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GATE 2021 question papers PDF is available on this page. Download question paper with solution from below.
GATE 2021 question paper (memory-based) has been released by coaching institutes. Candidates who have appeared in the exam can download the question paper with solution from this page. We have also provided the direct link to access GATE question paper 2021 PDF in the table below. Officially, GATE question paper 2021 will be released IIT Bombay online. Candidates who will compete in GATE 2021 will be able to download it from https://www.iitb.ac.in/. It will help candidates in speculating their marks as well as rank. Look over more details related to GATE question paper below.
- GATE 2021 Question Paper: Steps to download PDF
- Download GATE 2021 Question Paper with Solution PDF (Unofficial)
- Significance of GATE Question Paper 2021
- About GATE Question Paper PDF
- GATE 2020 Question Paper
GATE 2021 Question Paper: Steps to download PDF
Candidates can download the question paper easily in online mode by following the given procedure:
- Go to the official website
- Find the link to access GATE 2021 question paper PDF
- Click on it and the PDF will open in new tab
- After that, click on the download icon to save the PDF
Download GATE 2021 Question Paper with Solution PDF (Unofficial)
The PDF of GATE question paper with the solution can be downloaded from the table below:
| Paper Name |
Question Paper |
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| AE: Aerospace Engineering |
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| AG: Agricultural Engineering |
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| AR: Architecture and Planning |
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| BM: Biomedical Engineering |
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| BT: Biotechnology |
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| CE: Civil Engineering |
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| CH: Chemical Engineering |
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| CS: Computer Science and Information Technology |
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| CY: Chemistry |
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| EC: Electronics and Communication Engineering |
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| EE: Electrical Engineering |
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| ES: Environmental Science and Engineering |
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| EY: Ecology and Evolution |
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| GG: Geology |
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| GG: Geophysics |
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| IN: Instrumentation Engineering |
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| MA: Mathematics |
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| ME: Mechanical Engineering |
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| MN: Mining Engineering |
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| MT: Metallurgical Engineering |
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| PE: Petroleum Engineering |
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| PH: Physics |
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| PI: Production and Industrial Engineering |
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| ST: Statistics |
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| TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
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| XE-A: Engineering Mathematics |
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| XE-B: Fluid Mechanics |
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| XE-C: Materials Science |
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| XE-D: Solid Mechanics |
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| XE-E: Thermodynamics |
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| XE-F: Polymer Science and Engineering |
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| XE-G: Food Technology |
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| XE-H: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
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| XH-C1: Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics |
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| XH-C2: Humanities & Social Sciences - English |
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| XH-C3: Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics |
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| XH-C4: Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy |
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| XH-C5: Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology |
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| XH-C6: Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology |
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| XL-P: Chemistry |
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| XL-Q: Biochemistry |
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| XL-R: Botany |
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| XL-S: Microbiology |
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| XL-T: Zoology |
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| XL-U: Food Technology |
Significance of GATE Question Paper 2021
Candidates can use GATE 2021 question paper for a number of benefits. It will be beneficial for the candidates who will appear in the next sessions of GATE in the following ways:
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About GATE Question Paper PDF
The question paper shall have total of 65 questions wherein 10 questions will be of General Aptitude and the remaining 55 questions will be from concerned subject. The exam will be conducted for maximum of 100 marks and 3 hours will be the time span to solve the total questions. GATE CE question paper 2021 shall incorporate Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions.
Commonly asked questions
No, it is not mandatory to attempt all questions in GATE. Attempt only those which you are sure of, as the exam follows negative marking. However, you can still put some guesswork for NATs and MSQs, as there is no negative marking for this.
Negative marking is only applicable on MCQ questions. where 1/3rd mark will be deducted for 1 mark question and 2/3rd mark will be deducted for 2-mark question.
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The GATE total marks is 100. The marks in GATE question paper is distributed as follows:
- General Aptitude - 15 marks
- Engineering Mathematics - 13 marks
- Subject/Core Discipline - 72 marks
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