GATE 2012 Exam Paper Patern

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Each paper contains 65 questions carrying 100 marksQuestion Paper Pattern in papers bearing the codes:
AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PH, PI and TF
Question Paper Pattern in paper bearing the code GG

Question Paper Pattern in SECTION A of paper bearing the code XE

Question Paper Pattern in SECTIONS B to G of paper bearing the code XE

Question Paper Pattern in SECTION H of paper bearing the code XL

Question Paper Pattern in SECTIONS I to L of paper bearing the code XL
(Refer Exam Structure for GATE papers, codes and Syllabi)
Question Papers bearing the codes :
AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PH, PI and TF

Paper Code	Patterns of Question papers	Negative Marks for wrong Answer
AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PH, PI, TF	Q.1 to Q.25: Will carry one mark each (sub-total 25 marks).	1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
	Q.26 to Q.55: Will carry two marks each (sub-total 60 marks)	2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
	Q.48 through Q.51 (2 pairs) will be common data questions. Each question will carry two marks	2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
	Question pairs (Q.52, Q.53) and (Q.54, Q.55) will be linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the last two pairs will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair.If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is un-attempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. Each question will carry two marks	There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question of the linked answer question pair i.e. for Q.52 and Q.54, 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55.
	Q.56 to Q.60 : From General Aptitude (GA) will carry one mark each (sub-total 5 marks).	1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
	Q.61 to Q.65 : From GA will carry two marks each (sub-total 10 marks)	2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
	All the papers bearing the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI and TF will contain few questions on Engineering Mathematics carrying 15 marks.