The following distribution of marks among 3 parts is generally repeated every year:

GATE CS Sections Marks Distribution

Engineering Mathematics 13

General Aptitude 15

CS Subjects 72

Total Marks 100

Subject Wise Weightage of GATE CS Subjects

Let’s understand the more detailed distribution of subject-wise weightage of GATE
CS Subjects. Marks for a particular subject vary from year to year as mentioned in the
table.
GATE
Subjects 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Programming
& Data 11 9 6 12 12 10
Structure

Algorithms 6 7 11 6 7 10

Operating
7 9 7 10 10 8
Systems

DBMS 5 7 8 8 8 6

Computer
8 11 7 6 10 7
Networks

COA 12 9 10 11 4 11

Discrete
6 12 9 10 5 10
Mathematics
 GATE
Subjects 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Theory of
9 7 9 9 8 8
Computation

Compiler
5 4 8 4 6 4
Design

Digital Logic 6 3 4 4 9 4

Engineering
4 7 6 5 6 7
Mathematics

General
14 15 15 15 15 15
Aptitude

GATE Subject-wise Weightage for CSE 2020

TOPICS WEIGHTAGE PERCENTAGE

Engineering Mathematics 5%

Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory 10%

Design & Analysis Algorithms 6%

Programming & Data Structure 12%

Digital Logic 4%
 Computer Organization 11%

Theory of Computation 9%

Compiler Design 4%

Operating Systems 10%

DBMS 8%

Computer Networks 6%

GATE Subject Wise Weightage for CSE 2019

TOPICS WEIGHTAGE PERCENTAGE

Engineering Mathematics 6%

Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory 5%

Design & Analysis Algorithms 7%

Programming & Data Structure 12%

Digital Logic 9%

Computer Organization 3%
 Theory of Computation 8%

Compiler Design 6%

Operating Systems 10%

DBMS 8%

Computer Networks 10%

GATE Subject Wise Weightage for CSE 2018

TOPICS WEIGHTAGE PERCENTAGE

Engineering Mathematics 7%

Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory 12%

Design & Analysis Algorithms 7%

Programming & Data Structure 10%

Digital Logic 4%

Computer Organization 11%

Theory of Computation 7%
 Compiler Design 6%

Operating Systems 10%

DBMS 4%

Computer Networks 7%

GATE Subject Wise Weightage for CSE 2017

TOPICS WEIGHTAGE PERCENTAGE

Engineering Mathematics 8%

Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory 7%

Design & Analysis Algorithms 5.5%

Programming & Data Structure 14.5%

Digital Logic 5%

Computer Organization 9%

Theory of Computation 9.5%

Compiler Design 4%
Operating Systems 10%

DBMS 6%

Computer Networks 6.5%

 GATE CSE Topic Wise Weightage from 2019-2014

Subjects 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Engineering Mathematics 6% 7% 8% 13% 19% 23%

Discrete Mathematics 5% 12% 7% 4% 11% 13%

Digital Logic 9% 4% 5% 5% 7% 5%

Computer Organization and Architecture 3% 11% 9% 7% 5% 8%

Theory of Computation 8% 7% 10% 9% 6% 6%

Data Structures and Programming 12% 10% 14% 10% 18% 13%

Operating System 10% 10% 10% 17% 8% 7%

Compiler Design 6% 6% 4% 4% 2% 3%

DBMS 8% 4% 6% 5% 5% 8%

Computer Networks 10% 7% 7% 9% 8% 9%

Software Design & Algorithms 7% 7% 5% 11% 7% 8%

Verbal Ability 9% 9% 9% 8% 8% 8%
 Numerical Ability 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 7%

GATE CSE subject wise Weightage 2024 of Important Topics (Expected)

Topics Expected Weightage (Marks)

General Aptitude 15

Engineering Mathematics 13

Discrete Mathematics 6

Digital Logic 6

Computer Organization and Architecture 8

Programming and Data Structures 15

Algorithms 7

Theory of Computation 6

Compiler Design 4

Operating System 9

Databases 7
Computer Networks 10