GATE 2021: The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has released the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021. As per the schedule, the exam will be held on February 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2021.
The online application form filling process will begin from 11 September 2020, and it will be closed on October 07, 2020. However, The applying seekers will also be given a window to make changes to their application form—the last date for requesting a change of examination Centre or city.
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This year GATE 2021 Examination will be conducted in 200 cities in India and six cities abroad. All the aspirants who want to apply for GATE 2021 examination have to wait for the GATE online portal’s opening, popularly known as GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System).
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GATE 2021 Useful Resources
Here we have mentioned some Useful Resources of GATE 2021, That will help you.
| GATE 2021 Major Notification | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Eligibility Criteria | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Exam Pattern | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Syllabus | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Books | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Previous Year Paper | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Sample Paper | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Admit Card | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Cutoff | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Counselling | Click Here |
| GATE 2021 Seat Matrix | Click Here |
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2021
Before we talk about GATE 2021 Notification in detail later, look at the important dates of the GATE 2021 Examination.
Quick Facts
The GATE 2021 entrance exam will be conducted in Online mode (Computer- Based Test). The duration of this entrance exam is 3 hours in the examination. The multiple-choice questions asked will be asked in the examination of GATE 2021 exam.
| Exam Name | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) |
| Exam Frequency | Once a Year |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Exam Duration | 3 hours |
| Test Takers | Approx 10 Lacks |
| Official Website | gate.iitb.ac.in/ |
Exam Dates (Released)
Below we have provided all the official Gate 2021 Dates for various events taking place.
| Events | Important Dates (Released) |
| GATE Online Application Processing System | 11 September 2020 |
| Closing date of REGULAR online registration | 07 October 2020 |
| End of the EXTENDED period for online registration/application (with an additional late fee of 500) | 14 October 2020 |
| Last date of Intimation to Registered Candidates after FIRST Round of Scrutiny by Zonal Office | 26 October 2020 |
| Re-opening of GOAPS Portal for Successfully Registered Candidates to change (ONE TIME) Category/City/Exam Paper (Change of City is FREE and extra 500 for Category and Paper change) | 28 October 2020 |
| Last Date for change of Category, City & Exam Paper | 13 November 2020 |
| Re-opening of GOAPS Portal for Successfully Registered | 17 November 2020 |
| Last Date for correction(s) in Application Form | 23 November 2020 |
| Last and Final Chance for City Correction in Application Form | 14th December 2020, 15th December 2020 |
| Admit Card | 8th January 2021 |
| Miscellaneous Activities* | 5th February 2021, 12th February 2021 |
| GATE 2021 Examination Forenoon: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Afternoon: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM | 6th February 2021, 7th February 2021 13th February 2021, 14th February 2021 |
| Announcement of results in the Online Application Portal | 22nd March 2021 |
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How to Apply
- First, you have to log in to the official website (gate.iitd.ac.in).
- Click on ‘Login’ and enter this information: email Id, password, country of residence and mobile number.
- Enter the captcha and click on ‘Submit’ button.
- Click on ‘GATE Application Form 2021’ button.
- After that, fill the details asked in the application form: NAME, Qualification, DOB, Enrollment No. etc.
- After submitting the personal information, educational proceed for uploading required scanned images.
- Upload the scanned copy of all the required certificate, category certificate (if applicable), Photograph (2 KB & 150 KB), Signature (2 KB & 200 KB).
- Click on ‘Save and View Application’ or ‘Submit and Proceed to Payment’ link.
- Fill the payment details and click on ‘Make Payment’ option.
- A fee payment number will be generated after successful payment of a fee.
