GATE 2024 Exam Date & Time Out Syllabus 2024

GATE 2024 Exam Date & Time Out – For all those students who have completed graduation and want to do further post graduate engineering from college, information about GATE exam date 2024 has been issued for them, for which you can do online registration, the process has started, in this post you will get the information about GATE exam date 2024 EE, CSE, ECE, ME, Civil Test. All information about exam 2024 will be given.

GATE 2024 Exam Date Overview 2024

Name of Exam Authority	Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
Test Name	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
GATE Exam Date	03, 04, 10, and 11 February 2024
Validity of GATE Score	03 Years
GATE Admit Card Release Date	03 January 2024
Official Website	gate2024.iisc.ac.in

GATE 2024 Exam Date

Gate 2024 registration has been started by IISc Bangalore, you can apply with late fine till October 13, the last date to apply is 20 October 2023, direct link application form will be given to you below, you can apply without fine till October 12. You can apply before 2023, you will be charged ₹ 500 as late fine, you can get yourself registered by visiting the official website.

Day	Date	Time/Shift	Exam
3 February 2024	Saturday	9:30 am to 12:30 pm(Forenoon Session – FN)	AR, CY, DA, ES, PI
3 February 2024	Saturday	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm(Afternoon Session – AN)	GE, ME, PH
4 February 2024	Sunday	9:30 am to 12:30 pm(Forenoon Session – FN)	BM, CE1, CH, EY, GG, XH
4 February 2024	Sunday	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm(Afternoon Session – AN)	CE2, IN, MA, MN, PE
10 February 2024	Saturday	9:30 am to 12:30 pm(Forenoon Session – FN)	AE, AG, BT, CS1, MT, NM, TF
10 February 2024	Saturday	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm(Afternoon Session – AN)	CS2, ST, XE, XL
11 February 2024	Sunday	9:30 am to 12:30 pm(Forenoon Session – FN)	EC + JAM CY, GG, MA
11 February 2024	Sunday	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm(Afternoon Session – AN)	EE + JAM BT, EN, MS, PH

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GATE Exam Pattern

Paper Code	General Aptitude (GA) Marks	Compulsory Section	Subject Marks	Total Marks
AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, ES, IN, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PI, TF, CY, DA, EY, MA, PH, ST	15	–	85	100
AR	15	60	25	100
GE	15	55	30	100
XE	15	15	70	100
GG, XH, XL	15	25	60	100

GATE 2024 Application Fee

The application Fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. Candidates can pay the application fee using either net banking/debit card/credit card/wallet. According to the prevailing norms, additional bank charges may be applicable on the fee payment.

Category Details	Fees (Aug 24 to Sep 29)	Late Fees (During the extended period)
Female/SC/ ST/ PwD (per paper)	Rs 900/-	Rs 900 + 500 = 1400/-
Other candidates (including International Applicants) (per paper)	Rs 1800	Rs 1800 + 500 = 2300/-

GATE 2024 official website – gate2024.iisc.ac.in.

GATE 2024 exam will be conducted on February 3, 4, 10, and 11, 2024. IISc Bangalore has released the detailed GATE 2024 information brochure. Candidates can check the detailed notification on the GATE 2024 official website and also on this page. A new paper on GATE 2024 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) has been added.

GATE 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule

Topics	Important Dates
GATE 2024 Notification PDF Release	4 August 2023
GATE 2024 Registration Link Activation	30 August 2023
Last Date for GATE 2024 Registration	29 September 2023
Extended Window for GATE 2024 Registration (by registered applicants) with an additional late fee of Rs. 500	20 October 2023
GATE 2024 Application Correction Window	7 to 11 November 2023
GATE 2024 Admit Card Announcement	3 January 2024
GATE 2024 Exam Date	3,4,10, & 11 February 2024
GATE 2024 Response Sheet Release	16 February 2024
GATE 2024 Answer Key Release	21 February 2024
GATE 2024 Answer Key Challenge Window	22 to 25 February 2024
GATE 2024 Result	16 March 2024
Availability of GATE 2024 Scorecard	23 March 2024

Educational Qualification

For those who want to prepare for GATE 2024 exam, the details of what should be the education qualification are given below.

