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GATE CS 2025 : Weightage
In the GATE CSE exam, 85% of the total marks come from the core syllabus, which includes 13% for Engineering Mathematics. The remaining 15% is for General Aptitude. The topic-wise weightage is created by looking at past exam papers. This helps candidates identify the key topics in Computer Science to focus on for better preparation.
GATE CSE 2025- Weightage of Important Topics
| Topic | Weightage Percentage |
| Engineering Mathematics | 13 |
| Digital Logic | 6-8 |
| Computer Organization and Architecture | 5-7 |
| Programming and Data Structures | 10-12 |
| Algorithms | 5-7 |
| Theory of Computation | 7-9 |
| Compiler Design | 4-6 |
| Operating System | 9-10 |
| Databases | 5-7 |
| Computer Networks | 8-10 |
GATE CSE- Previous Years’ Weightage of Important Topics
| Topics | Year-wise Weightage of Important Topics (Marks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATE 2021 | GATE 2020 | GATE 2019 | GATE 2018 | GATE 2017 | GATE 2016 | |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Discrete Mathematics | 11 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Digital Logic | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Computer Organization and Architecture | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Programming and Data Structures | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
| Algorithms | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| Theory of Computation | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Compiler Design | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Operating System | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Databases | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Computer Networks | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
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