- Your form will be successfully submitted
- Take a printout copy of application form for future reference
GATE 2021 Application Fee
| Categories | Regular Period (14th to 30th Sept. 2020) | During the Extended Period (1st to 7th Oct 2020) |
| Female candidates (per paper) | 750/- | 1250/- |
| For ST/SC/PwD candidates | 750/- | 1250/- |
| All other candidates (per paper) | 1500/- | 2000/- |
GATE 2021 Eligibility Criteria
Let’s read the Complete eligibility criteria required for the GATE 2021 Conducted by the examination authority of IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) Madras
Eligibility Criteria
| Degree/Program | Qualifying Degree / Examination | Description of Eligible Candidates | Expected Year of Completion |
| B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Pharm. | Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc. / Diploma in Engineering / Technology) | Currently in the 3rd year or higher grade or already completed | 2022 |
| B. Arch. | Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (5-year course) / Naval Architecture (4-year course) / Planning (4- year course) | Currently in the 3rd year or higher grade or already completed | 2023 (for 5-year program), 2022 (for 4-year program) |
| B.Sc. (Research)/ B.S. | Bachelor’s degree in Science (Post-Diploma/4 years after 10+2) | Currently in the 3rd year or higher grade or already completed | 2022 |
| Pharm. D. (after 10+2) | 6 years degree program, consisting of internship or residency training, during third year onwards | Currently in the 3rd/ 4th/ 5th/6th year or already completed | 2024 |
| M.B.B.S | Degree holders of M.B.B.S. and those who are in the 5th/6th/7th semester or higher semester of such a programme. | 5th, 6th, 7th or higher semester or already completed | 2022 |
| M. Sc./ M.A./MCA or equivalent | Master’s degree in any branch of Arts/Science/Mathematics/Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent | Currently in the first year or higher or already Completed | 2022 |
| Int. M.E./ M.Tech. (Post-B.Sc.) | Post-B.Sc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering/ Technology (4-year program) | Currently in the 1st /2nd/3rd/4th year or already completed | 2024 |
| Int. M.E./ M.Tech. or Dual Degree(after Diploma or 10+2) | Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/Technology (5-year program) | Currently in the 3rd/4th/5th year or already completed | 2023 |
| B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com | Bachelor degree in any branch of Science / Arts / Commerce (3 years program) | Currently in the 3rd year or already completed | 2021 |
| Int. M.Sc./ Int. B.S.-M.S. | Integrated M.Sc. or 5-year integrated B.S.-M.S. program | Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed | 2022 |
| Professional Society Examinations* (equivalent to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch.) | B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India and so on) | Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses | N/A |
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GATE 2021 Exam Pattern
| Particular | Exam Pattern |
| Examination Mode | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Duration | 3 Hours |
| Number of Subjects (Papers) | 27 |
| Sections | General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate’s Selected Subject |
| Type of Questions | (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (B) Remaining types 1. Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or 2. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions |
| Questions for testing these abilities | Recall Comprehension Application Analysis and Synthesis |
| Number of Questions | 10 (GA) + 55 (subject) = 65 Questions |
| Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks + Subject Questions: 72 Marks = Total: 100 Marks |
| Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Subject Questions: 85 Marks = Total: 100 Marks |
| Marking Scheme | All of the questions will be of 1 mark or 2 marks |
GATE 2021 Marking Scheme
| Paper Code | General Aptitude (GA) Marks | Subject Marks | Total Marks | Total Time (Minutes) |
| AE, AR, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, ES, EY, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PE, PH, PI, TF, ST and BM | 15 | 85 | 100 | 180 |
| GG [Part A + Part B (Section 1 Geology OR Section 2 Geophysics)] | 15 | 25+60 | 100 | 180 |
| XE (Section A + Any TWO Sections) | 15 | 15+(2*35) | 100 | 180 |
| XH (Section B1 + Any ONE Section) | 15 | 25+(1*60) | 100 | 180 |
| XL (Section P + Any TWO Sections) | 15 | 25+(2*60) | 100 | 180 |
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GATE 2021 Syllabus
Here in this section, we have mentioned the complete syllabus and topics asked in the GATE 2021 Examination.