BE/BTech
BPharma
BArch
BSc (Research)/BS
Professional Society Examination (equivalent to BE/BTech/BArch)
MSc/MA/MCA or equivalent
Integrated ME/MTech
Integrated MSc/Integrated BS-MS
Integrated ME/MTech or Dual Degree (after Diploma or 10+2)

GATE Eligibility Criteria for International Students – Candidates belonging to Nepal, Bangladesh, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates are also eligible to apply for GATE 2024.

Exam Details

Mode of Application	Online
Mode of exam	Computer-based Test (Online)
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Duration	3 hours (180 minutes)
Number of Subject Papers	30 (1 new paper added)
Number of Questions	10 (GA) + 55 (subject)= 65
Question Type	MCQ, MSQ, NAT
Applications Per Year	More than 9 Lakhs
Number of Exam Centers	218

Age Limit – There is no age limit defined to apply for the GATE exam.

Nationality – Indian citizen.

How to Apply for GATE Registration 2024

Application Process: You can apply with late fine till 20th October 2023. The last date for GATE 2024 registration without late fine is 12th October 2023.

If you want to apply online then you will have to follow the steps given below to fill the application form. Let us know how to register.

First of all go to the official website and click on the Register for Gate button.

The application form will appear in front of you. Fill all the information asked in the application form.

After applying the application form, you will be asked for the required documents. You will have to upload all the required documents in PDF form.

Click on the button to pay application fee and pay your application fee with or without fine.

And finally you will be given to read your application form once again, now accept it and by clicking on submit button you can easily fill the GATE 2024 application form.

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GATE 2024 Application Form: Paper Combination

Code of the First(Primary) Paper	Codes of Papers Allowed as the Second Paper	Code of the First (Primary) Paper	Codes of Papers Allowed as the Second Paper
AE	NM, XE	IN	BM, EC, EE, PH
AG	ES, GE, XE, XL	MA	CS, GE, PH, ST
AR	CE, GE	ME	AE, CH, NM, PI, XE
BM	BT, EC, IN, XL	MN	GE, GG, XE
BT	BM, XL	MT	PH, XE
CE	AE, AR, ES, GE, NM, XE	NM	AE, CE, XE
CH	PE, XE	PE	CH, GG, XE
CS	EC, GE, MA, PH, ST	PH	EC, GE, GG, IN, MA, MT, ST, XE
CY	XE, XL	PI	ME, MT, XE
EC	IN, PH, EE, CS, GE	ST	MA, PH
EE	EC, IN, PH	TF	XE
ES	AG, CE, GE	XE	AE, AG, CH, ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF, NM
EY	XL	XH	ST
GE	CE, GG, ES, MN	XL	BM, BT, CY, EY
GG	GE, MN, PE, PH, XE	*	*

Exam Pattern

Examination Mode	Computer-based Test
Exam Duration	3 Hours
Sections in GATE DA Paper	General Aptitude (GA) + Core Engineering Selected Subjects
Distribution of Marks in GATE DA Paper	General Aptitude: 15 marksSubject Questions: 85 marksTotal Marks: 100 marks
Marking Scheme	Questions worth 1 mark or 2 marks

GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Syllabus 2024

Subjects Name –

General Aptitude
Probability and Statistics
Linear Algebra
Calculus and Optimization
Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms
Database Management and Warehousing
Machine Learning
AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Subjects	Topics
Probability and Statistics	Counting (Permutations and Combinations) Probability Axioms Sample Space Events Independent Events Mutually Exclusive Events Marginal, Conditional, and Joint Probability Bayes’ Theorem Conditional Expectation and Variance Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation Correlation and Covariance Random Variables Discrete Random Variables and Probability Mass Functions (Uniform, Bernoulli, and Binomial Distribution) Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distribution Functions (Uniform, Exponential, Poisson, Normal, Standard Normal, t-Distribution, Chi-Squared Distributions) Cumulative Distribution Function Conditional Probability Density Function Central Limit Theorem Confidence Interval z-Test t-Test Chi-Squared Test
Linear Algebra	Vector Space Subspaces Linear Dependence and Independence of Vectors Matrices Projection Matrix Orthogonal Matrix Idempotent Matrix Partition Matrix and Their Properties Quadratic Forms Systems of Linear Equations and Solutions Gaussian Elimination Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Determinant Rank Nullity Projections LU Decomposition Singular Value Decomposition
Calculus and Optimization	Functions of a Single Variable Limit Continuity and Differentiability Taylor Series Maxima and Minima Optimization Involving a Single Variable
Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms	Programming in Python Basic Data Structures: Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, and Hash Tables Search Algorithms: Linear Search and Binary Search Basic Sorting Algorithms: Selection Sort, Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort Divide and Conquer Techniques: Mergesort, Quicksort Introduction to Graph Theory Basic Graph Algorithms: Traversals and the Shortest Path
Database Management and Warehousing	ER-Model (Entity-Relationship Model) Relational Model: Relational Algebra, Tuple Calculus SQL (Structured Query Language) Integrity Constraints Normal Form File Organization Indexing Data Types Data Transformation: Normalization, Discretization, Sampling, and Compression Data Warehouse Modeling: Schema for Multidimensional Data Models Concept Hierarchies Measures: Categorization and Computations
Machine Learning	Supervised Learning Regression and Classification Problems Simple Linear Regression Multiple Linear Regression Ridge Regression Logistic Regression k-Nearest Neighbors Naive Bayes Classifier Linear Discriminant Analysis Support Vector Machine Decision Trees Bias-Variance Trade-off Cross-validation Methods: Leave-One-Out (LOO) Cross-validation, k-Folds Cross-validation Multi-layer Perceptron Feed-forward Neural Network Unsupervised Learning: Clustering Algorithms k-Means and k-Medoid Clustering Hierarchical Clustering Dimensionality Reduction Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Search: Informed Search, Uninformed Search, Adversarial Search Logic: Propositional Logic, Predicate Logic Reasoning under Uncertainty Topics Conditional Independence Representation Exact Inference through Variable Elimination Approximate Inference through Sampling

GATE Syllabus 2024 Subject List
Sr. No.	Subject Name	Code
1	Aerospace Engineering	AE
2	Agricultural Engineering	AG
3	Architecture and Planning	AR
4	Biotechnology	BT
5	Civil Engineering	CE
6	Chemical Engineering	CH
7	Computer Science and Information Technology	CS
8	Chemistry	CY
9	Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC
10	Electrical Engineering	EE
11	Ecology and Evolution	EY
12	Geology and Geophysics	GG
13	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
14	Mathematics	MA
15	Mechanical Engineering Syllabus	ME
16	Mining Engineering	MN
17	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
18	Petroleum Engineering	PE
19	Physics	PH
20	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
21	Textile Engineering and Fiber Science	TF
22	Statistics	ST
23	Biomedical Engineering	BM
24	Engineering Sciences	XE
25	Life Sciences	XL
26	Humanities and Social Sciences	XH
27	Environmental Science and Engineering	ES
28	Geomatics Engineering	GE
29	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	NM
30	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Syllabus (NEW)	DA

Documents Required – GATE Application Form 2024

Documents	Details	Dimensions	Format
Photograph	The passport-sized photograph should be colored in nature.Has to be taken professionally on a white or very light background.Should have been taken after August 1, 2023, and the face of the candidates has to occupy 50% of the area in the photograph. The face has to be clear and the candidates should be looking directly at the camera. Sunglasses or tinted glasses will not be accepted. Only clear glasses will be permitted	Dimension: 3.5 cm x 4.5 cmMaximum Resolution: 480 x 640 pixelsMinimum Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels	JPEG
Signature	Candidates will have to do the signature in a rectangular box of 2 cm x 7 cm size on A4 white paper.The signature has to be done in capital letters with black or dark blue ink. The signature should be scanned and cropped to the specified dimensions.	Maximum Resolution: 160 x 560 pixelsMinimum Resolution: 80 x 280 pixels	JPEG

