Date of Online Examination: 30-01-2011 (Sunday) Date of Offline Examination: 13-02-2011 (Sunday) ELIGIBILITY FOR GATE EXAMINATION GATE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
The GATE committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.
GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:
Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE 2011 lies with Indian Institute of Technology Madras, designated as the Organising Institute for GATE 2011 .
Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other Government scholarships/assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify in GATE examination. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture or Master's degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for admission to Master's degree programmes in Engineering/Technology/Architecture as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science with MHRD or other government scholarships/assistantships. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. However, candidates with Master's degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture may seek admission to relevant Doctoral programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination.
GATE qualification is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations.
The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear for GATE:
• Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
• Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
• Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
• Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AMICE(I) by the Institute of Civil Engineers (India)-ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
GATE Examination Type
The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only objective questions. In all papers other than AE and TF, all the questions are of multiple choice type. In AE and TF papers, the question paper will consist of 60 questions of multiple choice type and 5 questions of numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. Click here to view the pattern of question papers. The examination for the papers with codes AE, GG, MN and TF will be carried out ONLINE using computers where the candidates will be required to enter the answer for each question using keyboard/mouse. For all other papers, the candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for each wrong answer, except for the numerical answer type questions.
Each GATE paper shall have a General Aptitude (GA) component carrying 15 marks.
GATE 2011 Examination will include both ONLINE and OFFLINE examinations as per the following schedule:
Type Date Time Paper Codes
Online January 30, 2011 (Sunday) 09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs GG and TF
14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs AE and MN
Offline February 13, 2011 (Sunday) 09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs AR, BT, CE,
CH,CS, ME, PH and PI
14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs AG, CY, EC, EE,
IN, MA, MT, XE
andXL
Examination using computers. In GG and MN papers, all questions are multiple choice type. In AE and TF papers, 60 questions are multiple choice type and 5 questions are numerical answer type. For questions of multiple choice type, the candidate will select the correct answer out of four options . For questions of numerical answer type, the candidate will enter the numeric answer.
Offline Examination:
Examination where the candidate will mark the correct answer out of four options in an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble.
HOW TO APPLY?
Candidates can submit Application Form in two different modes : Online and Offline. The preferred mode of application process is Online
Application Category Application Fee
Online General/OBC Rs.800/-
SC/ST/ PD Rs.400/-
Offline General/OBC Rs.1,000/-
SC/ST/ PD Rs.500/-
Service Charges Extra (Maximum Rs.30/-) PD: Person with Disability
Availability of Application Forms
Information Brochure and Application Form can be obtained on cash payment of Rs 1000/- (Rs 500/- for SC/ST/PD) from the designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone (as given below). Application Form can also be obtained from the zonal GATE Offices after handing over Demand Draft for the appropriate amount.
The following table lists out the designated bank branches info:
Zone
Name of the Bank Branches
IISc Bangalore
State Bank of India Anantapur (Sainagar), Bangalore (IISc; Jayanagar IV Block; St. Marks Road), Bagalkot (Kalati Road) , Davangere (T.M.N. Complex), Hassan (Subhash Square), Hubli (Keshwapur), Hyderabad (Begum Bazar; Nampally; Parishrama Bhavan), Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Mysore (Sayyaji Rao Road), Secundrabad (Patni Circle, PBB, SP Road), Surathkal (Srinivasa Nagar), Tumkur (M.G. Road)
IIT Bombay
State Bank of India Ahmednagar (Manamad Road), Akola (Shastri Nagar), Amravati (Near Shyam Talkies), Aurangabad (Kranti Chowk), Gulbarga (Super Market), Jalgaon, Jodhpur (High Court Campus), Kolhapur (Dasara Chowk), Latur (Opp. Bus Stand), Loni (Near Swami Samarth Mandir) Mumbai (Andheri W- Shopper's Stop; Dadar-SS Wagh Marg; IIT Powai; Main Br-Samachar Marg), Nagpur (Near Rly. Stn.), Nanded (Vazirabad), Nashik (Near Hotel Samrat), Navi Mumbai (Belapur), Pandharpur (Sawarkar Road), Panjim (Near Hotel Mandavi), Pune (Main; Deccan Gymkhana), Rajkot (Near Civil Hospital), Sangli (Near Ganapati Mandir), Satara (Pratap Ganj), Shegaon, Solapur (Budhwar Peth), Surat (Near Sambhaji Garden), Thane (Tembi Naka), Vadodara (Mandvi Branch), Wardha (Dr. J.C. Kumarappa Marg)
IIT Delhi
Canara Bank Ahmedabad (Bhadra; Ashram Road), Ajmer (Kutchery Road), Alwar (Medalganj), Bhilwara (Pur Road),Bikaner (Kote Gate), Faridabad (Nehru Ground, NIT), Gurgaon (Old Railway Road), Indore (Siyaganj), Jaipur (M.I. Road, Malviya Nagar), Jammu (Sector 3, Trikuta Nagar), Jhunjhunu (Gandhi Chowk), New Delhi (IIT Delhi; Janpath; Maharani Bagh; Mayur Vihar-I; R.K. Puram; Shakti Nagar; Tagore Garden; Vivek Vihar), Sikar (Fatehpur Road), Srinagar (Residency Road), Udaipur (Madhuban), Ujjain (Ghee Mandi Daulatganj)
IIT Guwahati
State Bank of India Agartala (Hari Ganga Basak Rd.), Asansol (Bijoy Pal Sarani), Bhagalpur (Main), Bongaigaon (Main), Dhanbad (Main), Durgapur (Main), Gangtok (M.G. Marg), Guwahati (Pan Bazar), Imphal (Main), Itanagar (Main), Jorhat (Main), Kalyani (Main), Patna (West Gandhi Maidan), Shillong (Kachari Road), Silchar (Main), Siliguri (Main), Tezpur (Main).
