The document provides information about GATE 2021, including the exam pattern, dates, eligibility criteria, opportunities after qualifying GATE, and tips for cracking the exam. Some key points: - GATE is conducted for 25 papers in February 2021, with results in March. Candidates can appear for up to 2 papers. - Qualifying GATE provides opportunities for jobs in PSUs, higher education in IITs, NITs etc, and research positions in organizations like CSIR and ISRO. - To crack GATE, candidates should understand syllabus weightage, make a study plan, focus on math and general aptitude, and strengthen concepts in core engineering subjects.

1. GATE 2021
OPPORTUNITIES &
HOW TO CRACK GATE
Dr. Anantha Singh T S
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology Calicut
singh87@nitc.ac.in / singh87nitt@gmail.com
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2. CONTENT
 GATE
 GATE 2021 Papers and Exam pattern
 Opportunities in PSU’s
 Opportunities in Higher education institutes
 Opportunities in research and other institutions
 How to crack GATE?
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3. GATE
 The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an
examination that tests the comprehensive understanding of
various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science.
GATE
For NCB, MHRD
IISc and 7 IIT’s
GATE 2021
IIT Bombay
Jobs in
PSU’s
and
Research
institutes
Post graduate
programmes in IISc,
IIT’s, NIT’s, IIIT’s,
CFTI’s etc
Stipend INR
12,400 per
month
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4. CONT....
• 25 + 2
• 5th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th
February 2021 and results on
second week of March
Number of
Papers and
exam Date
• 2
• combination is yet to
communicate from GATE 2021
administration
Number of
paper per
student
• 10+2+3
• candidate who is currently studying
in 3rd year or higher and Science
and Art student can apply
Eligibility
Criteria
GATE
Score
Valid for 3
years
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5. GATE 2021 PAPERS AND EXAM PATTERN
GATE Paper Code GATE Paper Code
Aerospace Engineering AE Instrumentation Engineering IN
Agricultural Engineering AG Mathematics MA
Architecture and Planning AR Mechanical Engineering ME
Bio-medical Engineering BM Mining Engineering MN
Biotechnology BT Metallurgical Engineering MT
Civil Engineering CE Petroleum Engineering PE
Chemical Engineering CH Physics PH
Computer Science and Information Technology CS Production and Industrial Engineering PI
Chemistry CY Statistics ST
Electronics and Communication Engineering EC Textile Engineering and Fibre Science TF
Electrical Engineering EE Engineering Sciences XE
Environmental Science and Engineering ES Humanities and Social Sciences XH
Ecology and Evolution EY Life Sciences XL
Geology and Geophysics GG
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6. GATE 2021 PAPERS AND EXAM PATTERN
GATE Paper Code GATE Paper Code
Aerospace Engineering AE Instrumentation Engineering IN
Agricultural Engineering AG Mathematics MA
Architecture and Planning AR Mechanical Engineering ME
Bio-medical Engineering BM Mining Engineering MN
Biotechnology BT Metallurgical Engineering MT
Civil Engineering CE Petroleum Engineering PE
Chemical Engineering CH Physics PH
Computer Science and Information Technology CS Production and Industrial Engineering PI
Chemistry CY Statistics ST
Electronics and Communication Engineering EC Textile Engineering and Fibre Science TF
Electrical Engineering EE Engineering Sciences XE
Environmental Science and Engineering ES Humanities and Social Sciences XH
Ecology and Evolution EY Life Sciences XL
Geology and Geophysics GG
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7. CONT....
Core Engg.
Courses
15 marks General Aptitude +
85 (15 maths + 70 Engineering)
30 x 1 + 35 x 2
(5x1+5x2) + (25x1 + 30 x 2)
180 min
0.33 negative for 1 mark
0.66 negative for 2 marks
Engineering
Sciences
15 marks General Aptitude +
85 (15 maths + (2 x 35)
optional subjects)
30 x 1 + 35 x 2
(5x1+5x2) + (25x1 + 30 x 2)
180 min
0.33 negative for 1 mark
0.66 negative for 2 marks
•Fluid mechanics
•Materials science
•Solid mechanics
•Thermodynamics
•Polymer science and
engineering
•Food technology
•Atmospheric and oceanic
sciences
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
No negative marks for NAT questions
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9. OPPORTUNITIES IN PSU’S
 Maharatna PSUs (BHEL, GAIL, IOCL, SAIL and
more)
 Navratna PSUs (BEL, Oil Indian Limited, Power
Grid and more)
 Mini-ratna PSUs (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
PEC Limited, THDC India Limited and more)
 Salary varies from INR 40,000 to 1.4 lakhs +
allowance
 PSU’s will consider only the fresh GATE score
and follows reservation too
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10. CIVIL ENGG MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL
AND
ELECTRONICS
ENGG
ELECTRONICS
AND
COMMUNICATI
ON
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
NHAI, CVPPPL,
BMRC, NBCC,
BPCL, OIL
India,
GAIL Centre For
Railway
Information
Systems,
NALCO , HURL, OMPL
SAIL, MDL, Vizag Steel, CEL,
RCFL, MPPGCL, BHEL, BEML,
Tata Power,
HPCL, MRPL, HAL,
EIL, POSOCO
ONGC Ltd., MGL, DDA, NFL, THDC,
PSPCL, Power Grid, AAI, RVNL, BSPHCL,
KIOCL Limited, NTPC Limited, ECIL,
IOCL , DRDO, BIS, NPCIL, BARC, WBSEDCL, BSNL, RITES, Haryana Power Utilities,
NLC India Ltd,
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11. OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTES
 Admission to post graduate programmes with MHRD and
some other government scholarship / assistantship at
engineering colleges/ institutes in the country are open to
those who qualify through GATE.