Subject Specialization
| Subject | Topics Cover |
| Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Construction Engineering &Management Transportation Engineering Environmental Engineering Earthquake Engineering Water Resources Engineering Rock Engineering & Underground Structure |
| Mechanical Engineering | Design of Mechanical Equipment or Machine Design Thermal Engineering Manufacturing Science & Engineering Production Engineering Industrial Engineering Material Science & management |
| Electrical Engineering | Power Electronics Machines & Drives Power Systems Control & Automation Digital Signal Processing Instrumentation Technology |
| Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology | Computer Science Information Technology Information Security Software Engineering Distributed Computing Image Processing Computer Systems and Hardware Database and Information Systems Programming languages Computer Networks and Distributed Systems Artificial Intelligence Advanced Computing |
| Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering | VLSI Design Tool Technology Integrated Electronics & Circuits Micro Electronics Microwave Engineering Communication Engg. Telecommunication Technology & Management Optoelectronics & Optical Communication Nanotechnology Digital Signal Processing Control & Automation |
GATE 2021 Syllabus in PDF
Here in this section, we have mentioned the complete syllabus and topics for all PDF Format subjects. Candidate Can download the complete syllabus in PDF format for GATE 2021 exam Preparation.
General Aptitude (GA): Common in all papers
| Syllabus | Links | Syllabus | Links |
| AE: Aerospace Engineering | Click Here | TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | Click Here |
| AG: Agricultural Engineering | Click Here | XE -A: Engineering Mathematics | Click Here |
| AR: Architecture and Planning | Click Here | XE-B: Fluid Mechanics | Click Here |
| BT: Biotechnology | Click Here | XE-C: Materials Science | Click Here |
| CE: Civil Engineering | Click Here | XE-D: Solid Mechanics | Click Here |
| CH: Chemical Engineering | Click Here | XE-E: Thermodynamics | Click Here |
| CS: Computer Sc. and Information Technology | Click Here | XE-F: Polymer Science and Engineering | Click Here |
| CY: Chemistry | Click Here | XE – G: Food Technology | Click Here |
| EC: Electronics and Communication Engg. | Click Here | XE – H: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Click Here |
| EE: Electrical Engineering | Click Here | XH-B1: Reasoning and Comprehension | Click Here |
| ES: Environmental Science and Engineering | Click Here | XH-C1: Economics | Click Here |
| EY: Ecology and Evolution | Click Here | XH-C2: English | Click Here |
| GG: Geology and Geophysics | Click Here | XH-C3: Linguistics | Click Here |
| IN: Instrumentation Engineering | Click Here | XH-C4: Philosophy | Click Here |
| MA: Mathematics | Click Here | XH-C5: Psychology | Click Here |
| ME: Mechanical Engineering | Click Here | XH-C6: Sociology | Click Here |
| MN: Mining Engineering | Click Here | XL – P: Chemistry | Click Here |
| MT: Metallurgical Engineering | Click Here | XL-Q: Biochemistry | Click Here |
| PE: Petroleum Engineering | Click Here | XL-R: Botany | Click Here |
| PH: Physics | Click Hare | XL – S: Microbiology | Click Here |
| PI: Production and Industrial Engineering | Click Here | XL – T: Zoology | Click Here |
| ST: Statistics | Click Here | XL – U: Food Technology | Click Here |
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GATE 2021 Admit Card
The GATE 2021 Admit card will be released on 8th January 2021. The link of GATE 2021 Admit card will be notified on the official website of GOAPS. The link will be shared with the Aspirants through his/her registered email ID and mobile number.
Important Instructions
- The candidates shall report at the Examination Centre 90 minutes before the commencement of the examination.
- Candidates Must carry the required materials with them(Pen, Pencil, Scale etc.)
- The candidates are advised to read the instructions on the admit card carefully and follow them during the examination.