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GATE 2024 Syllabus for CSE

Topic	Sub-Topics
Discrete Mathematics	Propositional and first order logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial orders and lattices. Monoids, Groups. Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring. Combinatorics: counting, recurrence relations, generating functions
Digital Logic	Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating-point)
Computer Organization and Architecture	Machine instructions and addressing modes. ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction pipelining, pipeline hazards. Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode)
Programming and Data Structures	Programming in C. Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps, graphs
Algorithms	Searching, sorting, hashing. Asymptotic worst-case time and space complexity. Algorithm design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph traversals, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths
Theory of Computation	Regular expressions and finite automata. Context-free grammars and push-down automata. Regular and contex-free languages, pumping lemma. Turing machines and undecidability.
Compiler Design	Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation. Runtime environments. Intermediate code generation. Local optimization, Data flow analyses: constant propagation, liveness analysis, common subexpression elimination
Operating System	System calls, processes, threads, inter‐process communication, concurrency and synchronization. Deadlock. CPU and I/O scheduling. Memory management and virtual memory. File systems
Databases	ER‐model. Relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL. Integrity constraints, normal forms. File organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+ trees). Transactions and concurrency control
Computer Networks	Concept of layering: OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Stacks; Basics of packet, circuit and virtual circuit-switching; Data link layer: framing, error detection, Medium Access Control, Ethernet bridging; Routing protocols: shortest path, flooding, distance vector and link-state routing; Fragmentation and IP addressing, IPv4, CIDR notation, Basics of IP support protocols (ARP, DHCP, ICMP), Network Address Translation (NAT); Transport layer: flow control and congestion control, UDP, TCP, sockets; Application layer protocols: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, Email

GATE Syllabus 2024 for Mechanical Engineering

Topics	Sub-Topics
Applied Mechanics and Design
Engineering Mechanics	Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; friction and its applications including rolling friction, belt-pulley, brakes, clutches, screw jack, wedge, vehicles, etc.; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion; impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; Lagrange’s equation
Mechanics of Materials	Stress and strain, elastic constants, Poisson’s ratio; Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain; thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; concept of shear centre; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler’s theory of columns; energy methods; thermal stresses; strain gauges and rosettes; testing of materials with universal testing machine; testing of hardness and impact strength
Theory of Machines	Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of linkages; cams; gears and gear trains; flywheels and governors; balancing of reciprocating and rotating masses; gyroscope
Vibrations	Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems, effect of damping; vibration isolation; resonance; critical speeds of shafts
Machine Design	Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the SN diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints; shafts, gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches, springs
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Fluid Mechanics	Fluid properties; fluid statics, forces on submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies; control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoulli’s equation; dimensional analysis; viscous flow of incompressible fluids, boundary layer, elementary turbulent flow, flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends and fittings; basics of compressible fluid flow
Heat-Transfer	Modes of heat transfer; one-dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept and electrical analogy, heat transfer through fins; unsteady heat conduction, lumped parameter system, Heisler’s charts; thermal boundary layer, dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, heat transfer correlations for flow over flat plates and through pipes, effect of turbulence; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods; radiative heat transfer, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien’s displacement law, black and grey surfaces, view factors, radiation network analysis
Thermodynamics	Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substances, behavior of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work and heat in various processes; second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamic property charts and tables, availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations
Applications	Power Engineering: Air and gas compressors; vapour and gas power cycles, concepts of regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: Air-standard Otto, Diesel and dual cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour and gas refrigeration and heat pump cycles; properties of moist air, psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbomachinery: Impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams, Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines; steam and gas turbines
Materials, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering
Engineering Materials	Structure and properties of engineering materials, phase diagrams, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials
Casting, Forming and Joining Processes	Different types of castings, design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating design. Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes; load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy. Principles of welding, brazing, soldering and adhesive bonding
Machining and Machine Tool Operations	Mechanics of machining; basic machine tools; single and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, jigs and fixtures; abrasive machining processes; NC/CNC machines and CNC programming
Metrology and Inspection	Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly; concepts of coordinate-measuring machine (CMM)
Computer Integrated Manufacturing	Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools; additive manufacturing
Production Planning and Control	Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning; lean manufacturing
Inventory Control	Deterministic models; safety stock inventory control systems
Operations Research	Linear programming, simplex method, transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM

