*

*St
udenthav
etoknowwhopr
epar
edf
orGATE*
**

Quest
ion:
Whoconduct
sGATEExam?

Answer:GATEi sanAll
-Indiaexaminati
onadminist
eredandconductedineight
zonesacr
ossthecountr
ybyt heGATECommi t
teecomprisi
ngofFacult
ymember s
fr
om II
Sc,Bangalor
eandot hersev
enI I
T’sonbehalfoftheNati
onalCoor
dinat
ing
Board,
Depart
mentofEducat i
on,Mi
nistr
yofHumanResour cesDevel
opment.

Quest
ion:
Whati
stheagecr
it
eri
atoappearf
orGATEExam?

Answer
:Ther
eisNOagecr
it
eri
atoappearf
orGATEexam.

Quest
ion:
Whati
sthepat
ter
nofGATEExam?

Answer
:Tot
alQuest
ions:
65

Dur
ati
on:
3hour
s

Tot
alMar
ks:
100

Mar
ksperQuest
ion:
1mar
kand2mar
kquest
ions

Negat
iveMar
king:
1/3r
doft
hemar
ksal
l
ott
edt
othatquest
ion.

Ty
peofQuest
ions:I
ncl
udesMCQandNumer
ical
dat
aty
pequest
ions.

*
NOTE:
Ther
eisnonegat
ivemar
kingf
orNumer
ical
dat
aty
pequest
ions*

Quest
ion:
Whatar
eNumer
ical
Dat
aty
pequest
ionsi
nGATEExam?
Answer :Thesearet hequest
ionswhi chdonothavemul t
ipl
echoiceopti
ons(i
.e.a,
b,c,d).Inst
ead,thesearefil
lintheblanksquest
ions,whererealval
ueshav
etobe
enter
edont hev
irtualkey
paddi spl
ayedonthemoni t
orbyusingmouse.
NOTE:
Phy
sical
key
boar
disdeact
ivat
edi
nthei
nter
faceofGATEexam.

Quest
ion:
Whati
sthev
ali
dit
yoft
heGATEscor
ecar
d?

Answer
:TheGATEscor
ecar
disv
ali
dupt
o3y
ear
sfr
om t
hedat
eofr
esul
t.

Quest
ion:
AreB.
TechPr
e-f
inal
yearcandi
dat
esel
i
gibl
eforGATE?

Answer:No.Fi
naly
earandpassedoutst
udent
sareel
igi
ble,
ascandi
dat
eshav eto
produce or
igi
naldegr
ee complet
ion cer
ti
fi
cat
es at the t
ime of document
veri
fi
cat
ion.

Quest
ion:
Howmanyt
imeswecanat
temptt
heGATEexam?

Answer
:Ther
ear
enoat
temptl
i
mit
sfort
heGATEexam.

Quest
ion:
Wheni
sGATEex
am conduct
ed?

Answer:GATEex am i
sconductedonweekendsofJan/Feb(
gener
all
yst
art
ingf
rom
Januar
yend),dependi
ngonbr ancht
hedatesareal
l
otted.

Quest
ion:
Whati
sthepr
ocedur
etogetadmi
ssi
oni
nNI
T’s?

Answer
:Allt
heNIT’
sconductsadmissi
onthroughsi
ngl
epl
atf
orm cal
l
edCCMT-
Cent
ral
i
zedCounsel
i
ngf
orM. TechAdmissi
ons.

Quest
ion:
CanIappearf
orapapert
hati
sdi
ff
erentf
rom mydegr
eedi
sci
pli
ne?

Answer
:Yes.
Quest
ion:
Whatar
ethebenef
it
sofGATEExam?

Answer
:Thebenef
it
sofGATEex
am ar
easf
oll
ows:

M.
Tech/
M.S

Severalr
eputedPSUsandr
esear
chor
gani
zat
ionsr
ecr
uit
sonbasi
sofGATEScor
e,
eg.IOCL,NTPC,BHEL,
PGCIL,
BARCet
c.

