S. Vishnu Sharma
GATE 2024 application form correction can be done till 24 November 2023 at ‘https://gate2024.iisc.ac.in/’ Correction facility was open on 19 November 2023.
Registration process was opened on 30 August 2023 and the last date to submit GATE 2024 application was 29 September 2023 initially which was extended to 6 October 2023 for the first time.
Second extension was provided till 12 October 2023. Now is the time to take up corrections in the application forms already submitted. IISC Bangalore will be conducting the exam.
Schedule
The rectifications in GATE 2024 application can be done from 19 to 24 November 2023. Admit card will be made available for download from 3 January 2024 onwards.
GATE 2024 will be conducted on 3,4 and 10,11 February 2024. Candidate’s response will be available on the official portal on 16 February 2024.
Answer keys are to be available on the website on 21 February 2024. Candidates can submit challenges to the answer keys from 22 to 25 February 2024.
The results for GATE 2024 will be announced on 16 March 2024 and score cards would be available for download from 23 March 2024 onwards.
Corrections in GATE 2024 application
Candidates are allowed to make corrections with regards to a few particulars in their GATE 2024 application. The duration in which, applicants would be able to make corrections is mentioned above.
They will not be able to undertake rectifications in all the fields. The areas which they can be corrected are mentioned below:
# Name of the candidate
# Date of Birth
# Gender
# Category
# Country of Residence
# Parent/Guardian’s Mobile Number
# Correspondence Address
# Exam centre and exam city details
# Qualifying Degree Details
Fees
Candidates wishing to rectify the particulars in their GATE 2024 application have to pay the fees.
Amount to be paid would depend on the correction candidates wants to make in the application. Details are mentioned below for their sake:
CHARGES FOR CHANGES/ MODIFICATION IN GATE 2024 APPLICATION
(APPLICABLE FROM 19TH TO 24TH NOVEMBER 2023)
| No. | Description of Changes / Modifications | Fee Charges (per paper) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Change in Name | ₹ 500 |
| 2. | Change in Date of Birth | ₹ 500 |
| 3. | Change in choice of examination cities | ₹ 500 |
| 4. | Change of existing paper | ₹ 500 |
| 5. | Add a second paper (from given combinations with respect to the primary paper) | ₹ 500 plus application fee for the additional paper |
| 6. | Change of gender to female | ₹ 500 |
| 7. | Change of gender from female to any other gender | ₹ 500 + ₹ 900 = ₹ 1400 (For all other candidates) |
| 8. | Change of category to SC/ST | ₹ 500 |
| 9. | Change of category from SC/ST to any other | ₹ 500 (For female candidates or PwD candidates) ₹ 500 + ₹ 900 = ₹ 1400 (For all other candidates) |
| 10. | Change from Non-PwD/Dyslexic to PwD/Dyslexic | ₹ 500 |
| 11. | Change from PwD/Dyslexic to Non-PwD/Dyslexic | ₹ 500 (For female candidates or PwD candidates) ₹ 500 + ₹ 900 = ₹ 1400 (For all other candidates) |
| 12. | Any other change in category (not mentioned above) | ₹ 500 |
| 13. | Details of Parents/Guardian/Correspondence Address | NIL |
| 14. | College Name and Location, Roll No., Registration No. | NIL |
There will be NO REFUND of any fee, other than for multiple transactions.
Applicants have to keep in mind the rules to be followed while submitting GATE 2024 application. This will do away problems at a later stage.
The Link to take up corrections in GATE 2024 application is here
How to download the admit card?
The process to download admit card for GATE 2024 is online.
Candidates have to visit the official website to download the hall ticket with the help of URL ‘https://gate2024.iisc.ac.in/’
1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.
2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the link to download the hall ticket.
3. After clicking the link, they can enter their roll number/GATE 2024 application number and other required details and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.
Point to remember
Candidates who have successfully completed their GATE 2024 application submission will alone be able to download the admit card.
The link to download hall ticket will be made active at the appropriate time, a few days before the commencement of the exam.
Exam pattern
GATE 2024 will be conducted in online mode and the questions have to answered on a computer screen at the test centre.
The duration of the exam will be 3 hours and number of subject papers are 30. Those who have submitted GATE 2024 application can focus on exam preparation.
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The questions will be asked in two sections, while one section has questions related to General Aptitude which may be common to all candidates.
