GATE EE 2023 : Exam Pattern

GATE EE 2023 : Exam Pattern

GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern would consist of 65 Questions of 100 marks in total. The weightage of the core subject is around 72% of the total marks and the weightage of engineering mathematics is 13% of the total marks. The weightage of the general aptitude section stands at 15% of the total marks.

The questions asked would be - Multiple Choice Questions, Multiple Select Questions and Numerical Answer Type Questions. GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Syllabus is divided into 10 major sections. 

IIT Kanpur will announce the exam dates of the GATE 2023 examination, which is exppected to be conducted in the 1^st week of February, 2023. Candidates planning to appear for GATE Electrical Engineering as their first paper can apply for Instrumentation Engineering (IN) as their second paper.

 GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern: Highlights 

Particulars	Details
Duration of the exam	A total of 3 hours (180 minutes)
Number of Questions	65
Total Marks	100
Questions Type	3 Types of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) and Numerical based Questions (NAT)
Total sections	3: General Aptitude, General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and Subject-specific part (Electrical Engineering)
Marking Scheme	1 Mark MCQs (one-third marks will be deducted in case of wrong attempt) 2 Mark MCQs (two third marks will be deducted).
Negative Marking	1/3rd Mark will be deducted for 1 mark question; 2/3rd Mark will be deducted for 2 marks question
Medium	English

 GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern: Sections 

The total Questions asked would be 65 of 100 Marks in total. Every paper will include a general aptitude section which all the candidates are expected to attempt. The section will have 10 questions. Out of the 10 questions, 5 questions carry a weightage of one mark while the rest of the 5 questions will be of 2 marks. The total marks of the section will be 15 marks. 

The Engineering Mathematics section would have 10 Questions in total of 13 Marks in total.

The remaining section - Core Subjects of EE would have 45 Questions in total. The type of questions and the marks per question would vary but all the questions would cumulate in 72 marks in total. 

Particulars	Details
Type of Questions asked	(MCQs )Multiple Choice Questions  (NATs )Numerical Answer Type  (MSQs) Multiple Select Questions
Sections in the paper	General aptitude Engineering Mathematics Core Subjects of EE
Number of Questions asked	Engineering Mathematics:10  Engineering Mathematics:10 The subject of EE:45
Weightage of Sections as % of total marks	General Aptitude:15%  Engineering Mathematics:13% The core subject of the Paper:72%

 GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern: Marking Scheme 

Section	Number of Questions	Distribution of Marks	Total Marks
General Aptitude	10	(5 x 1) + (5 x 2)	15
EE + Engineering Mathematics	55	(25 x 1) + (30 x 2)	85
Total	65	--	100

 GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern: Important Topics 

Subject	Syllabus
Engineering Mathematics	Linear Algebra Different Equations Statistics Difficult Variables Probability Numerical Transform Theory
Electrical Engineering	Electric Circuits Electromagnetic Fields Signals and Systems Electrical Machines Control Systems Electric Machines Analog Circuits Digital Circuits Network Theory Power System

 GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern: Topic-wise Weightage 

Topic	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Signal and System	6	9
Electromagnetic	2	3
Electric Machines	8	12
Analog Circuits	5	8
Digital Circuits	2	2
Network Theory	6	10
Power System	8	13
Control System	5	8
Power Electronics	7	11
Electrical Measurement	2	3