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PREVIOUS YEARS CUT OFF
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SYLLABUS FOR GENERAL APTITUDE (GA)

(COMMON TO ALL PAPERS)
VERBAL ABILITY: ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SENTENCE COMPLETION, VERBAL ANALOGIES,
WORD GROUPS,INSTRUCTIONS, CRITICAL REASONING AND VERBAL DEDUCTION.

NUMERICAL ABILITY: NUMERICAL COMPUTATION, NUMERICAL ESTIMATION,

NUMERICAL REASONING AND DATA
INTERPRETATION.
SUBJECT TOPICS TEST ACTIVE
DATE ON OR
BEFORE
NUMERICAL NUMERICAL COMPUTATION, NUMERICAL 7TH OCTOBER
ABILITY-I ESTIMATION, NUMERICAL REASONING AND DATA
INTERPRETATION
VERBAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SENTENCE COMPLETION, 11TH OCTOBER
ABILITY-I VERBAL ANALOGIES, WORD GROUPS,
INSTRUCTIONS, CRITICAL REASONING AND
VERBAL DEDUCTION.
SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION & ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS 15TH OCTOBER
ENGINEERING CONCEPTS OF RELIABILITY, RELIABILITY OF SIMPLE
SYSTEMS, MAINTAINABILITY & AVAILABILITY;
LINEAR PROGRAMMING;NETWORK
ANALYSIS(PERT,CPM);INVENTORY MODELS
QUEUEING THEORY;
BASICS OF SIMULATION

MINE MINERAL RESOURCE CLASSIFICATION 24ST OCTOBER

ECONOMOCIS & DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW ANALYSIS (NPV, IRR,
MINE PLANNING PAYBACK PERIOD,PROFITABILITY INDEX), MINE
VALUATION,MINE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,
MINERAL TAXATION
SAMPLING METHODS, PRACTICES AND
INTERPRETATION; RESERVE ESTIMATION
TECHNIQUES: BASICS OF GEOSTATISTICS AND
QUALITY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION OF FACILITY
LOCATION
WORK-STUDY
MINE UNDERGROUND ATMOSPHERE,HEAT LOAD 26TH OCTOBER
VENTILATION -I SOURCES AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENT, AIR
COOLING
MECHANICS OF AIR FLOW, DISTRIBUTION
NATURAL AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION
MINE FANS AND THEIR USAGE,AUXILIARY
VENTILATION,VENTILATION
PLANNING,VENTILATION NETWORKS

NUMERICAL NUMERICAL COMPUTATION, NUMERICAL 28TH OCTOBER

ABILITY-II ESTIMATION, NUMERICAL REASONING AND DATA
INTERPRETATION
MINING SURFACE MINING: LAYOUT, DEVELOPMENT, 30ST
METHODS-COAL LOADING, TRANSPORTATION AND OCTOBER
MECHANIZATION, CONTINUOUS SURFACE
MINING SYSTEMS;
UNDERGROUND COAL MINING: BORD AND
PILLAR SYSTEMS, ROOM AND PILLAR MINING,
LONGWALL MINING, THICK SEAM MINING
METHODS; HIGHWALL MINING

MINING UNDERGROUND METAL MINING: OPEN, 2ND

METHODS- SUPPORTED AND CAVED STOPING METHODS, NOVEMBER
METAL STOPE MECHANIZATION, ORE HANDLING
SYSTEMS

MINING GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF 4TH

MACHINERY MECHANICAL, HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC NOVEMBER
POWER
MATERIALS HANDLING: HAULAGES, CONVEYORS,
FACE AND DEVELOPMENT MACHINERY, HOISTING
SYSTEMS
PUMPS
CRUSHERS.

MINE METHODS OF ACCESS TO DEPOSITS; 6TH

DEVELOPMENT UNDERGROUND DRIVAGES NOVEMBER
DRILLING METHODS AND MACHINES
EXPLOSIVES, BLASTING DEVICES AND PRACTICES

MINE LEVELS AND LEVELING, THEODOLITE, 10TH NOVEMBER

SURVEYING TACHEOMETRY, TRIANGULATION; CONTOURING;
ERRORS AND ADJUSTMENTS; CORRELATION;
UNDERGROUND SURVEYING; CURVES;
PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FIELD ASTRONOMY; EDM
AND TOTAL STATION; INTRODUCTORY GPS
VERBAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SENTENCE COMPLETION, 14TH
ABILITY-II VERBAL ANALOGIES, WORD GROUPS, NOVEMBER
INSTRUCTIONS, CRITICAL REASONING AND
VERBAL DEDUCTION.
ENGINEERING 19TH
MATHEMATICS LINEAR ALGEBRA: MATRICES AND NOVEMBER
PART-1 DETERMINANTS; SYSTEMS OF LINEAR
EQUATIONS; EIGEN VALUES AND EIGEN VECTORS.
CALCULUS: LIMIT, CONTINUITY AND
DIFFERENTIABILITY; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES;
MAXIMA AND MINIMA; SEQUENCES AND SERIES;
TEST FOR CONVERGENCE; FOURIER SERIES.
VECTOR CALCULUS: GRADIENT; DIVERGENCE AND
CURL; LINE; SURFACE AND VOLUME INTEGRALS;
STOKES, GAUSS AND GREENS THEOREMS.