Teachi
ng:Pr
ofessor
,Asst
.Pr
ofessoratI
ITs,NI
Ts,r
eput
ededucat
ionali
nst
it
utes
et
c.

Juni
orResear
chFel
l
ow:
ISRO,
DRDO,
BARC,
CSI
R,I
ITset
c.

Seni
orResear
chFel
l
ow:
ISRO,
DRDO,
BARC,
CSI
R,I
ITset
c.

Juni
orResear
chAssoci
ates/Seni
orPr
ojectAssoci
ates.

Sci
ent
ist
s“C”gr
adej
obs.

Car
eeri
nResear
ch&Dev
elopment
.

Techni
cal
val
ueaddi
ti
on.

Exper
ti
sei
nsubj
ect
/domai
nspeci
ali
zat
ion.

Quest
ion:CanIcar
rycal
cul
atordur
ingexami
nat
ionhal
lofGATE?

Answer
:No,
TheGATEexam appl
i
cat
ionconsi
stsofv
irt
ual
cal
cul
ator
.
PSUQuer
ies

Quest
ion:
WhendoesPSUcompani
esr
ecr
uit
?

Answer:PSUsrecrui
tallthroughoutthey ear
;therei
snospeci fi
ctimet
abl
efor
recr
uit
mentprocess as such.And,i tdepends on t
he requi
rementofPSUs,
whenevert
heyhavearequirement;theycomeupwi thr
ecrui
tmentdri
ve.

Quest
ion:
Whati
sther
ecr
uit
mentpr
ocedur
eforPSUs?

Answer
:PSUsf
oll
owt
wopr
ocedur
es:
1.GATEex
am +GD+I
nter
view
2.Wr
it
tenexam +GD+I
nter
view

Di
ff
erentPSUshav
edi
ff
erentwei
ght
agef
ort
heabov
ement
ionedst
ages.

Quest
ion:
Whati
stheexam pat
ter
nforPSUs?

Answer:Theexam pat t
ernvari
esf r
om companyt ocompany .General
l
ywr i
tt
en
exam consi
stsoftechni
calsubj
ects,Engl
i
sh,cur
rentaffai
rs.Thosest
udent
swho
qual
if
ywr it
tenexam willbecall
edf orGroupDiscussi
onsf ol
lowedbypersonal
i
nter
view.

Quest
ion:
Whati
sthesy
ll
abusf
orPSUs?

Answer:Thesyl
labusisdef i
nedinthenot i
fi
cati
onofrespecti
vePSUr ecr
uit
ment
adver
ti
sement.Generall
y,t
het echni
calsyll
abusincl
udesallengi
neeri
ngsubject
s
andnon-t
echni
calsyl
labusincl
udescurrentaff
air
s,Engl
ishandApti
tude.

Quest
ion:DoesMADE EASY pr
ovi
decoachi
ngf
orr
espect
ivePSU compet
it
ive
exami
nati
on?
Answer :Wedo nothavean exclusi
vebatch f
oranypar ti
cul
arPSU.Butour
classr
oom studycour
secoversthesy l
l
abusofI ES,GATE& PSUs.Everyyear
thousandsofMADEEASYst udent
sgetselect
edinNav rat
na&MaharatnaPSUs
l
ikeIOCL,NTPC,SAI
L,andONGCetc.

Quest
ion:
HowmanyPSUsar
ether
eint
otal
?

Answer:Present
lythere ar
e mor ethan 250 pl
us PSUs compani
es.These
companiesf
alli
ndif
fer
entcategor
iesl
i
keMaharat
na,Navr
atna,
Mini
rat
naCat
egory
-I
,Mini
rat
naCategor
y-I
Iandsoon.

Quest
ion:
Whati
stheper
cent
agecr
it
eri
arequi
redt
oappearf
orPSUsexam?

Answer:Theper
centagecri
ter
iadif
ferf
rom companyt
ocompany
.Gener al
l
yitis
60% or65% marksinB.E/B.
Techdependi
ngonPSUal so5%-
10% r
elaxati
onfor
SC/ST/OBC/PHcandi
datesaspergover
nmentrul
es.