GATE 2014 Exam Pattern

Questions

Questions Type

No of Questions Marks

Total Marks

Negative Marking

1 to 25

Multiple Choice Question and Numerical Data Type 25 1 marks 25 0.33

Multiple Choice Question 26 to 47 and Numerical Data Type 22 2 marks 44 0.66

48 to 51 Common Data

Multiple Choice Question/Numerical Data Type 04 2 marks 08 0.66

52 to 55 Linked Questions

Multiple Choice Question/Numerical Data Type 04 2 marks 08 0.66

56 to 60 General Aptitude 61 to 65 General Aptitude

Multiple Choice Question

05

1 mark

05

0.33

Multiple Choice Question

05

2 marks

10

0.66

Total Questions : 65

Total Marks : 100

Duration : 3 hours

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) Carrying 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have a choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer(s). Numerical Answer Question There will be questions of 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. For these questions the answer is a real number, to be entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this type of questions. Common Data Questions Question number 48, 49, 50, 51 are common data questions.

Linked Answer Questions Question 52, 53 and 54, 55 are linked answer questions. If first question is answered correctly only then second question will be evaluated. If first question is unanswered then second question will not be evaluated. If first question is wrongly answered then second question will not be evaluated Note on Negative Marking for Wrong Answers For a wrong answer chosen for the multiple choice questions, there would be negative marking. For1mark multiple choice questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2mark multiple choice questions, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking for a wrong answer in numerical answer type questions

GATE 2014 Exam consists of Multiple Choice Questions and Numerical Type Questions in all papers & sections. Multiple Choice Questions will contain 4 options, of which only one is correct. For Numerical Type Questions a number as the answer should be entered using mouse and virtual keyboard on the monitor The following furnished logics given below:a. Recall: These are based on facts, principles, formulae or laws of the discipline. The candidate is expected to be able to obtain the answer either from his/her memory directly or at most from a one-line computation. b. Comprehension: These questions will test the candidate's understanding of the basics of his/her field, by requiring him/her to draw simple conclusions from fundamental ideas. c. Application: In these questions, the candidate is expected to apply his/her knowledge either through computation or by logical reasoning. d. Analysis and Synthesis: These can be linked questions, where the answer to the first question of the pair is required in order to answer its successor. Or these can be common data questions, in which two questions share the same data but can be solved independently of one another. e. Common Data Questions: Multiple questions may be linked to a common data problem, passage and the like. Two or three questions can be formed from the given common data problem. Each question is independent and its solution obtainable from the above problem data/passage directly. (Answer of the previous question is not required to solve the next question). Each question under this group will carry two marks. f. Linked answer questions: These questions are of problem solving type. A problem statement is followed by two questions based on the problem statement. The two questions are designed such that the solution to the second question depends upon the answer to the first one. In other words, the first answer is an intermediate step in working out the second answer. Each question in such linked answer questions will carry two marks.