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GATE Pattern
QUESTION PAPER STRUCTURE
The question paper of GATE 2007 will be fully objective
type.
Candidates have to mark the correct choice by darkening the appropriate bubble
against each question on an Objective Response Sheet (ORS).
Main Papers (Non-XE/XL Papers)
The question paper will be for a
total of 150 marks divided into three groups:
Group I : Question Numbers 1
to 20 (20 questions) will carry one mark each (subtotal 20 marks) .
Group II: Question Numbers 21
to 75 (55 questions) will carry two marks each (subtotal 110 marks). Out of
this, Q.71 to Q.75 may be questions based on common data .
Group III: Question Numbers 76
to 85 (10 questions) will carry two marks each (subtotal 20 marks). These
questions are called linked answer questions. These 10 questions comprise five
pairs of questions (76 & 77, 78 & 79, etc.). The solution to the second question
of each pair (e.g. Q.77) will be linked to the correct answer to the first one
(e.g. Q.76) in the pair.
Each question will have four choices
for the answer. Only one choice is correct.
Wrong answers carry 25% negative
marks. In Q.1 to Q.20, 0.25 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer and in
Q.21 to Q.76, Q.78, Q.80, Q.82 and Q.84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each
wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking in Q.77, Q.79, Q.81, Q.83
and Q.85.
Papers bearing the code AE, AG, CE,
CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, IT, ME, MN, MT, PI, TF will contain questions on Engineering
Mathematics to the extent of 20 to 25 marks.
The multiple choice objective test
questions can be of the following type:
Each choice containing a single
stand-alone statement/phrase/data.
Example
Q. The phenomenon known as ?Early
Effect? in a bipolar transistor refers to a reduction of the effective
base-width caused by
A) electron-hole recombination at the
base
the reverse biasing of the
base-collector junction
the forward biasing of emitter-base junction
the early removal of stored base charge during saturation-to-cutoff switching
Each choice containing a combination
of option codes.
The question may be accompanied by
four options P, Q, R, S and the choices may be a combination of these options.
The candidate has to choose the right combination as the correct answer.
Example
Q. Choose the correct combination of
true statements from the following:
P : The ratio of isentropic to
isothermal bulk modulus for a gas is equal to its specific heat ratio (C P/C V)
Q : The viscosity of gas is an increasing function of temperature
R : The viscosity of a gas is a decreasing function of temperature
S : The compressibility co-efficient of a gas decreases with increase in Mach
number
(A) Q, S (B) R, S (C) P, S (D) P, Q
Assertion[a]/Reason[r] type with the
choices stating if [a]/[r] are True/False and/or stating if [r] is
correct/incorrect reasoning of [a]
Example
Q. Determine the correctness or
otherwise of the following assertion and reasoning:
Assertion [a]: Bernoulli's equation
can be applied along the central streamline in a steady laminar fully-developed
flow through a straight circular pipe.
Reason [r]: The shear stress is zero
at the centre-line for the above flow.
(A) Both [a] and [r] are true and [r]
is the correct reason for [a]
(B) Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not the correct reason for [a]
(C) Both [a] and [r] are false
(D) [a] is false but [r] is true
Match items : Match all items in
Group 1 with correct options from those given in Group 2 and choose the correct
set of combinations from the choices E, F, G and H.
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