GATE 2013 online exam is going to be held on 10th of February. 1.8Lakh candidates applied for Gate 2008. The aspirants have increased to 7.7lakh in 2012. The number will surely be increase this year. It is estimated that this year's Gate will be tough as compared to previous ones. This id due to the increasing demands in the IT Industries as well in PSU(Public Sector Undertaking).
This years examination fee has been exempted for the girls whereas for boys in General and OBC category its 1200, for SC,ST its 600. In 2011 out of 21 papers only four papers were online and in 2012 only six papers were online whereas this year out of 21 papers 15 papers will be conducted in the online mode. This is beneficial for the students.
In all the papers, there will be a total of 65 questions carrying 100
marks, out of which 10 questions carrying total of 15 marks are in
General Aptitude (GA). The remaining of 85% of the total marks is
devoted to the syllabus of the paper (as indicated in the syllabus
section)GATE 2013 would contain questions of four different types in various papers:
(i) Multiple choice questions carrying 1 or 2 marks each; Each of the multiple choice objective questions in all papers and sections will contain four answers, of which one correct answer is to be marked.
(ii) Common data questions (which are also multiple choice questions), where two successive questions use the same set of input data;
(iii) Linked answer questions (which are also multiple choice questions), where the answer to the first question in the pair is required to answer its successor;
(iv) Numerical answer questions, where the answer is a number, to be entered by the candidate using the mouse and a virtual keypad that will be provided on the screen.
referred to gate 2013
