeared

There are two different ways by which candidates can apply for GATE 2006, namely Online
Registration and Offline Registration. Detailed information about each of these processes is given below.
1. Online Registration
2. Offline Registration

Details of the Online Registration Process:

Application fee: Rs. 900 for general category and Rs. 400 for SC/ST category.

Online submission of application forms may be made by accessing the websites of IITs and IISc, Bangalore.
The candidate should pay the Application Fee through an SBI ATM or through a Demand Draft in favour of
‘IIT Kharagpur’ on any nationalized bank payable at ‘Kharagpur’. The candidate should submit the payment
details while filling up the Online Form. Candidates are required to take a print of the Online
Application Form after successful submission of data. The printed form, with candidate’s signature and
photograph at appropriate places, and the Demand Draft / original ATM transaction-slip must be sent
ONLY to The Organising Chairman, GATE, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302.

The application fee is not refundable.

Details of the Offline Registration Process:

Application fee: Rs. 1000 for general category and Rs. 500 for SC/ST category.

Information Brochures and Application Forms are obtainable on payment of cash from the
designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone. The bank pay-in-slip in original must be attached to
the candidate’s application during submission. Candidates can also obtain Information Brochures
and Application Forms by Post from/or personally at the GATE offices. For this purpose a Demand Draft is
to be sent for the amount as above to the Chairman, GATE of the corresponding zonal GATE office, along
with a request letter and two self-addressed slips.

Filled in Application Form along with the bank pay-in-slip / receipt of payment from GATE office must be
sent to the respective zonal GATE office depending on the examination city where the candidate wishes to
appear.

Zonal GATE Office

Draft in favour of Examination Cities
address
IISc, Bangalore, Ananthapur, Bangalore, Davangere, Hassan, Hyderabad,
IISc, Bangalore
Bangalore 560012 Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Mysore and Surathkal
Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Jalgaon,
IIT Bombay Powai,
IIT Bombay Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Navi
Mumbai 400076
Mumbai, Pune, Sangli, Shegaon, Solapur, Thane and Goa
Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh,
Chairman, GATE, IIT IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jodhpur,
Delhi New Delhi 110016 Ludhiana, Moga, New Delhi, Patiala, Pilani, Srinagar
(J&K), Surat, Udaipur and Vadodara
Agartala, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Dhanbad, Durgapur,
Chairman, GATE, IIT IIT Guwahati Guwahati
Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani,
Guwahati 781039
Patna, Silchar and Siliguri
Chairman GATE, IIT IIT Kanpur, Kanpur Allahabad, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhansi,
Kanpur 208016 Kanpur, Lucknow, Sagar, Sultanpur, Ujjain and Varanasi
 Balasore, Berhampur (Orissa), Bhimavaram,
Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Cuttack, Eluru, Jamshedpur,
IIT Kharagpur Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Kothagudem,
IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302 Machilipatnam, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela,
Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and
Visakhapatnam
Bapatla, Chennai, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddapah,
Dindigul, Ernakulam, Guntur, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam,
IIT Madras Chennai Kozhikode, Madurai, Manchiryala, Nagercoil, Nellore,
IIT Madras
600036 Ongole, Palakkad, Pondicherry, Salem, Tenali,
Thiruvananthapuram, Thanjavur, Thrissur, Tiruchirapalli,
Tirunelveli, Tirupati and Warangal
Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Bijnor, Dehradun, Ghaziabad,
Chairman, GATE, IIT IIT Roorkee Roorkee Gwalior, Hamirpur (HP), Haridwar, Hissar, Kota,
Roorkee 247667 Kurukshetra, Mathura, Meerut, Noida, Pantnagar,
Rohtak, Roorkee, Shimla and Yamunanagar