 IISc (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
 IIT’s (Indian Institute of Technology) - 23
 NIT’s (National Institute of Technology) - 31
 IIIT’s (Indian Institutes of Information Technology) – 25 (9)
 CFTI’s (Centrally Funded Technical Institutes) – 23 (11)
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12. CONT
Institute Number of
PG seats
Institute Number of
PG seats
IISc Bangalore 640 IIT Jodhpur 30
IIT Bombay 753 IIT Kharagpur 1179
IIT Bhubaneswar 130 IIT Kanpur 831
ISM Dhanbad 824 IIT Mandi 48
IIT Delhi 1452 IIT Madras 431
IIT Guwahati 471 IIT Patna 120
IIT Gandhinagar 280 IIT Ropar 20
IIT Indore 48 IIT Roorkee 818
IIT Hyderabad 162 IIT Varanasi 337
Total Seat (Approx) 8574
Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP)
http://coap.iitm.ac.in/
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13. CONT....
Institut
e
Gen Gen
-
PW
D
EW
S
EW
S-
PW
D
SC SC-
PWD
ST ST-
PWD
OBC OBC
-
PWD
Total
NIT’s 3955 200 952 51 1452 82 727 40 2623 137 10219
IIIT’s 227 15 55 3 88 5 42 4 152 6 597
CFTI’s 663 44 148 8 222 10 109 6 320 16 1546
Total 12362
Centralized Counseling forM.Tech./M.Arch./M.Plan. (CCMT)
https://ccmt.nic.in/WebInfo/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P
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14. CONT....
IISc & IIT's, 8574
NIT's, 10219
IIIT's, 597
CFTI's, 1546
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• Govt. Engineering colleges – 100%
• Govt. Aided Engineering colleges – 90%
• Non-minority self financing Engg. Colleges – 50%
• Minority Engineering colleges – 30%
50% for GATE and
50% for TANCET
GATE students are
eligible for
Stipend*
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16. OPPORTUNITIES IN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
 For any of the Project assistant / JRF /SRF jobs in
research labs like CSIR, or for projects sanctioned
by DST, SERB, BRNS, ISRO, DRDO etc GATE is
mandatory.
 IIST, ICT, IIEST etc.
 Private universities in India
 Few foreign Universities like Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) and National
University of Singapore (NUS), few universities in
Germany etc. accepts GATE
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17. HOW TO CRACK GATE?
Core Engg.
Courses
15 marks General Aptitude +
85 (15 maths + 70 Engineering)
30 x 1 + 35 x 2
(5x1+5x2) + (25x1 + 30 x 2)
180 min
0.33 negative for 1 mark
0.66 negative for 2 marks
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
No negative marks for NAT questions
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18. COND...
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
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19. COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
Section Sub-Section Avg. Maks
Section 2: Structural Engineering
Engineering Mechanics and Solid
Mechanics
7 to 10
Structural Analysis 4 to 6
Construction materials and Construction
Management
4 to 6
Concrete Structures (including
Prestressed)
6 to 9
Steel Structures 4 to 6
Section 3: Geotechnical Engineering
Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering
12 to 17
Section 4: Water Resourses
Engineering
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics 9 to 12
Hydrology 3 to 6
Irrigation 2 to 4
Section 5: Environmental Engineering
Water and wastewater, Air pollution,
Municipal Solid Wastes and Noise
Pollution
10 to 14
Section 6: Transportation Engineering
Transpotation Infrastructure, Highway
Pavements and Traffic Engineering
6 to 8
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20. COND...
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
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21. Section Sub-Section Days / Hours
Section 2: Structural Engineering
Engineering Mechanics and Solid Mechanics
Structural Analysis
Construction materials and Construction
Management
Concrete Structures (including Prestressed)
Steel Structures
Section 3: Geotechnical Engineering Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Section 4: Water Resourses Engineering
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Hydrology
Irrigation
Section 5: Environmental Engineering
Water and wastewater, Air pollution, Municipal
Solid Wastes and Noise Pollution
Section 6: Transportation Engineering
Transpotation Infrastructure, Highway
Pavements and Traffic Engineering
Section 7: Geomatics Engineering Surveying including RS, GIS and GPS
COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
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22. COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
 Engineering mathematics and general aptitude
-easy to score
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23. COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
 Engineering mathematics and general aptitude
-easy to score
 Strengthen your concepts
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24. COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
 Engineering mathematics and general aptitude
-easy to score
 Strengthen your concepts
 Revise and evaluate yourself at every step
 - interested may buy online test series (not mandatory)
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25. COND....
 Know your syllabus well
 Understand the weightage for each topics
 Make your study plan
 Engineering mathematics and general aptitude
-easy to score
 Strengthen your concepts
 Revise and evaluate yourself at every step
 - interested may buy online test series (not mandatory)
 Efficient time management
70% of the GATE questions will
be very basic
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26. COND....
 Start using virtual online calculators
 Target for 70 marks (may be 50 or 60)
 Uncertain questions should be neglected
 Don't try to attempt dilemma answers
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27. GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
 Never move away from your goal
 Always try to be confident and motivated
 Don't be panic
 Stay healthy, healthy mind stays in healthy body
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28. THANK YOU
AND
QUERIES
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