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I want to know everything about gate exam?


harish kv 21st Feb, 2019
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sharmaharshit69657 19th Oct, 2021

Hello,

I hope you are doing good,

The purpose of the GATE test is to test students' knowledge and understanding of their undergraduate studies in Engineering and Science. Every year lakhs of engineering graduates from universities and colleges of engineering. GATE In the current competitive environment, measurement and evaluation of engineering students is possible only through GATE testing.


The GATE rating of the person to be drafted and used by many public sector (PSU) activities (i.e., state-owned companies such as Indian Oil, GAIL, and Hindustan Petroleum etc. from CSIR and Scholarship to ME / M.Tech many more.


  1. Pursue ME / M.Tech./M.Sc programs at any of the leading institutions in the country
  2. A Master's degree leads to doing something and developing and nurturing your interest in a particular area that can lead to research / Ph.D.,
  3. Many domain specialty companies hire hiring campuses at leading institutions.
  4. Higher salaries are awarded to a recent graduate student compared to a certificate
  5. Masters degrees are required for those who wish to apply for Faculty / Research positions at educational institutions and numerous R&D institutions.
  6. Scholarship of Rs 8000 / - is paid at the time of masters; therefore there is no dependence on parents for financial needs.
  7. GATE graduates are also eligible to receive a Junior Research Fellowship award from CSIR Laboratories and CSIR-funded projects.
  8. More than 37 PSUs (Operational Institutions - government agencies), such as BARC, IOCL etc. place GATE degrees as a requirement.
  9. According to the GATE standard, one of the international universities (Like NTU, Singapore) offers a Ph.D. position without GRE points.
  10. Most importantly be a part of any nationally recognized Educational Institution and enjoy learning and research in a positive environment.
  11. One finds psychological satisfaction by working in an area of interest.
  12. Last but not least, the Master's course changes the thinking process of each individual; teaches us how to approach and solve a problem in a completely new & unknown place.

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Abhishek Roy Student Expert 21st Feb, 2019

HELLO! HARISH

GATE exam stands for graduate aptitude test for engineering.This exam is conducted by IITs(IIT KANPUR,IIT GUWAHATI,IIT BOMABY,IIT DELHI,IIT KHARAGPUR AND IIT ROORKEE) evry year for btech graduate or passed graduate or equivalent to degree btech graduate to proffer opportunities to get job in PSU,or to pursue further studies in IITs or NITs.Clearing gate exam can be considered advantageous for engineering students who desirous to enter PSUs because of this entrance examination ,lot of time is saved by candidates as they do not have to prepare separately for different exam for company.And score of this exam is valid for three years. Now about examination ,mode of examination is online;duration =3hrs;paper is divided into three category : aptitude,mathematics and question related to your stream.

You can ask if you have any queries.

GOOD LUCK!

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Anmol Vig 21st Feb, 2019

Hi Aspirant! GATE is one of the national level exam for engineering students. GATE exam is a gateway for admission to the various postgraduate engineering programmes offered by the IITs, NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs as well as for high pay PSU jobs. Many other institutes (apart from the IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs) also consider GATE score for offering admission to theaspirants.

For more information, kindly visit the below mentioned link :

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/what-good-gate-score

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-latest-news-updates

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/how-to-prepare-for-gate

I hope this information has helped you !

Bhumika Rani 21st Feb, 2019

Hi aspirant

GATE is known as Graduate aptitude Test in Engineering.This exams is conducted every year once by one of the reputed IITs  for all streams of engineering and many more.There are PSUs jobs which you can get through GATE.If you wish to pursue ME/M.Tech/MS/PHD from IITs/NITs/GFTIs/Foriegn University ,GATE can open all your ways.

If you wish to pursue MBA/PGDM then also GATE can help you.Valid GATE score can open all doors for you.

Syllabus of every year remains almost same i.e all your branch paper subjects , Engineering and discrete mathematics and aptitude.

You can appear when you are in final year of your B.Tech/B.E or you are passout/graduate.

To know more about GATE visit the link given below:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate

To see the cut offs of NITs/IITs visit  the link given below:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-nits

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-iits

Visit the link given below for the detailed syllabus:

http://gate.iitm.ac.in/Syllabus


Copy and paste these links in new tab to open.

Hope this was helpful.

Rupali Singh 21st Feb, 2019

You will only be able to apply for one hence choose your subject paper wisely.

There is no age limit for the exam and you can appear for the exam as many times as you wish to apply.


Nature of Examination: Computer Based Test (CBT)

Type of Question: Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)

Total Number of Questions: 65


Question will be of two types:

(a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

(b) Numerical Answer Type (NAT)


for more details: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-preparation-timetable

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-syllabus

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