Next section has questions from the subject chosen by candidates while submitting GATE 2024 application. More details are provided below in a tabular format:
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Examination Mode | The test papers will be in English. Computer Based Test (CBT) [will be conducted at select centers in select cities]. |
| Duration | 3 Hours* |
| Number of Subjects (Papers) | 30 |
| Sections | General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate’s Selected Subjects |
| Type of Questions | Candidate’s Selected Subject(s) (a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (b) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or (c) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions |
| Questions for testing these abilities | (a) Recall (b) Comprehension (c) Application (d) Analysis & Synthesis |
| Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics**: 13 Marks + Subject Questions: 72 Marks = Total: 100 Marks (**XE includes Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 Marks) |
| Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Subject Questions: 85 Marks = Total: 100 Marks |
| Marking Scheme | Questions carry 1 mark and 2 marks |
| Negative Marking | For a wrong answer chosen in a MCQ, there will be negative marking. For a 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. No negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ or NAT questions. There is no partial marking in MSQ. |
| Paper Code | General Aptitude (GA) Marks | Compulsory Section | Subject Marks | Total Marks | Total Time* (Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, ES, IN, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PI, TF; Subject marks in these papers include questions on Engineering Mathematics (13 marks), which are paper-specific. | 15 | — | 85 | 100 | 180 |
| CY, DA, EY, MA, PH, ST | 15 | — | 85 | 100 | 180 |
| AR [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or Part B2 can be selected during Exam. B1: Architecture or B2: Planning] | 15 | 60 | 25 | 100 | 180 |
| GE [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or B2 can be selected during the Exam. B1 – Surveying and Mapping or B2 -Image Processing and Analysis.] |
15 | 55 | 30 | 100 | 180 |
| GG [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B can either be Geology (B1) or Geophysics (B2) — which must be chosen at the time of Application.] | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 | 180 |
| XE [Section A (Engineering Mathematics) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam] | 15 | 15 | 2 x 35 | 100 | 180 |
| XH [Section B1 (Reasoning and Comprehension) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any ONE additional Section at the time of Application] | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 | 180 |
| XL [Section P (Chemistry) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam] | 15 | 25 | 2 x 30 | 100 | 180 |
*PwD candidates with benchmark disability greater than 40% are eligible for compensatory time of one hour.
PwD candidates with less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing are eligible for compensatory time subject to production of a certificate as stated in Appendix-I of the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Exam centers
The test centers will be located across the country. Candidates have to choose the centers for writing the exam while submitting GATE 2024 application.
Candidates have to choose exam centres carefully, as chances to alter them at a later stage may not be provided.
They should also remember, that the test centres provided in the list below are tentative, more centres for the exam could be added as time moves ahead if there is a requirement:
| IISc Bangalore
GATE Office, |
Andhra Pradesh Ananthapuramu, Kurnool
Kerala Angamaly, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad Karnataka Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bidar, Chikkballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli)/Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Mandya , Mangaluru, Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru Telangana Hyderabad, Medak, Nalgonda Andaman and Nicobar Port Blair
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| IIT Bombay
GATE Office, |
Gujarat Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi
Maharashtra Ahmednagar, Akola, Ambajogai, Amravati, Aurangabad, Baramati, Bhusawal, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi-Mumbai-Thane, Panvel-Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Vasai-Palghar, Wardha, Yavatmal Goa Goa
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| IIT Delhi
GATE Office, |
Haryana Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu-Samba, Srinagar Ladakh Leh Madhya Pradesh Indore, Ujjain New Delhi New Delhi Rajasthan Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Uttar Pradesh Greater NOIDA, Mathura
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| IIT Guwahati
GATE Office, |
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur Bihar Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea Jharkhand Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad Manipur Imphal Meghalaya Shillong Mizoram Aizawl Nagaland Dimapur-Kohima Sikkim Gangtok Tripura Agartala West Bengal Asansol-Durgapur, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri
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| IIT Kanpur
GATE Office,
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Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna
Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Ayodhya, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi , Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi
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| IIT Kharagpur
GATE Office, |
Andhra Pradesh Eluru, Kakinada-Surampalem, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Chhattisgarh Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur Jharkhand Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Odisha Balasore, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri , Rourkela, Sambalpur West Bengal Baharampur-Murshidabad, Bankura, Howrah, Kharagpur, Kolaghat , Kolkata
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| IIT Madras
GATE Office, |
Andhra Pradesh Chirala, Chittoor, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati
Kerala Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kanjirapally, Kollam, Kothamangalam , Kottayam, Muvattupuzha, Thiruvananthapuram Pondicherry Puducherry Tamilnadu Chennai South, Chennai West, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar Telangana Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal
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| IIT Roorkee
GATE Office, |
Haryana Ambala, Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Shimla-Solan Punjab Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA Uttarakhand Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
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Point to remember
GATE 2024 registration is just one part of the whole effort to gain admission into postgraduate courses. There is a lot of things that happen after GATE 2024 registration.
Applicants have to pass the exam with the required qualifying marks which are also known as cutoff marks, these are the minimum marks the candidates have to score in the exam to be eligible for the next phase of admission.
Score of the candidates, have to either greater than cutoff or equal to it to be eligible for the next stage of the process.
Also, students must ensure there is no room left for errors while submitting GATE 2024 application.
Committing mistakes while submitting GATE 2024 application may later on lead to rejections, so the applicants have to exert caution while filling the application forms.
They should also have the required documents with them when they attend admission process, the documents that have been uploaded while submitting GATE 2024 application online must be carried along with them when the admission process is on.
