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PRESENTATION ON GATE EXAMINATION
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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
It is an entrance exam conducted annually for admissions to various science and technology post-graduate programs in India.
Administration and conduction of the exam is supervised jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology .on behalf of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
In recent years, a sharp increase has been observed in the number of candidates appearing in GATE exam.
Examination
The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration, which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks.on second Sunday of every february
The question paper consists of only multiple choice objective questions each having four choices for the answer.
Out of 65 questions, 55 are based on candidate's chosen specialization or branch, while remaining 10 are to test his/her general aptitude.
Result
The GATE 2012 Result was declared on March 15, 2012 at 10.00 am on GATE websites of IITs and IISc.
GATE SCORE
The GATE score is calculated using a specific formula, where the marks obtained by the candidate, average of marks of all candidates in that paper, standard deviation of marks of all candidates in that paper, global average of marks of all candidates in last 2 years and the standard deviation (global) of marks of all candidates in last 2 years are considered. The GATE score is set to zero if the value calculated by the formula is less than zero and the GATE score is set to 1000 if the value calculated by the formula is more than 1000.
GATE Score is calculated using the formula
Qualifying Score
A candidate is said to have qualified the exam if he/she has secured a minimum number of marks called Qualifying Score.The qualifying score for general category in each paper is (a + s) or 25, whichever is higher, where a and s are the average and standard deviation of marks of all candidates in a particular paper, with all marks less than zero, converted to zero.