GATE Marking Scheme 2022 | Know The Latest Marking Scheme

Examination Mode

Computer Based Test (CBT)

Duration

3 hours (180 minutes)

• Number of Subjects (Papers)

29

Sections

• General Aptitude (GA)
• Candidate’s Selected Subject

Type of Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
• Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or
• Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions

Questions for testing these abilities

• Recall
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis & Synthesis

Number of Questions

10 (GA) + 55 (subject) = 65 Questions

Distribution of Marks in all Papers except papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL

• General Aptitude: 15 Marks
• Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks
• Subject Questions: 72 Marks
• Total: 100 Marks

Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL

• General Aptitude: 15 Marks
• Subject Questions: 85 Marks
• Total: 100 Marks

Marking Scheme

Questions carry 1 mark and 2 marks

Negative Marking

For a wrong answer chosen in an MCQ, there will be negative marking. For 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer

Paper Code

General Aptitude (GA) Marks

Subject Marks

Total Marks

Total Time

(Minutes)

AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE,

ES, EY, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PH,

PI, TF, ST

15

85

100

180

AR [Part A + Part B1 or B2

(B1: Architecture or B2: Planning)]

15

60 + 25

100

180

GE [Part A + Part B (Section I or Section II)

15

55 + 30

100

180

GG [Part A + Part B (Section 1: Geology or

Section 2: Geophysics)]

15

25 + 60

100

180

XE (Section A + Any TWO Sections)

15

15 + (2 x 35)

100

180

XH (Section B1 + Any ONE Section)

15

25 + 60

100

180

XL (Section P + Any TWO Sections)

15

25 + (2 x 30)

100

180