is there is different in question papers of GATE examination for different branches like for biotechnology students , there is more coding questions or biology related questions ?? also ,what about negative marking in GATE examination??

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is there is different in question papers of GATE examination for different branches like for biotechnology students , there is more coding questions or biology related questions ?? also ,what about negative marking in GATE examination??

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Tanya Singh 18th Feb, 2020

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Sharon Rose Student Expert 18th Feb, 2020

Hello,
The GATE syllabus for each branch will be different here is the specified GATE syllabus for Biotechnology branch

Engineering Mathematics
General Biology
Recombinant DNA Technology
Plant and animal Biotechnology
Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
General Aptitude

Engineering Mathematics and General aptitude is common to every branch.And for every 1 mark questions there is -0.33 negative marking for incorrect answer, for 2 marks questions if the answer is incorrect there is -0.66 negative marking.For numerical based questions there is no negative marking.

Here is the link for detailed GATE syllabus for Biotechnology
https://www.google.com/amp/s/engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-syllabus/amp

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