GATE subject-wise weightage for every paper: CS, DA, EC, EE, ME, CE and AE

• Programming and Data Structures has the highest average, 10.9 marks, ranging from 6 to 18 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 12 to 24 marks of mathematics topics per paper (16.5 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Computer Networks, always 6 to 10 marks.
• Biggest swing: Programming and Data Structures, from 6 marks (2021 S1) to 18 (2015 S3).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 42 to 71 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded one question to all candidates; it is counted under its subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: Computer Networks is cut down to its core, and Digital Logic and Computer Organization now ask for design (ALU, control unit, memory interfacing) rather than just concepts.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Paper-by-paper charts for CS are in GATE CS weightage, 2014 to 2026. Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE CS papers and tests.

• Probability and Statistics has the highest average, 18.7 marks, ranging from 16 to 21 in a single paper.
• The three mathematics sections together carried 31 to 40 marks, 35.0 on average. DA has no fixed mathematics share in the brochure.
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Machine Learning, always 14 to 15 marks.
• Biggest swing: Database Management and Warehousing, from 6 marks (2024) to 18 (2026).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 49 to 52 of the 100 marks.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: The topics are unchanged. The 2027 syllabus only numbers the existing parts as Sections 1 to 7.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100. GATE DA was first held in 2024, so these figures rest on only three papers: read them as a guide, not a forecast.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE DA papers and tests.

• Networks, Signals and Systems has the highest average, 16.7 marks, ranging from 13 to 20 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 9 to 19 marks of mathematics topics per paper (13.3 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Analog Circuits, always 9 to 13 marks.
• Biggest swing: Communications, from 6 marks (2025) to 15 (2021).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 47 to 66 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded 11 questions to all candidates; they are counted under their subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: Topics were added across mathematics, signals, devices, analog circuits, control and communications; very little was removed.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE EC papers and tests.

• Power Systems has the highest average, 9.9 marks, ranging from 9 to 12 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 10 to 20 marks of mathematics topics per paper (13.7 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Power Systems, always 9 to 12 marks.
• Biggest swing: Electric Circuits, from 6 marks (2020) to 15 (2021).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 42 to 70 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded 8 questions to all candidates; they are counted under their subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: The Electrical Engineering syllabus is the same as in GATE 2026: every section and topic carries over word for word.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE EE papers and tests.

• Manufacturing Engineering has the highest average, 14.7 marks, ranging from 12 to 18 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 13 to 14 marks of mathematics topics per paper (13.1 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Theory of Machines, always 4 to 7 marks.
• Biggest swing: Mechanics of Materials, from 6 marks (2020 S2) to 16 (2023).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 47 to 62 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded 9 questions to all candidates; they are counted under their subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: Mostly additions: two-degree-of-freedom vibration, control basics, combustion, automation and quality topics, and a fuller additive manufacturing topic.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE ME papers and tests.

• Structural Engineering has the highest average, 16.8 marks, ranging from 15 to 20 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 11 to 15 marks of mathematics topics per paper (13.1 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Geotechnical Engineering, always 13 to 16 marks.
• Biggest swing: Construction Materials and Management, from 0 marks (2023 S2) to 8 (2024 S2).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 41 to 58 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded 11 questions to all candidates; they are counted under their subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: The biggest change among the subjects we cover: structural analysis is reorganised, water resources, environmental, transportation and surveying gain topics, and Construction Materials and Management becomes its own section.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE CE papers and tests.

• Aerodynamics has the highest average, 20.3 marks, ranging from 17 to 25 in a single paper.
• Engineering Mathematics is officially 13 marks. Tagging each question by the topic it tests, we counted 10 to 18 marks of mathematics topics per paper (13.9 on average).
• Steadiest of the larger subjects: Aerodynamics, always 17 to 25 marks.
• Biggest swing: Flight Mechanics, from 4 marks (2026) to 18 (2021).
• MCQs, the only questions with negative marks, made up 38 to 52 of the 100 marks. The official keys awarded 2 questions to all candidates; they are counted under their subject like any other.
• GATE 2027 syllabus: Flight Mechanics and Space Dynamics are merged (six sections become five), numerical methods move into the core topics, Fanno and Rayleigh flow become special topics, and several advanced special topics are dropped.

Marks:0 to 34 to 67 to 910 to 1213 or more

One subject, paper by paper

Pick a subject to see its marks in each paper. The black line is its average.

The indented rows add up to the mathematics total; leave the total out and each paper adds up to 100.

Every paper counted here can be practised timed: GATE AE papers and tests.