GATE Syllabus 2024 For EE

Topics	Sub-Topics
Electric Circuits: Network elements	ideal voltage and current sources, dependent sources, R, L, C, M elements; Network solution methods: KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis; Network Theorems: Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorem; Transient response of dc and ac networks, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, two port networks, balanced three phase circuits, star-delta transformation, complex power and power factor in ac circuits
Electromagnetic Fields	Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law, Divergence, Electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Effect of dielectric medium, Capacitance of simple configurations, Biot‐Savart’s law, Ampere’s law,Curl, Faraday’s law, Lorentz force, Inductance, Magnetomotive force, Reluctance, Magnetic circuits, Self and Mutual inductance of simple configurations
Signals and Systems	Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling properties, linear time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous and discrete-time periodic signals, sampling theorem, Applications of Fourier Transform for continuous and discrete-time signals, Laplace Transform and Z transform. R.M.S. value, average value calculation for any general periodic waveform
Electrical Machines	Single-phase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, open circuit and short circuit tests, regulation and efficiency; Three-phase transformers: connections, vector groups, parallel operation; Auto-transformer, Electromechanical energy conversion principles; DC machines: separately excited, series and shunt, motoring and generating mode of operation and their characteristics, speed control of dc motors; Three-phase induction machines: principle of operation, types, performance, torque-speed characteristics, no-load and blocked-rotor tests, equivalent circuit, starting and speed control; Operating principle of single-phase induction motors; Synchronous machines: cylindrical and salient pole machines, performance and characteristics, regulation and parallel operation of generators, starting of synchronous motors; Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric machines
Power Systems	Basic concepts of electrical power generation, ac and dc transmission concepts, Models and performance of transmission lines and cables, Economic Load Dispatch (with and without considering transmission losses), Series and shunt compensation, Electric field distribution and insulators, Distribution systems, Per‐unit quantities, Bus admittance matrix, Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson load flow methods, Voltage and Frequency Control, Power factor correction, Symmetrical components, Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis, Principles of overcurrent, differential, directional and distance protection; Circuit breakers, System stability concepts, Equal area criterion
Control Systems	Mathematical modeling and representation of systems, Feedback principle, transfer function, Block diagrams and signal flow graphs, Transient and Steady‐state analysis of linear time-invariant systems, Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, root loci, Lag, Lead and Lead‐Lag compensators; P, PI and PID controllers; State-space model, Solution of state equations of LTI systems
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Bridges and Potentiometers, Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor; Instrument transformers, Digital voltmeters and multimeters, Phase, Time and Frequency measurement; Oscilloscopes, Error analysis
Analog and Digital Electronics	Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifiers; Amplifiers: biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers: characteristics and applications; single-stage active filters, Active Filters: Sallen Key, Butterwoth, VCOs and timers, combinatorial and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, demultiplexers, Schmitt triggers, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters
Power Electronics	Static V-I characteristics and firing/gating circuits for Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT; DC to DC conversion: Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost Converters; Single and three-phase configuration of uncontrolled rectifiers; Voltage and Current commutated Thyristor based converters; Bidirectional ac to dc voltage source converters; Magnitude and Phase of line current harmonics for uncontrolled and thyristor-based converters; Power factor and Distortion Factor of ac to dc converters; Single-phase and three-phase voltage and current source inverters, sinusoidal pulse width modulation

