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As we all know, the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is one of the competitive examinations conducted in India. Nearly, about 8.5 lakh candidates appear for the examination every year. The opportunity to pursue PG programmes like Master in Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Engineering (M.E.), and PhD programmes from top-notch institutions and the job opportunities that the qualifying candidates receive eventually made the GATE examination one of the most competitive examinations in our country. In order to score well in this highly competitive examination, a proper exam preparation plan is required. Even the choice of the institutions from which the candidate needs to pursue their post-graduation is decided on the basis of the score and the subject that they opt for.
Are you looking for some fine resources to upgrade your skills and values for your GATE exam preparation plan? Then, the GATE Previous Years’ Question Paper is one of the finest choices. It will transform your revision process and will assist you in preparing the best version of you for the examination. Practising the GATE Previous Years’ Question Papers on a regular basis provides numerous advantages to candidates; it offers a chance for them to analyse the examination pattern and understand the areas in the syllabus from which most questions appear. With such awareness, they can allot more time and effort in these particular areas to enhance their knowledge. Besides, the GATE question paper helps to get a basic idea about the types of questions that are commonly repeated and the marking scheme for each. Understanding all these elements will help to improve their time management skills as well. From the examination point of view, practising the previous years’ question papers will be very beneficial. That is the reason why the GATE examination conducting authorities release the updated previous years’ papers on the official website.
List of Subjects for the GATE Examination
To help candidates understand which code is used to represent a particular paper, we have provided a table with the complete name of the papers and their respective codes below. Learning to understand the papers from the codes provided will be helpful for them while preparing for the examination.
| Papers | Codes |
| 1. Aerospace Engineering | AE |
| 2. Agricultural Engineering | AG |
| 3. Architecture and Planning | AR |
| 4. Biomedical Engineering | BM |
| 5. Biotechnology | BT |
| 6. Civil Engineering | CE |
| 7. Chemical Engineering | CH |
| 8. Computer Science and Information Technology | CS |
| 9. Chemistry | CY |
| 10. Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC |
| 11. Electrical Engineering | EE |
| 12. Environmental Science and Engineering
13. Ecology and Evolution |
ES
EY |
| 14. Geology and Geophysics | GG |
| 15. Instrumentation Engineering | IN |
| 16. Mathematics | MA |
| 17. Mechanical Engineering | ME |
| 18. Mining Engineering | MN |
| 19. Metallurgical Engineering | MT |
| 20. Petroleum Engineering | PE |
| 21. Physics | PH |
| 22. Production and Industrial Engineering | PI |
| 23. Statistics | ST |
| 24. Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF |
| 25. Engineering Sciences | XE |
| 26. Humanities and Social Science | XH |
| 27. Life Sciences | XL |
| 28. Geomatics Engineering | GE |
| 29. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | NM |
GATE Examination and Scorecard
Candidates appearing for the examination must ensure that they have covered every portion of the syllabus. A proper study plan and accurate time management will help candidates cover all the critical areas. It will thus improve their self-confidence while appearing for the examination. It is certain that the hard work and effort that the candidate put for the examination will get reflected on their GATE scorecard. Once the result is published, candidates can check the scorecard online on the GOAPS portal. They have to secure a score equivalent to or more than the least qualifying cutoff of the GATE to get qualified for proceeding with further admission processes. The complete details of the candidate with their All India Rank, total marks scored, normalised score, etc., will be included in the scorecard. To get a better idea about the details of the scorecard, you can check the table below.
| Details Provided on GATE Scorecard |
| Name of the candidate and photograph |
| GATE 2023 registration number |
| Name of the GATE paper |
| Gender of the candidate |
| GATE score out of 1000 |
| Marks out of 100 |
| All India Rank in the appeared paper |
| Qualifying marks for different categories |
| Number of applicants who appeared for the particular paper |
Steps to Download GATE Score Card
The following information will help candidates to understand how the GATE scorecard can be downloaded from the official website.
STEP 1. Go to the official website of GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System).
STEP 2. Log in through GOAPS by entering your details like email ID or enrolment number and password.
STEP 3. Once you log in, you can download the scorecard of GATE 2023 in the form of a PDF.ṣ
STEP 4. Don’t forget to take a printout of the scorecard for future use.
All the information provided above will help candidates to grasp a better idea about the GATE examination. A proper idea about the examination before appearing for it is very important, and it will help candidates in numerous ways. For more details regarding the important dates, exam patterns, syllabus, etc., of the GATE examination, visit BYJU’S website.
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