Marks And Pattern of GATE 2024: -

Marks
No. of Marks Negative Total
percent
Questions Distribution Marking time
weightage

5x1 1/3 for 1 mark

General Aptitude 10 15 Que in MCQ
5x2

Electronics and 2/3 for 2

communication marks ques in
engineering (ECE) 45 MCQ

No Negative
(25 x 1) marking in
Engineering MSQ and NAT
10 (30 x 2) 85
Mathematics
No Negative
Marking

180
Total 65 100
Minutes
Sections - Important Topics

General Aptitude
 Verbal Aptitude  State variable model and solution
 Quantitative Aptitude of state equation of LTI systems
 Analytical Aptitude Communications
 Spatial Aptitude  Random processes
Engineering Mathematics  Analog communications
 Linear Algebra  Information theory
 Calculus  Digital communications
 Differential Equations Electromagnetics
 Vector Analysis  Maxwell's equations
 Complex Analysis  Plane waves and properties
 Probability and Statistics  Transmission lines
Networks, Signals and Systems
 Circuit analysis
 Continuous-time signals
 Discrete-time signals
Electronic Devices
 Carrier transport
 P-N junction, Zener diode
Analog Circuits
 Diode circuits
 BJT and MOSFET amplifiers
 Op-amp circuits
Digital Circuits
 Number representations
 Sequential circuits
 Data converters
 Semiconductor memories
 Computer organization
Control Systems
 Basic control system components
 Transient and steady-state analysis
of LTI systems
 Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist
stability criteria;
 Book Name

Network Theory

Electronic Devices

Analog Circuits

Digital Circuits

Control System