GATE Syllabus 2024 For IE

Name	Topics
Engineering Mathematics	Linear AlgebraCalculusDifferential EquationsAnalysis of Complex VariablesProbability and StatisticsNumerical Methods
Electricity and Magnetism	Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law, Divergence, Electric field and potential due to point, line, plane, and spherical charge distributions, Effect of the dielectric medium, Capacitance of simple configurations, Biot‐Savart’s law, Ampere’s law, Curl, Faraday’s law, Lorentz force, Inductance, Magnetomotive force, Reluctance, Magnetic circuits, Self and Mutual inductance of simple configurations.
Electrical Circuits and Machines	Voltage and current sources: independent, dependent, ideal and practical; v-i relationships of resistor, inductor, mutual inductance and capacitor; transient analysis of RLC circuits with dc excitation. Kirchoff’s laws, mesh and nodal analysis, superposition, Thevenin, Norton, maximum power transfer and reciprocity theorems. Peak-, average- and rms values of ac quantities; apparent-, active- and reactive powers; phasor analysis, impedance and admittance; series and parallel resonance, locus diagrams, realization of basic filters with R, L and C elements. transient analysis of RLC circuits with ac excitation. One-port and two-port networks, driving point impedance and admittance, open-, and short circuit parameters. Single-phase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, open circuit and short circuit tests, regulation and efficiency; Three-phase induction motors: principle of operation, types, performance, torque-speed characteristics, no-load and blocked rotor tests, equivalent circuit, starting and speed control; Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric machines
Signals and Systems	Periodic, aperiodic and impulse signals; Laplace, Fourier and z-transforms; transfer function, frequency response of first and second-order linear time-invariant systems, impulse response of systems; convolution, correlation. Discrete-time system: impulse response, frequency response, pulse transfer function; DFT and FFT; basics of IIR and FIR filters.
Control Systems	Feedback principles, signal flow graphs, transient response, steady-state-errors, Bode plot, phase and gain margins, Routh and Nyquist criteria, root loci, design of lead, lag and lead-lag compensators, state-space representation of systems; time-delay systems; mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic system components, synchro pair, servo and stepper motors, servo valves; on-off, P, PI, PID, cascade, feedforward, and ratio controllers, tuning of PID controllers and sizing of control valves.
Analog Electronics	Characteristics and applications of diode, Zener diode, BJT and MOSFET; small-signal analysis of transistor circuits, feedback amplifiers. Characteristics of ideal and practical operational amplifiers; applications of opamps: adder, subtractor, integrator, differentiator, difference amplifier, instrumentation amplifier, precision rectifier, active filters, oscillators, signal generators, voltage-controlled oscillators and phase-locked loop, sources and effects of noise and interference in electronic circuits.
Digital Electronics	Combinational logic circuits, minimization of Boolean functions. IC families: TTL and CMOS. Arithmetic circuits, comparators, Schmitt trigger, multi-vibrators, sequential circuits, flipflops, shift registers, timers and counters; sample-and-hold circuit, multiplexer, analog-to-digital (successive approximation, integrating, flash and sigma-delta) and digital-to-analog converters (weighted R, R-2R ladder and current steering logic). Characteristics of ADC and DAC (resolution, quantization, significant bits, conversion/settling time); basics of number systems, Embedded Systems: Microprocessor and microcontroller applications, memory and input-output interfacing; basics of data acquisition systems, basics of distributed control systems (DCS) and programmable logic controllers (PLC).
Measurements	SI units, standards (R,L,C, voltage, current and frequency), systematic and random errors in measurement, expression of uncertainty – accuracy and precision, propagation of errors, linear and weighted regression. Bridges: Wheatstone, Kelvin, Megohm, Maxwell, Anderson, Schering and Wien for measurement of R, L, Cand frequency, Q-meter. Measurement of voltage, current and power in single and three phase circuits; ac and dc current probes; true rms meters, voltage and current scaling, instrument transformers, timer/counter, time, phaseand frequency measurements, digital voltmeter, digital multimeter; oscilloscope, shielding and grounding.
Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation	Resistive-, capacitive-, inductive-, piezoelectric-, Hall effect sensors and associated signal conditioning circuits; transducers for industrial instrumentation: displacement (linear and angular), velocity, acceleration, force, torque, vibration, shock, pressure (including low pressure), flow (variable head, variable area, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, turbine and open channel flow meters) temperature (thermocouple, bolometer, RTD (3/4 wire), thermistor, pyrometer and semiconductor); liquid level, pH, conductivity and viscosity measurement. 4-20 mA two-wire transmitter.
Communication and Optical Instrumentation	Amplitude- and frequency modulation and demodulation; Shannon’s sampling theorem, pulse code modulation; frequency and time division multiplexing, amplitude-, phase-, frequency-, quadrature amplitude, pulse shift keying for digital modulation; optical sources and detectors: LED, laser, photo-diode, light-dependent resistor,square-law detectors, and their characteristics; interferometer: applications in metrology; basics of fiber optic sensing. UV-VIS Spectrophotometers, Mass spectrometer.

