GATE 2007

HariCV · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: GATE 2007

GATE 2007 forms are available in SBI ( State Bank Of India) main branches.

Online applications are also available in IIT websites.

Our zone is IIT Madras.

Last date is oct 30th.

Addition by Karthik:

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING, GATE 2007

ABOUT THE EXAMINATION

Candidates will be required to appear in a single paper of three hours duration. The examination will be held from 0930 to 1230 hrs. on Sunday, February 11, 2007.

ELIGIBILITY

The candidates with following academic background are eligible to appear in GATE 2007:

* Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
* Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
* Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
* Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

STRUCTURE OF GATE

* The GATE 2007 examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration and carries a maximum of 150 marks.
* The question paper of GATE 2007 will be fully objective type.
* Candidates have to mark the correct choice by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question on an Objective Response Sheet (ORS).
* There will be negative marking for wrong answers. The deduction will be 25% of the marks allotted.

PATTERN OF THE QUESTION PAPER

The question paper will be for a total of 150 marks divided into three groups:

Group I : Question Numbers 1 to 20 (20 questions) will carry one mark each (subtotal 20 marks)

Group II: Question Numbers 21 to 75 (55 questions) will carry two marks each (subtotal 110 marks). Out of this, Q.71 to Q.75 may be questions based on common data.

Group III: Question Numbers 76 to 85 (10 questions) will carry two marks each (subtotal 20 marks). These questions are called linked answer questions. These 10 questions comprise five pairs of questions (76 & 77, 78 & 79, etc.). The solution to the second question of each pair (e.g. Q.77) will be linked to the correct answer to the first one (e.g. Q.76) in the pair.

Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.

Wrong answers carry 25% negative marks. In Q.1 to Q.20, 0.25 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer and in Q.21 to Q.76, Q.78, Q.80, Q.82 and Q.84, 0.5 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking in Q.77, Q.79, Q.81, Q.83 and Q.85.

HOW TO APPLY

There are two different ways by which candidates can apply for GATE 2007, namely Online Registration and Offline Registration. Detailed information about each of these processes is given below.

Online Registration

Application fee: Rs. 900 for general category and Rs. 400 for SC/ST category.

The application fee is not refundable.
The overall coordination and responsibility lies with Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2007.
Click here for the online registration. You will be taken to the site of IIT Kanpur where you have to register.
In order to fill in the online application, payment has to made before-hand. The payments can be made using SBI ATM or Demand Drafts.
For more details on how to apply, click here.

Offline Registration

Application fee: Rs. 1000 for general category and Rs. 500 for SC/ST category. The application fee is not refundable.

Information Brochures and Application Forms are obtainable on payment of cash from the designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone. The bank pay-in-slip in original must be attached to the candidate's application during submission. Candidates can also obtain Information Brochures and Application Forms by Post from/or personally at the GATE offices. For this purpose a Demand Draft is to be sent for the amount as above to the Chairman, GATE of the corresponding zonal GATE office, along with a request letter and two self-addressed slips.

Filled in Application Form along with the bank pay-in-slip / receipt of payment from GATE office must be sent to the respective zonal GATE office depending on the examination city where the candidate wishes to appear.

For more information on Gate 2007, click here.

HariCV · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: GATE 2007_ More Details

Candidates will be required to appear a sigle paper of three hours duration. The examination will be held from 9:30 to 12:30 on sunday , February 11, 2007.

important dates

commencement of sale of information brochure and application forms/ online application form submission - 20 sept 2006

Last date of isue of information brochures and application forms

a) by post from GATE offices - 19 oct 2006
b) by bank counters ( Main branches of SBI) - 27 oct 2006
c) by GATE office counters - 30 oct 2006

Last date for

a) ONLINE application form submission ( website closure) - 27 oct 2006
b) Receipt of completed OFFLINE application forms at different GATE offices - 30 oct 2006
c) Receipt of aompleted ONLINE application forms at IIT Kanpur- 30 oct 2006

Last date for despatch of admit cards by respective institutes - 22 Jan 2007

Date Of Examination - 11 feb 2007

Announcement of results - 15 March 2007

Application fee

Offline - Rs 1000 for general & Rs 500 for SC/ST

Online - Rs 900 for general & Rs 400 for SC/ST

For more details and for online registration

http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/

HariCV · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject: More details_ GATE 2007

This is the list of the examination cities in kerala. The number is the city code for filling application forms.

Ernakulam - 707
Kannur -709
Kollam - 710
Kottayam -711
Kozhikode -712
Palakkad -718
Thiruvananthapuram -723
Thrissur -724

For more cities
http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/examcities.htm#7

Our college code is KL084 and not KL083

To get bank details

http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/bankdetails.htm

Karthik · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

That's very good work! I'm sure a lot of people will find this information useful...

HariCV · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: GATE _ Sample papers

GATE sample papers are available in freshersworld.

http://www.freshersworld.com/careers/gate/gatepapers.htm