GATE 2021 Question Paper & Answer Key
Here is the link to download the GATE 2021 Question Paper & Answer Key. You may also use these question papers in the Previous year GATE Examination as a model paper or sample paper for GATE 2021. Let us have a look.
| Paper Name | Question Paper | Answer Key |
| AE: Aerospace Engineering | Click Here | Click Here |
| AG: Agricultural Engineering | Click Here | Click Here |
| AR: Architecture and Planning | Click Here | Click Here |
| BM: Biomedical Engineering; | Click Here | Click Here |
| BT: Biotechnology | Click Here | Click Here |
Note: To Download All GATE 2021 Question Paper & Answer Key in PDF, Click Here.
GATE 2021 Results
GATE 2021 Examination results will be released on the 22nd March 2021.IIT Madras will publish the Results on the GOAPS Website: gate.iitm.ac.in. The GATE 2021 score is valid for Three Years from the date of announcement of the results.
List of Exam Centres
Below we have mentioned a tentative list of GATE 2020 examination Centres where the GATE entrance exam will be conducted on next year.
| Zonal GATE Office | Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns* |
| IISc Bangalore Bengaluru – 560 012 | Ananthapuramu, Angamaly, Bagalkot, Belagavi (Belgaum), Ballari (Bellary), Bengaluru South, Bengaluru North, Bidar, Davanagere, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangaluru, Manipal, Mysuru (Mysore), Palakkad, Payyanur, PortBlair, Shivamogga (Shimoga), Thrissur, Tumakuru, Vatakara |
| IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 | Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Lonavala, Mahabubnagar, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Thane, Vadodara |
| IIT Delhi, HauzKhas, New Delhi – 110 016 | Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Bikaner, Faridabad-Palwal, Greater NOIDA, Gurugram, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, New Delhi, Samba, Sikar, Udaipur-Chittorgarh, Ujjain |
| IIT Guwahati Guwahati – 781 039 | Agartala, Arrah, Asansol, Bihar Sharif, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Durgapur, Gangtok, Gaya, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Shillong, Silchar, Siliguri, Tezpur |
| IIT Kanpur Kanpur – 208 016 | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Varanasi |
| IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur – 721 302 | Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Srikakulam-Vizianagaram, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
| IIT Madras Chennai – 600 036 | Alappuzha, Aluva, Attingal, Bapatla – Chirala, Chengannur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode-Thiruchengode, Gudur, Guntur, Idukki, Kadapa, Kanjirapally, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Madurai, Muvattupuzha, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nedumangad, Nellore, Ongole, Pala, Puducherry, Punalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar, Warangal |
| IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247 667 | Ambala, Amritsar, Baddi (HP), Bathinda, Bhimtal, Dehradun, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Jalandhar, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala, Roorkee, Ropar, Sangrur, Shimla, Solan, Sonepat, Una, Yamunanagar |
| International GATE, IIT Madras | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore |
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Contact Details
| Details | Contact |
| Head Office | Chairperson, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 |
| Contact Number | 011-26591749 |
| Website | gate.iitb.ac.in/ |
| Guideline Pdf | Click Here |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A. YES, any undergraduate student currently in 3rd year or higher years of any government-approved program in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/ Arts/ Commerce/Science, is eligible to appear for GATE 2021.
A. NO. There is NO age limit to appear for GATE 2021.
A. NO. One can appear for the GATE examination any number of times.
A. Admit Card can ONLY be downloaded from the GOAPS website from 8th January 2021. Admit Cards will NOT be sent by post or as an e-mail attachment.
A. A candidate can apply for ONE or TWO subject papers(from the given set of combinations as per Table 4.2a) of the 27 papers listed in the GATE INFORMATION BROCHURE or GATE website. The choice of the appropriate paper is the responsibility of the candidate.
A. YES. ONLY after the last date for application submission, a request for the change of GATE Examination Paper will be entertained against additional payment till 13th November, 2020. Any request after this date will NOT be considered.
A. YES. Once you reach the examination hall, please contact the GATE Institute Representative through the invigilator in your examination hall and he/she will do the needful.
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