GATE 2025 resumes tomorrow; revised exam centres, marking scheme

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will resume the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 exam from tomorrow. As per the latest updates, IIT Roorkee has revised the GATE exam centres for the February 15 and 16 exams, from Prayagraj to Lucknow due to Mahakumbh.

IIT Roorkee has issued new admit card for the GATE 2025 exams being held on Feb 15 and 16. Candidates can download their admit card through the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. Candidates will require their enrollment ID and password to download the GATE admit card 2025.

Candidates will find their photograph, enrollment ID, signature, paper code, exam date, timings, and exam day guidelines on the GATE 2025 admit card. The exam will be held in two sessions - the forenoon session from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and the afternoon session from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

The GATE 2025 February 15 exam will be conducted for CY, AE, DA, ES, PI in the forenoon session and EC, GE, XH, BM, EY in the afternoon shift. The GATE 2025 February 16 exam will be held for CE1, GG, CH, PH, BT in the forenoon shift and CE2, ST, XE, XL, and MN subjects respectively in the afternoon session.

Previously, the GATE 2025 exam centres for exam being held on February 1 and 2 were also changed amidst the Mahakumbh. The GATE 2025 results are scheduled to be announced on March 19.

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GATE 2025 Marking Scheme

As per the GATE 2025 marking scheme, each question in the exam will carry either one or two marks. However, there will be a negative marking followed by each incorrect answer. A negative mark of one-third mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer for one-mark MCQ. For every two-mark MCQ, two-thirds of the marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer. However, there will be no negative marking for wrong answers to MSQ and NAT questions and no partial marking will be followed for any question.