Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) has announced the schedule for the Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) 2021 exam. Candidates can go through the paper-wise and shift-wise datesheet of GATE 2021 on the official website gate.iitb.ac.in. The GATE 2021 will be conducted between February 5 and 14, 2021.
The test will be held in two sessions — forenoon from 9 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm in the afternoon. The admit card for the GATE 2021 examination will be available for download from January 8, 2021.
“All Test Papers of GATE 2021 will be entirely objective type. Patterns of questions may include (i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), (ii) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and/or (iii) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions,” the information bulletin was quoted by Hindustan Times.
Besides the science and engineering candidates, this year students from humanities backgrounds will also be allowed to appear for the GATE 2021 exam. The two subjects, including environmental science and engineering and humanities and social sciences, make a total number of 27 subjects.
The eligibility criterion has also been brought down from a minimum of 10+2+4 to 10+2+3 this year so that students studying in the third year of their undergraduate programs can also apply for GATE 2021.
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