GATE 2011 Analysis

IN Branch

Analysis of GATE 2012: IN

GATE 2012 Analysis GATE 2012 (Instrumentation) largely followed the pattern of last year's paper, as previously announced in the GATE 2012 prospectus. The paper consisted of 65 questions with a maximum score of 100 marks. The questions were MCQ type with4options. Every wrong answer incurred a negative marking of 1/3. The question-wise breakup of the ECE paper was as follows:

Engineering Mathematics: 15 marks General Aptitude (Verbal Ability & Numerical Ability): 15 marks Core Engineering Subjects: 70 marks

In general, the paper was tougher as compared to last year. A majority of the questions were from Transducers and Networks whereas very few questions were seen from Analog and Digital Electronics. In terms of the difficulty level, questions from Networks and Transducers were tougher than last year's paper which had Analog and Control Systems as its toughest subject. GATE 2012 saw the weight-age allotted to Networks, Transducers and Maths increase from 6 to 16 %, 10 to 12 %, 11 to 15 % respectively. The weight-age allotted to Analog Electronics decreased from 13% to 5% as compared to last year. There was no change in the weight-age of subjects like Process Control, General Aptitude and Measurements. Last year (GATE 2011) the cut-off marks for this branch were: 25.0 for general, 22.5 for OBC & 16.67 for SC/ST candidates. However, this year (GATE 2012) cut-off is 25.0 for general, 22.5 for OBC & 16.67 for SC/ST candidates.

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GATE 2011 Analysis

IN Branch

GATE-2012 Instrumentation Engg

PROCESS CONTROL 0% ANALYTICAL, OPTIC AL AND BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION . 6%

GA 15%

MATHS 15%

TRANSDUCERS 12%

NETWORK 16%

COMMUNICATION 0% MEASUREMENT 5% ANALOG 5% DIGITAL+P 5% CONTROL 14%

S&S 7%

Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by CL| GATEaspire team. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.

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