GATE Syllabus 2024 For CE

Topics	Sub-Topics
Structural Engineering
Engineering Mechanics	System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations; Internal forces in structures; Frictions and its applications; Centre of mass; Free Vibrations of undamped SDOF system
Solid Mechanics	Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion, Transformation of stress; buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses
Structural Analysis	Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams, cables and frames; Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines; Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis
Construction Materials and Management	Construction Materials: Structural Steel – Composition, material properties and behaviour; Concrete – Constituents, mix design, short-term and long-term properties. Construction Management: Types of construction projects; Project planning and network analysis – PERT and CPM; Cost estimation
Concrete Structures	Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length; Prestressed concrete beams
Steel Structures	Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and compression members, beams and beam-columns, column bases; Connections – simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses; Concept of plastic analysis -beams and frames
Geotechnical Engineering
Soil Mechanics	Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil classification system; Permeability – one-dimensional flow, Seepage through soils – two – dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift pressure, piping, capillarity, seepage force; Principle of effective stress and quicksand condition; Compaction of soils; One- dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Shear Strength, Mohr’s circle, effective and total shear strength parameters, Stress-Strain characteristics of clays and sand; Stress paths
Foundation Engineering	Sub-surface investigations – Drilling boreholes, sampling, plate load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth pressure theories – Rankine and Coulomb; Stability of slopes – Finite and infinite slopes, Bishop’s method; Stress distribution in soils – Boussinesq’s theory; Pressure bulbs, Shallow foundations – Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in sands and clays; Deep foundations – dynamic and static formulae, Axial load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, pile under lateral loading, pile group efficiency, negative skin friction
Water Resources Engineering
Fluid Mechanics	Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum and energy equations and their applications; Potential flow, Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth; Concept of lift and drag
Hydraulics	Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels and pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Channel Hydraulics – Energy-depth relationships, specific energy, critical flow, hydraulic jump, uniform flow, gradually varied flow and water surface profiles
Hydrology	Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapotranspiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing, surface runoff models, groundwater hydrology – steady state well hydraulics and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s Law
Irrigation	Types of irrigation systems and methods; Crop water requirements – Duty, delta, evapotranspiration; Gravity Dams and Spillways; Lined and unlined canals, Design of weirs on permeable foundation; cross drainage structures
Environmental Engineering
Water and Waste Water Quality and Treatment	Basics of water quality standards – Physical, chemical and biological parameters; Water quality index; Unit processes and operations; Water requirement; Water distribution system; Drinking water treatment; Sewerage system design, quantity of domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment. Effluent discharge standards; Sludge disposal; Reuse of treated sewage for different applications
Air Pollution	Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution control, air quality standards, Air quality Index and limits
Municipal Solid Wastes	Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery, treatment and disposal)
Transportation Engineering
Transportation Infrastructure	Geometric design of highways – cross-sectional elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments. Geometric design of railway Track – Speed and Cant. Concept of airport runway length, calculations and corrections; taxiway and exit taxiway design
Highway Pavements	Highway materials – desirable properties and tests; Desirable properties of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid pavements; Design of flexible and rigid pavement using IRC codes
Traffic Engineering	Traffic studies on flow and speed, peak hour factor, accident study, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Traffic signs; Signal design by Webster’s method; Types of intersections; Highway capacity
Geomatics Engineering
Geomatics Engineering	Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps – scale, coordinate system; Distance and angle measurement – Levelling and trigonometric levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and vertical curves. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – Scale, flying height; Basics of remote sensing and GIS

