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    GATE MINING 2021 EXAM PATTERN

    • 13-08-2020
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    GATE 2021 Exam Pattern of Mining Engineering

    • Dates of examination: Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, Sunday 7th, Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th February, 2021. There are two sessions (forenoon and afternoon) each day.

    • Fully Computer Based Test (CBT).

    • All Test Papers of GATE 2021 will be entirely objective type. Pattern of questions may include
      1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ),
      2. Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and/or
      3. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.

    The online examination papers will contain some questions of

    (i) Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) type, where only one option out of four options is correct. Remaining questions may be of

    (ii) Multiple Select Question (MSQ) type, where one or more than one options out of four options is/are correct, and / or

    (iii) Numerical Answers Type (NAT) where answer must be keyed in by the candidate using a virtual keypad. The candidates will use ONLY an on-screen virtual calculator provided for the examination.


    • Eligibility criteria is relaxed. A Candidate who is currently studying in th 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program OR has already completed any Government approved degree program in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Science / Commerce / Arts is eligible to appear for GATE-2021 examination.

    • There is NO age limit to appear for GATE 2021 examination.
    • GATE-2021 score card will remain valid for THREE years from the date of announcement of results.

    1. Mode of Examination: Online
    2. Duration of the exam is 3 hours.
    3. There will be 2 types of questions in GATE - MCQs and NATs.
    4. There will be three sections in the exam - General Aptitude, Mathematics and Subject- wise. 
    5. The total no. of questions in the exam will be 65. 
    6. Total Marks of 100


    5.2.1 Pattern of Questions

    GATE 2021 may contain questions of THREE different types in all the papers:

    (i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) carrying 1 or 2 marks each, in all the papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have choice of four answers, out of which ONLY ONE choice is correct.

    Negative Marking for Wrong Answers: For a wrong answer chosen in a MCQ, there will be negative marking. For 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.

    Example of MCQ :

    Which Institute is organising GATE 2021 examination ?

    (A) IISc Bangalore (B) IIT Bombay (C) IIT Delhi (D) IIT Madras.

    Here, correct answer is (B) only. Candidate will get full marks only if this answer is selected. The candidates will be given NEGATIVE marks for choosing any other option as their answer.

    (ii) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) carrying 1 or 2 marks each in all the papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have choice of four answers, out of which ONE or MORE than ONE choice(s) is / are correct.

    Note: There is NO negative marking for a wrong answer in MSQ questions. However, there is NO partial credit for choosing partially correct combinations of choices or any single wrong choice.

    Example of MSQ :

    Which of the following is / are state(s) in India ?

    (A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (C) Mumbai (D) Goa.

    Here, the correct answer is the combination of (A), (B) and (D). Candidates will get full marks if and only if this combination is selected. There are NO partial marks in this type of question. The candidates will NOT get any marks for choosing any other option / combination as their answer.

    (iii) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions carrying 1 or 2 marks each in most of the papers and sections. For these questions, the answer is a signed real number, which needs to be entered by the candidate using the virtual numeric keypad on the monitor (keyboard of the computer will be disabled). No choices will be shown for these types of questions. The answer can be a number such as 10 or -10 (an integer only). The answer may be in decimals as well, for example, 10.1 (one decimal) or 10.01 (two decimals) or -10.001 (three decimals). These questions will be mentioned with, up to which decimal places, the candidates need to present the answer. Also, for some NAT type problems an appropriate range will be considered while evaluating these questions so that the candidate is not unduly penalized due to the usual round-off errors. Candidates are advised to do the rounding off at the end of the calculation (not in between steps). Wherever required and possible, it is better to give NAT answer up to a maximum of three decimal places.

    Example of NAT : If the wire diameter of a compressive helical spring is increased by 2%, the change in spring stiffness (in %) is _ (correct to two decimal places).

    Note: There is NO negative marking for a wrong answer in NAT questions.

    Also, there is NO partial credit in NAT questions.




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