GATE 2013 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Information Brochure       Organizing Institute Indian Institute of Technology Bombay   1 1 Table of Contents 1   Introduction  ..........................................................................................................................................  4   1.1   Financial Assistance  .......................................................................................................................  4   1.2   Administration  ................................................................................................................................  4   2   What’s  New  in  GATE  2013?  ...................................................................................................................  6   2.1   Other Important points about GATE 2013  .....................................................................................  6   2.2   Important  Dates  related  to  GATE  2013  ..........................................................................................  7   3   Pre  Exam  Related  Information  ..............................................................................................................  8   3.1   Eligibility for GATE  ......................................................................................................................  9   3.2   GATE Papers  ................................................................................................................................  11   3.3   Examination  Schedule  ..................................................................................................................  12   3.4   State-­‐wise  Exam  Cities  .................................................................................................................  13   3.5   How  to  Apply  ................................................................................................................................  16   3.5.1   GATE  Online  Applicant  Interface  ...........................................................................................  16   3.5.2   Filling  in  Application  Online  ...................................................................................................  17   3.5.3   Application  Fee  Payment  Options  .........................................................................................  19   3.5.4   Mailing  Documents  to  GATE  Office  .......................................................................................  20   3.5.5   Photograph  and  Signature  Requirements  .............................................................................  22   3.6   Admit  Card  ....................................................................................................................................  26   4   Examination Related Information  .......................................................................................................  27   4.1   Structure of GATE 2013  ..............................................................................................................  27   4.1.1   General  Aptitude  Questions  ..................................................................................................  27   4.1.2   XE  Paper  ................................................................................................................................  28   4.1.3   XL  Paper  .................................................................................................................................  28   4.2   Duration and Exam Type  ..............................................................................................................  28   4.3   Pattern  of  Question  Papers  and  Marking  Scheme  .......................................................................  29   4.3.1   Pattern  of  Question  Papers  ...................................................................................................  29 4.4   Marking  Scheme  ...........................................................................................................................  31   4.4.1   General Aptitude (GA) Questions  .........................................................................................  31   4.4.2   Question papers other than GG, XE and XL  .........................................................................  31   4.4.3   GG (Geology and Geophysics) Paper  ....................................................................................  32   4.4.4   XE Paper (Engineering Sciences)  ..........................................................................................  32   4.4.5   XL Paper (Life Sciences)  ......................................................................................................  32   4.5   GATE  Syllabi  ..................................................................................................................................  33   4.5.1   General  Aptitude  (GA):  Common  to  All  Papers  Engineering  .................................................  33   4.5.2   Aerospace  Engineering  (AE)  ..................................................................................................  35   4.5.3   Agricultural  Engineering  (AG)  ................................................................................................  37   4.5.4   Architecture  and  Planning  (AR)  .............................................................................................  39   4.5.5   Biotechnology  (BT)  ................................................................................................................  41   4.5.6   Civil  Engineering  (CE)  .............................................................................................................  43   4.5.7   Chemical  Engineering  (CH)  ....................................................................................................  45   4.5.8   Computer  Science  and  Information  Technology  (CS)  ............................................................  47   4.5.9   Chemistry  (CY)  .......................................................................................................................  49   4.5.10   Electronics  and  Communication  Engineering  (EC)  ..............................................................  51   4.5.11   Electrical  Engineering  (EE)  ...................................................................................................  53   4.5.12   Geology  and  Geophysics  (GG)  .............................................................................................  55   4.5.13   Instrumentation  Engineering  (IN)  ........................................................................................  58   4.5.14   Mathematics  (MA)  ..............................................................................................................  