GATE 2024 registration date, notification soon; know syllabus, exam pattern, cut-offs

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc Bangalore) will issue the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2024) notification and announce registration date soon. As per past trends, GATE 2024 registration date is announced in August at the official website, gate.iitk.ac.in. The entrance exam is conducted for admission into the masters programme and recruitment by some public sector companies.

Last year, the GATE exam was conducted in February in two shifts for 29 papers. Candidates will be allowed to appear in a maximum of two papers. However, they can choose predefined two paper combination for the second paper.

As per the GATE syllabus 2023, the question paper will carry questions for a total of 100 marks. Irrespective of the subject chosen by the candidates, the General Aptitude (GA) section carrying 15 marks will be common for all papers. The remaining 85 marks will test the subject knowledge.

Candidates must note that once the GATE 2023 registration starts, they’ll have to submit only one application form as multiple registrations will lead to rejection without any refund of fee.

Aspirants who secure at least the minimum GATE cut-off will be declared qualified. However, the participating universities will announce their own GATE admission cut-offs to grant seat.

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GATE cut-off trends

Students can find the category-wise GATE cut-off for the top subject papers here.