GATE-2024
The duration of the paper is \(3\) hours and it has two parts:
- General aptitude for \(15\) marks
- Data science and AI for \(85\) marks
The finer distribution of marks is given below:
| Section | Question range | Individual marks | Total marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA | \(1\) to \(5\) | \(1\) | \(5\) |
| GA | \(6\) to \(10\) | \(2\) | \(10\) |
| DA | \(11\) to \(35\) | \(1\) | \(25\) |
| DA | \(36\) to \(65\) | \(2\) | \(60\) |
The questions are either MCQ, MSQ or NAT.
Points to remember
- MCQ has negative marking of \(1/3\)rd the marks for that question
- MSQ doesn’t have partial marking.
- MSQ and NAT do not have negative marking.
General suggestions
- \(65\) questions is quite a lot for \(3\) hours.
- Don’t get stuck in a question that doesn’t fall within your comfort zone.
- Ensure that you read all \(65\) questions. It might happen that easy questions are hiding at the end of the paper.
- Sequence the seven topics in the decreasing order of your comfort with them. Attempt the questions in the exam in this order.