60   4.5.15   Mechanical  Engineering  (ME)  ..............................................................................................  62   4.5.16   Mining  Engineering  (MN)  ....................................................................................................  64   4.5.17   Metallurgical  Engineering  (MT)  ...........................................................................................  66   4.5.18   Physics  (PH)  .........................................................................................................................  68   4.5.19   Production  and  Industrial  Engineering  (PI)  ..........................................................................  69   4.5.20   Textile  Engineering  and  Fibre  Science  (TF)  ..........................................................................  72   4.5.21   Engineering  Sciences  (XE)  ....................................................................................................  74   2 4.5.22   Life  Sciences  (XL)  .................................................................................................................  79   5   Post-Exam Related Information  ..........................................................................................................  84   5.1   GATE Score  .................................................................................................................................  84   5.2   GATE 2013 Results  ......................................................................................................................  84   5.3   GATE Score Card  ........................................................................................................................  85   6   Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)  ....................................................................................................  86   6.1   Application Process  ......................................................................................................................  86   6.2   Admit card  ....................................................................................................................................  88   6.3   GATE 2013 Exam  ........................................................................................................................  89   7   Zonal  Contacts  .....................................................................................................................................  90   8   Appendix A  .........................................................................................................................................  91   8.1   Authorities Empowered to Issue certificates (SC/ST)  ..................................................................  91   8.2   PD  Category:  .................................................................................................................................  91   9   Appendix  B:  Qualifying  Disciplines  ......................................................................................................  92   3 1 Introduction   Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India examination that primarily tests a comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in Engineering and Technology. The GATE score of a candidate reflects a relative performance level in a particular paper in the exam across several years. The score is used for admissions to post-graduate engineering programmes (eg. M.E., M.Tech, direct Ph.D.) in Indian higher education institutes with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other Government agencies. The score may also be used by Public sector units for employment screening purposes. 1.1 Financial Assistance A valid GATE score is essential for obtaining a financial assistance during Masters programmes and direct Doctoral programmes in Engineering/Technology/Architecture, and Doctoral programs in relevant branches of Science in an Institution supported by the MHRD or other Government assistantships. As per the directives of the MHRD, the following procedure is to be adopted for admission to the postgraduate programmes (Master and Doctoral) with MHRD scholarship/assistantship. The performance of the candidate in GATE will be considered for admission. If the candidate is to be selected through interview for postgraduate programmes, minimum 70% weightage is to be given to the performance in GATE. The remaining weightage (30% maximum) may be given to the candidate’s academic record or performance in interview. The admitting institution could however prescribe minimum passing percentage of marks in the interview. Some colleges/institutes specify GATE qualification as the mandatory requirement even for admission without MHRD scholarship/assistantship. To avail the financial assistance (scholarship), the candidate must first secure admission to a programme in these Institutes, by a procedure that could be different for each institute. Qualification in GATE is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations. Candidates are advised to seek details of admission procedures and availability of MHRD scholarship/assistantship from the concerned admitting institution. The criteria for postgraduate admission with scholarship/assistantship are different for different admitting institutions. The management of the postgraduate scholarship/assistantship is also the responsibility of the admitting institution. Similarly, reservation of seats under different categories is as per the policies and norms prevailing at the admitting institution and Government of India rules. GATE offices will not entertain any enquiry about admission, reservation of seats or award of scholarship/assistantship Nevertheless, candidates with Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture may seek admission to relevant Doctoral programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination. 1.2 Administration     GATE is administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB) – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. 4 The GATE Committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results. GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are: Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE 2013 lies with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and is designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2013. Organization of the Brochure The information in this brochure is mainly categorized into Pre-Exam (Eligibility, Application submission, Exam Centers etc.), Examination (Syllabus, Pattern, Scoring, Model Question Papers etc.) & Post-Exam (Answers, Results, Score Card etc.) sections.   5 2 What’s  New  in  GATE  2013?   1. 15 subject papers will be conducted by an ONLINE computer based test: AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CY, GG, MA, MN, MT, PH, TF, XE, and XL. 2. Female candidates are exempted from paying the application fee, as required by MHRD, Govt. of India. 