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Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering (Gate) Syllabus Highlights

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) syllabus is based on Graduation Level, applicable for year 2025. The official syllabus is published on the exam portal.

Name	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
Conducting Authority	Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. IIT Guwahati is the Organizing Institute for GATE 2026.
Syllabus Based On	Graduation Level
Total Marks	100
Type of Questions	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
Subjects Covered	General Aptitude, Computer Science and Information Technology

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Verbal Aptitude	-	Basic English Grammar: Tenses, Articles, Adjectives, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Verb-noun Agreement, Other Parts Of Speech Basic Vocabulary: Words, Idioms And Phrases In Context Reading And Comprehension Narrative Sequencing
Quantitative Aptitude	-	Data Interpretation: Data Graphs (Bar Graphs, Pie Charts And Other Graphs Representing Data), 2- And 3-dimensional Plots, Maps And Tables Numerical Computation And Estimation: Ratios, Percentages, Powers, Exponents, Logarithms, Permutations And Combinations, Series, Mensuration And Geometry, Elementary Statistics And Probability
Analytical Aptitude	-	Deduction And Induction Analogy Numerical Relations And Reasoning
Spatial Aptitude	-	Transformation Of Shapes: Translation, Rotation, Scaling, Mirroring, Assembling And Grouping Paper Folding, Cutting And Patterns In 2 And 3 Dimensions

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Engineering Mathematics	Approximately 13 marks	Discrete Mathematics: Propositional And First-order Logic, Sets, Relations, Functions Linear Algebra: Matrices, Determinants, System Of Linear Equations, Eigenvalues And Eigenvectors, Lu Decomposition Calculus: Functions Of Single Variable, Limit, Continuity And Differentiability, Mean Value Theorems, Local Maxima And Minima, Taylor Series, Evaluation Of Definite And Indefinite Integrals, Application Of Definite Integral To Obtaining Area And Volume, Partial Derivatives, Total Derivative, Gradient, Divergence And Curl, Vector Identities, Directional Derivatives, Line, Surface And Volume Integrals Probability: Elementary Statistics And Probability
Digital Logic	-	Boolean Algebra Combinational And Sequential Circuits Number Representation And Computer Arithmetic Minimization Of Functions Using Boolean Identities And Karnaugh Map Logic Gates And Their Static Cmos Implementations
Computer Organization and Architecture	-	Machine Instructions And Addressing Modes Alu, Data Path And Control Unit Cpu Control Unit Design: Hardwired And Micro-programmed With Examples Memory Hierarchy: Cache, Main Memory, Auxiliary Memory, And Virtual Memory 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 Searching Sorting Hashing
Algorithms	-	Asymptotic Analysis (Best, Worst, Average Case) Of Time And Space Complexity Divide And Conquer, Greedy Approach, Dynamic Programming Searching, Sorting Graph Algorithms (Dfs, Bfs, Shortest Paths, Minimum Spanning Trees, Topological Sort) Complexity Classes: P, Np, Np-hard, Np-complete
Theory of Computation	-	Regular Expressions And Finite Automata Context-free Grammars And Push-down Automata Regular And Context-free Languages, Pumping Lemma Turing Machines Undecidability
Compiler Design	-	Lexical Analysis Parsing (Top-down And Bottom-up) Syntax-directed Translation Intermediate Code Generation Runtime Environments
Operating System	-	System Calls Processes, Threads Inter-process Communication Cpu Scheduling Synchronization (Semaphores, Mutexes, Monitors) Deadlocks Memory Management (Paging, Segmentation, Virtual Memory) File Systems
Databases	-	Er-model Relational Model (Relational Algebra, Tuple Calculus, Domain Calculus) Sql (Queries, Constraints, Triggers, Views) Schema Normalization (1nf, 2nf, 3nf, Bcnf) Transactions (Acid Properties, Concurrency Control, Recovery)
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 (Parity, Crc, Checksum), Medium Access Control (Csma/cd, Csma/ca), Ethernet Bridging Routing Protocols: Shortest Path (Dijkstra, Bellman-ford), Flooding, Distance Vector And Link State Routing Fragmentation And Ip Addressing: Ipv4, Ipv6, Cidr Notation Basics Of Ip Support Protocols: Arp, Dhcp, Icmp Network Address Translation (Nat) Transport Layer: Flow Control And Congestion Control (Sliding Window, Tcp Congestion Control), Udp, Tcp, Sockets Application Layer Protocols: Dns, Smtp, Http, Ftp, Email

GATE 2025 Syllabus – Subject-Wise Topics, Weightage & Exam Highlights

Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering (Gate) Syllabus Highlights

Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering (Gate) Basic Information

Subject-wise Weightage

General Aptitude

Computer Science And Information Technology