IIT Kanpur
Union Bank of India Agra (Wasan Plaza); Aligarh (Patthar bazar); Allahabad (Civil Lines), Bareily (Civil Lines); Bhopal (Jumerati), Etawah (Civil Lines), Faizabad (Motibagh), Gorakhpur (Golghar), Jabalpur (Cantt.), Jhansi (Civil Lines), Kanpur (Birhana Road; IIT), Lucknow (Hazratganj), Rewa (Raniganj), Sagar (Katra Bazar), Sultanpur (Super Market), Varanasi (Godowlia)
IIT Kharagpur
Canara Bank Angul (Nataraj Building, Amalpadh), Balasore (Sahadevakunta), Berhampur (Orissa) (Chinna Bazar), Bhimavaram (P P Road), Bhubaneswar (Bapujinagar; Saheednagar), Bilaspur (Juna Bilaspur Main Road), Cuttack (Chowdhury Bazar), Eluru (Korrapativari Street, Powerpet), Howrah (N.S.Road), Jamshedpur (Bistupur), Kakinada (A.P.) (Jawhar Street), Kharagpur (Fatak Bazar, Kharida), Kolkata (Gariahat Road, Gole Park; Middleton Row, Park Street; Sector III, Near Tank No.13, Salt Lake; APC Roy Road, Sealdah), Machilipatnam (Valluri Raja Center), Raipur (Malviya Road), Rajahmundry (Hotharasi Street, Innespeta), Ranchi (S.N.Ganguly Road), Rourkela (Udit Nagar), Sambalpur (Modi Para), Sindri (Monohari Tand Marketing Complex), Srikakulam (New Chandra Mahal, G.T.Road), Tadepalligudem (K.N.Road), Vijayawada (Governor Pet; Patamata), Visakhapatnam (Dwarakanagar; MVP Colony; Dabagardens)
IIT Madras
State Bank of India Bapatla, Chennai (Annanagar West; IIT), Chidambaram, Chittoor, Coimbatore (Race Course Road), Dindigul, Ernakulam (Broadway), Gudur, Guntur (SPBB), Kadapa (Cuddapah), Kannur (Town), Karaikudi, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kollam (Chinnakada), Kothagudem, Kottayam, Kozhikode (Kallai Road), Madurai (Vinayaga Nagar), Manchiryal, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Nellore (Town), Ongole (Bapuji Mkt.), Palakkad (Civil Stn.), Pondicherry, Salem (Srirangapalayam), Tenali (Kothapet), Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram (Statue Br), Thrissur (Town), Tiruchirapalli (Palakarai), Tirunelveli (Palayamkottai), Tirupati (Tilak Road), Warangal (Battala Bazaar)
IIT Roorkee
Punjab National Bank Amritsar (Lawrence Road), Bathinda (Bank Street), Bijnor (Civil Lines), Chandigarh (Sector 17-C Market), Dehradun (Aarhat Bazar), Ghaziabad (Nehru Nagar), Gwalior (Naya Bazar), Haldwani (Nainital Road), Hamirpur (HP) (New Road), Haridwar (Mayapur Chowk), Hissar (Dabra Chowk), Jalandhar (Civil Lines), Kota (Bhimganj), Kurukshetra (Railway Road, Thanesar), Ludhiana (Civil Lines), Mathura (Chatta Bazar), Meerut (Eastern Kachari Road), Muzaffarnagar (South Bhopa Road), Nainital (Mall Road), Noida (Sector 18, Chillera Aterial Mkt.), Pantnagar (Main Branch), Patiala (The Mall), Pauri Garhwal (Main Branch), Rohtak (Civil Lines), Roorkee (IIT Campus), Saharanpur (Civil Lines), Shimla (The Mall), Yamunanagar (New Grain Mkt.)
Important Dates
- Commencement of sale of Application Form and Information Brochure Tuesday September 21, 2010
- Commencement of Online Application Form submission Tuesday September 21, 2010 (09:00 Hrs onwards)
- Last date for issue of Information Brochure and Application Form at Bank Counters Wednesday October 27, 2010
- Last date for issue of Information Brochure and Application Form at zonal GATE office counters Friday October 29, 2010
- Last date for Submission of Online Application Form (website closure) Wednesday October 27, 2010 (18:00 Hrs)
- Last date for the Receipt of completed Offline/Online Application Form at the respective zonal GATE Office Tuesday November 02, 2010
- Website display of final list of registered candidates, choices of test paper and examination city Friday December 10, 2010
- Date for reporting any discrepancy in the choice of examination cities or in the choice of GATE paper Friday December 31, 2010
- Date for reporting the non-receipt of admit cards for ONLINE examination papers Thursday January 20, 2011
- Last date for reporting the non-receipt of admit cards for OFFLINE examination papers Monday January 31, 2011
- GATE 2011 Online Examination Papers: GG and TF Sunday January 30, 2011 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
- GATE 2011 Online Examination Papers: AE and MN Sunday January 30, 2011 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
- GATE 2011 Offline Examination Papers: AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI Sunday February 13, 2011 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
- GATE 2011 Offline Examination Papers: AG, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL Sunday February 13, 2011 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
- Announcement of results Tuesday March 15, 2011 (10:00 Hrs)
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