All about GATE Exam 2020

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is an online computer-based exam conducted to analyze the understanding of various undergraduates in engineering and sciences. Its conducting bodies are IISc and the top 7 IITs. Under the GATE exam, there are 25 subjects including a new subject biomedical engineering.

Streams and branch code for which it is conducted are as follows:-

• Mechanical Engineering - ME
• Electrical Engineering - EE
• Electronics and Communications - EC
• Civil Engineering - CE
• Computer Science and IT - CS
• Instrumentation Engineering - IN
• Chemical Engineering - CE
• Biotechnology - BT
• Aerospace Engineering - AE
• Agricultural Engineering - AG
• Architecture and Planning - AR
• Chemistry - CY
• Ecology and Evolution - EY
• Geology and Geophysics - GG
• Mathematics - MA
• Mining Engineering - MN
• Petroleum Engineering - PE
• Metallurgical Engineering - MT
• Production and Industrial Engineering - PI
• Textile Engineering and Fiber Science -TF
• Engineering Sciences - XE
• Life Sciences - XL

Eligibility criteria for GATE 2020:-

GATE Exam Pattern:-

• Exam Duration - 3 hours.
• No. of Questions - 65.
• Total Marks - 100.
• Question Types - MCQ.
• Numerical Questions.
• Marking Schemes:-

1. For 1 mark MCQ (1/3 mark deducted for every wrong attempt)
2. For 2 mark MCQ (2/3 mark deducted for every wrong attempt).
3. 0 mark is awarded for no attempts.
4.  negative marking for numerical questions.

Application Fees:-

For International candidate 3500/-

Important Note:-

• The Gate score is valid for 3 years.
• Virtual calculators are available during GATE exam.
• GATE aspirants who have a backlog in any subjects is mandatory to upload mark sheet of final year or obtain deceleration of principal from the institute.
• GATE test centre apart from India is Singapore, Ethiopia & U.A.E, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
• Language: English.
• Total Application ID - 8,58,890 ( GATE 2020).
• Qualification Rate – 18.8% ( GATE 2020).

Documents Required during form filling:-

• A high-quality photograph ( file size 2 kb to 200 kb).
• Candidate signature ( File size 2 kb to 150 kb).
• Scanned copy of Eligibility Certificate ( certificate from the department/ Institute).
• Scanned copy of Category certificate (if applicable).
• Details of valid Identity card- Passport/ PAN/ Voter ID/ Aadhaar –UID/ College ID/ DL. Note: The same ID in original format should be carried to the examination hall.
• Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card for fees payment.

Benefits of gate exam:-

• PSU Jobs in India.
• ME (Master of Engineering).
• MTech (Master of Technology).
• Doctor of Philosophy.
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BEST BOOK REFERRED FOR GATE EXAM:-

Chemical Engineering:-

1). Chemical engineering for GATE - Ram Prasad.

2). Thermodynamics:-

• Engineering Thermodynamics – PK Nag.
• Introduction to chemical engineering thermodynamics – JM Smith, HC Van Ness, and MM Abbott.

3). Fluid Mechanics & Mechanics Operation:-

• The unit operation of chemical engineering – Warren L. McCabe and Julian C Smith.

4). Heat Transfer – Cengel.

5). Chemical Technology:-  Outline of chemical Technology – Dryden.

6). Plant Design and economics for chemical engineer - Timmerhaus and Peter.

7). Instrumentation and process control –Donald R Coughanowr.

8). Chemical Reaction Engineering- Octave Levenspiel.

9). Elements of Chemical reaction engineering- H Scott Fogler.

10). Principles of mass transfer and separation process- BK Dutta.

11). previous years solved GATE questions.

Mechanical Engineering:-

1). Thermodynamics:- Engineering Thermodynamics – PK Nag.

2). Manufacturing:- Production Technology manufacturing process technology and automation - RK Jain.

3). Material Science:- Material Science and Metallurgy - Uc Jindal.

4). Industrial Engineering:- Industrial Engineering and Management - OP Khanna.

5). Heat Transfer:- Fundamentals of engineering heat and mass transfer - RC Sachdeva.

6). Machine Theory:- he theory of machines – SS Ratan.

7). Engineering mechanics – SS Bhavikatti.

8). Vibrations:- Strength of Materials- James M Gere, Stephen P Timoshenko.

9). previous year solved GATE questions.

ECE:-

1). Network Theory:- Engineering circuit analysis – Jack Kemmerly and William H. Hayt.

2). Communication systems:- Analog communications- B.P Lathi, Digital communication- Simon Haykins.

3). Electromagnetic Field Theory - Sadiku.

4). Electronic Device and circuits- Donald A Neeman.

5). Analog Electronic- Milliman.

6). Digital circuits- Morris Manos.

7). Microprocessor and Microcontroller- Ramesh Goankar.

8). Control System- Hasan Saeed.

9). previous year solved GATE questions.