ENGINEERING DIFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: LINEAR AND NON- 25TH

MATHEMATICS LINEAR FIRST ORDER ODES; HIGHER ORDER NOVEMBER
PART-2 LINEAR ODES WITH CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS;
CAUCHYS AND EULERS EQUATIONS.
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: MEASURES OF
CENTRAL TENDENCY; RANDOM VARIABLES;
POISSON, NORMAL AND BINOMIAL
DISTRIBUTIONS; CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
ANALYSIS.
NUMERICAL METHODS: SOLUTIONS OF LINEAR
ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION OF
 TRAPEZOIDAL AND SIMPSONS RULE; SINGLE AND
MULTI-STEP METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS.

MINE UNDERGROUND ATMOSPHERE,HEAT LOAD 30TH

VENTILATION -II SOURCES AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENT, AIR NOVEMBER
COOLING
MECHANICS OF AIR FLOW, DISTRIBUTION
NATURAL AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION
MINE FANS AND THEIR USAGE,AUXILIARY
VENTILATION,VENTILATION
PLANNING,VENTILATION NETWORKS
GENERAL NUMERICAL COMPUTATION, NUMERICAL 1ST
ABILITY ESTIMATION, NUMERICAL REASONING AND DATA DECEEMBER
INTERPRETATION
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SENTENCE COMPLETION,
VERBAL ANALOGIES, WORD GROUPS,
INSTRUCTIONS, CRITICAL REASONING AND
VERBAL DEDUCTION.
SURFACE AIR, WATER AND SOIL POLLUTION : STANDARDS 2ND
ENVIRONMENT OF QUALITY, CAUSES AND DISPERSION OF DECEMBER
& SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION, AND CONTROL;
HAZARDS NOISE; LAND RECLAMATION.
MINE GASES. UNDERGROUND HAZARDS FROM
FIRES, EXPLOSIONS, DUST AND INUNDATION
RESCUE APPARATUS AND PRACTICES
SAFETY IN MINES; ACCIDENT DATA ANALYSIS
MINE LIGHTING
MINE LEGISLATION,OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
GEOMECHANICS ENGINEERING MECHANICS: EQUIVALENT FORCE 3RD
& GROUND SYSTEMS; EQUATIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM; TWO DECEMBER
CONTROL DIMENSIONAL FRAMES AND TRUSSES; FREE BODY
DIAGRAMS; FRICTION FORCES; PARTICLE
KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; BEAM ANALYSIS.
GEOMECHANICS: GEO-TECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF
ROCKS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION;
INSTRUMENTATION AND STRESS MEASUREMENT
TECHNIQUES; THEORIES OF ROCK FAILURE;
GROUND VIBRATIONS; STRESS DISTRIBUTION
AROUND MINE OPENINGS; SUBSIDENCE; ROCK
BURSTS AND COAL BUMPS; SLOPE STABILITY.
GROUND CONTROL: DESIGN OF PILLARS; ROOF
SUPPORTING SYSTEMS; MINE FILLING.
NUMERICALS THIS TEST CONTAINS ONLY NUMERICAL 6TH
PROBLEMS OF MINING ENGINEERING DECEMBER
LEGISLATIONS COAL MINE REGULATIONS & METAL MINE 7th DECEMBER
REGULATIONS
MOCK PAPER-I FULL SYLLABUS 8TH
DECEMBER
MOCK PAPER-II FULL SYLLABUS 11TH
DECEMBER
 MOCK PAPER-III FULL SYLLABUS 13TH
DECEMBER
MOCK PAPER-IV FULL SYLLABUS 15TH
DECEMBER
PREVIOUS YEARS GATE PAPERS FROM 2017 AND BEFORE WILL BE 20TH
GATE PAPERS UPLOADED WITH SOLUTION DECEMBER
WITH SOLUTION

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE PAPER WISE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES

APPEARED, % OF CANDIDATES QUALIFIED AND CATEGORY WISE QUALIFYING
MARKS IN GATE 2015

No. of
Qualifying
GATE No. of No. of Candidate Qualifying Qualifying
Marks
Paper GATE Paper Candidates Qualified s Marks Marks
(OBC-
Code Appeared Candidates Qualified (General) (SC/ST/PwD)
NCL)
(%)

MARKS OBTAINED BY GATE MINING TOP RANKER FROM2011 TO 2015 TO 2017

MININGENGINEERING MN 71.00 66.00 62.33 69.00 74.67 66.33 68.68