GATE exam will be conducted online (Computer Based Test (CBT)) for all the eligible candidates at different designated centers. GATE Aspirants are not allowed to write ONE or TWO subject papers. TWO subject Paper combinations have to be chosen from the given list of combinations of papers by the GATE conducting body. Final allotment of the TWO papers will still be subjected to the availability of infrastructure and GATE exam dates.From the GATE 2022 exam, Two New Subject papers are introduced by the GATE conducting body,

• Geomatics Engineering (GE)
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)

GATE exam will now be conducted for 29 Subjects (GATE papers) and consists of 65 questions that will be entirely objective type (Multiple Choice Questions, Multiple Select Questions and Numerical Answer type questions over a 3-hour duration.

1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Multiple Choice Questions carry 1 or 2 marks each, in all the GATE papers and sections. These questions will be objective, and each question will have the choice of four answers, out of which ONLY ONE choice is correct.
2. Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Multiple Select Questions carry 1 or 2 marks each in all the GATE papers and sections. These questions will be objective, and each question will have the choice of four answers, out of which ONE or MORE than ONE choice(s) are correct.

Note: There is NO negative marking for a wrong answer in Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) type of questions. However, there is NO partial credit of marks given for choosing the partially correct combinations of choices or any single wrong choice.

3. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions: Numerical Answer Type questions carry 1 or 2 marks each in most of the GATE papers and sections. For these type of questions, the answer is a real number that needs to be entered by the candidate with the help of virtual numeric keypad displayed on the monitor. No choices will be shown for Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions. The answer can be a number such as 10 or -10 (an integer only). The answer for these type of questions may also be in decimals, for example, 10.1 (one decimal) or 10.01 (two decimals) or -10.001 (three decimals). These type of questions will always be mentioned with, up to which decimal places, the candidates have to consider the answer. Also, for some NAT type of problems an appropriate range will be considered while evaluating so that the candidates are not unduly penalized for 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.

Combination of TWO GATE Papers

Note: Candidates choosing to appear in TWO subject papers should have a primary choice of the paper as their default choice. Students are allowed to choose the paper from the combinations given in the table above. Combinations other than the listed ones are NOT allowed. Also, under unforeseen conditions certain combinations might be removed from the list at a later date. In such cases, the fee paid towards the second paper will be refunded to the candidates. Also note that the exam centre of a candidate for the second paper may be different (but in the same city) from that for the first paper due to the infrastructure and scheduling constraints. GATE conducting body is NOT liable for any legal obligations related to this issue.