3. All candidate related information and grievance redressal will be available in a single GATE Online Applicant Interface. 4. Soft copies of photograph and signature must be uploaded during online application (This is in addition to sending recent photograph of applicant with signed application). 5. A new formula will be used for calculating the GATE score. 6. Biometric information (Photograph and fingerprint) maybe captured on the day of the examination for randomly selected candidates. 2.1 Other Important points about GATE 2013 1 Application Process: For GATE 2013, candidates need to register and fill the application ONLINE only by accessing the zonal GATE websites of IISc and seven IITs. The application process is complete only when a print out of the filled ONLINE application with the candidate’s signature and a good quality photo affixed in the appropriate place is received by the respective GATE office along with necessary documents, if any, on or before 8 October 2012. Please note that application forms are NOT available for sale anywhere. 2 Downloadable Admit Card: Admit cards are NOT sent by mail anymore. Admit cards can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites from 5th December 2012 onwards. Bring the admit card to the test center along with at least one original (not photocopied / scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification. 3 Use of black ink ballpoint pen for Offline exams: Candidates should use only black ink ballpoint pen for darkening of the bubbles in the OMR sheet. Since bubbles darkened by the black ink ballpoint pen cannot be erased, candidates should darken the bubbles in the OMR sheet very carefully. 4 Numerical answer type questions in ONLINE papers: In the ONLINE papers, the question paper will consist of questions of multiple-choice type and questions of numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. Each online paper will have 15 or more marks worth of questions requiring numerical answers where possible. 5 Pre-final year students: Pre-final year students are NOT eligible to write GATE 2013. For details, refer to Section 4.1 eligibility for GATE examination. 6 2.2 Important  Dates  related  to  GATE  2013   1 September 2012 GATE Online Applicant Interface (website) Opens Saturday (00:00 Hrs) Last date for Submission of Online Application 30 September 2012 Sunday (website closure) (23:00 Hrs) Last date for the receipt of printed version of ONLINE Monday 8 October 2012 Application at the respective zonal GATE Office Last date for request of change of city Tuesday 20 November 2012 Availability of admit card on Online Application Wednesday 5 December, 2012 Interface GATE 2013 Online Examination for Papers: 20 January 2013 Sunday AR, CE, GG, MA, MT, PH and TF* (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs) GATE 2013 Online Examination Papers: 20 January 2013 Sunday AE, AG, BT, CH, CY, MN, XE and XL* (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs) GATE 2013 Offline Examination Papers: 10 February 2013 Sunday CS, ME and PI* (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs) GATE 2013 Offline Examination Papers: 10 February 2013 Sunday EC, EE and IN* (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs) Announcement of results on Online Applicant 15 March 2013 Friday Interface (10:00 Hrs)                                                                                                                           *  Please  see  Section  3.2  for  a  complete  list  of  GATE  papers  and  their  codes.     7 3 Pre  Exam  Related  Information   Note to the Candidates: Before you start the application process, you must: 1. Ensure you are eligible for GATE 2013 (See Section 3.1) 2. Determine the GATE paper you wish to appear for (You can appear in only one paper for GATE 2013). 3. Choose at least two cities from the table of Cities given this Brochure that are convenient for you to write the exam. (See Section 3.4) In addition, please note that: 1. The Application for appearing in GATE 2013 must be made online only. 2. Your choice of exam paper will determine the examination type (online/offline), date, and choice of available cities. 8 3.1 Eligibility for GATE Only the following categories of candidates are eligible to appear for GATE 2013. Necessary supporting documents must be submitted ONLINE or by post during the submission of the application form for the exam. Please read this carefully and make sure that your year of qualification is not later that what is specified below. Year of Qualifying Degree Qualifying Degree/Examination Description of Eligible qualification Copies of Certificates to be (Short) (Descriptive) Candidates cannot be later submitted than Expected to Passed in the year complete in 2012 or earlier 2013 or later Bachelor’s degree in Degree Certificate / Certificate Engineering/Technology/Architecture Provisional Certificate B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch 4th year or Completed 2013 from (4 years after 10+2/Post B.Sc./Post- / Course Completion Principal Diploma) Certificate Degree Certificate / Master’s degree in any branch of Provisional Certificate Certificate MSc./M.A./MCA Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Final year or Completed 2013 / Course Completion from equivalent Computer Applications or equivalent Certificate (pertaining Principal to Masters degree) Degree Certificate / Int. M.E./M.Tech or Integrated Master’s degree programs or Certificate 4th/5th Year or Provisional Certificate DD (after 10+2 or Dual Degree programs in Engineering / 2014 from Completed / Course Completion Diploma) Technology (Five year programme) Principal Certificate Degree Certificate / Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree Certificate Int. M.E/M.Tech (Post 2nd/3rd/4th year or Provisional Certificate programs in Engineering / Technology 2015 from BSc) Completed / Course Completion (Four year programme) Principal Certificate Professional B.E/B.Tech equivalent examinations, of Certificate/ Provisional Professional Society Professional Societies, recognized by Copy of Completed section A or Certificate/ Course Examinations MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Marksheet equivalent of such NA Completion/ (equivalent to Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE for Section professional courses Membership B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch) by the Institute of Civil Engineers- “A” Certificate issued by India) the Society or Institute Certificate from Principal Candidates who have to submit a certificate from their Principal, as determined from the above table, have to obtain a signature from their principal on a certificate that will be printed on the application PDF file provided after completion of online application submission. Candidates with backlogs Candidates who have appeared in the final semester/year exam in 2012, but with a backlog (arrears/failed subjects) in any of the papers in their qualifying degree should submit 1. A copy of any one of the marks sheets of the final year, OR 9