GATE Syllabus 2024 for ECE

S.No	Sections	Topics to be Covered in GATE ECE
1	Engineering Mathematics	Linear Algebra Calculus Differential EquationsVector Analysis
2	Networks, Signals and Systems	Circuit analysis: Node and mesh analysis, superposition, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, reciprocity. Sinusoidal steady state analysis: phasors, complex power, maximum power transfer. Time and frequency domain analysis of linear circuits: RL, RC and RLC circuits, solution of network equations using Laplace transform, Linear 2-port network parameters, wye-delta transformationContinuous-time signals: Fourier series and Fourier transform, sampling theorem and applicationsDiscrete-time signals: DTFT, DFT, z-transform, discrete-time processing of continuous-time signals. LTI systems: definition and properties, causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeroes, frequency response, group delay, phase delay
3	Electronic Devices	Energy bands in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, equilibrium carrier concentration, direct and indirect band-gap semiconductors.Carrier transport: diffusion current, drift current, mobility and resistivity, generation and recombination of carriers, Poisson, and continuity equations. P-N junction, Zener diode, BJT, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, photodiode, and solar cell.
4	Analog Circuits	Diode circuits: clipping, clamping, and rectifiers.BJT and MOSFET amplifiers: biasing, ac coupling, small-signal analysis, frequency response. Current mirrors and differential amplifiers.Op-amp circuits: Amplifiers, summers, differentiators, integrators, active filters, Schmitt triggers, and oscillators
5	Digital Circuits	Number representations: binary, integer, and floating-point- numbers.Combinatorial circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of functions using Boolean identities and Karnaugh map, logic gates, and their static CMOS implementations, arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, and decoders.Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers, finite state machines, propagation delay, setup and hold time, critical path delay.Data converters: sample and hold circuits, ADCs, and DACs.Semiconductor memories: ROM, SRAM, DRAM.Computer organization: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU, data-path, control unit, instruction pipelining
6	Control Systems	Basic control system components; Feedback principle; Transfer function; Block diagram representation; Signal flow graph; Transient and steady-state analysis of LTI systems; Frequency response; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criteria; Bode and root-locus plots; Lag, lead and lag-lead compensation; State variable model and solution of state equation of LTI systems.
7	Communications	Random processes: autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems.Analog communications: amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, superheterodyne receivers.Information theory: entropy, mutual information, and channel capacity theorem.Digital communications: PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK, QAM), bandwidth, inter-symbol interference, MAP, ML detection, matched filter receiver, SNR, and BER.Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes, CRC.
8	Electromagnetics	Maxwell’s equations: differential and integral forms and their interpretation, boundary conditions, wave equation, Poynting vector.Plane waves and properties: reflection and refraction, polarization, phase and group velocity, propagation through various media, skin depth.Transmission lines: equations, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, impedance transformation, S-parameters, Smith chart.Rectangular and circular waveguides, light propagation in optical fibers, dipole and monopole antennas, linear antenna arrays.

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