HYDERABAD: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee has released the admit cards for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 on January 7, 2025.
Candidates who have registered for the exam can download their hall tickets from the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in.
Candidates need their enrolment ID and password for downloading the hall tickets. The GATE 2025 examination will be conducted on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025.
The three-hour test has 30 different papers and the candidates can opt for one or two.
The exam includes three types of questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
How to download GATE 2025 admit card
Step 1: Visit the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in.
Step 2: Click on the “Download Admit Card” link on the homepage.
Step 3: Log in using your enrolment ID and password.
Step 4: Enter the security captcha displayed on the screen.
Step 5: Click on the ‘Submit’ button.
Step 6: Download and print the admit card
For direct link to download the GATE 2025 admit card, click here
GATE 2025 exam pattern
- The test papers will be held in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode
- 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
Marking scheme
Every question carries 1 mark or 2 marks
Negative marking
- For a wrong answer chosen in an MCQ, there will be a negative marking.
- For a 1-mark MCQ, a 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.
- For a 2-mark MCQ, a 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer.
- There is no negative marking for wrong answer to MSQ or NAT questions.
- There is no partial marking in MSQ.
Where GATE score applicable
MTech Admissions
The Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) at IIT Kanpur (official website) will admit MTech students through GATE 2025.
PSU recruitment
- NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited): GATE 2025 scores in CE, CH, EC, EE, IN, and ME test papers will be considered for recruitment.
- GRID-INDIA: GATE 2025 scores in EE test papers will be used for recruitment.
- GAIL (India) Limited: GATE 2025 scores in CH, CS, EE, IN, and ME test papers will be utilised for recruitment.