Last 10 Years GATE Papers Weightage Analysis
What is GATE?
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is one of India’s most prestigious national-level exams conducted jointly by the IITs and IISc Bangalore.
It evaluates the technical knowledge and analytical ability of engineering graduates across various branches.
GATE isn’t just an exam — it’s a gateway to multiple career opportunities
- Admission into M.Tech, M.E, and Ph.D. programs in IISc, IITs, NITs, IIITs and other top institutions
- PSU recruitment in organizations like ONGC, BHEL, IOCL, HPCL, and NTPC etc.,
- Fellowships and research programs in premier institutes
- Higher studies abroad (many foreign universities accept GATE scores)
GATE Exam Pattern
The GATE exam is conducted in an online (computer-based) mode.
It consists of 65 questions for a total of 100 marks, and the duration of the exam is 3 hours.
Types of Questions
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): One correct option
- Multiple Select Questions (MSQs): More than one correct answer
- Numerical Answer Type (NAT): Numeric answers entered via virtual keyboard
| No. of Questions | Marks per Question | Total Marks |
| 30 | 1 Mark | 30 Marks |
| 35 | 2 Marks | 70 Marks |
Section-wise Marks Distribution
- Technical Section: 70 Marks
- Engineering Mathematics & Aptitude: 30 Marks
The weightage of technical subjects plays a vital role in determining overall rank and score.
Current GATE Stipend Details
- M.Tech/ME: Stipend of ₹12,400 Per Month for 2 years
- Ph.D: Stipend of ₹28,000 to ₹35,000 per month Depends on Institutions for 5 years
- Additional Benefits: Contingency grant, hostel subsidy, and other academic allowances as per institute norms.
- Funding Agency: Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD), Government of India
GATE Weightage Analysis (2016–2025)
The following analysis has been prepared based on actual GATE question papers from 2016 to 2025, considering various sets across different sessions.
It highlights the average subject-wise marks distribution and helps aspirants understand which topics carry the maximum importance.
Electronics and Communication Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Signals & System | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Digital & COA | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Control Systems | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| EMT | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| Communication | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Analog Electronic | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| EDC & VLSI | 11 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 9 |
| Network Theory | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Electrical Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Electrical Machines | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Electric Fields & Circuit | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Control Systems | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Power Systems | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Power Electronics | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| Signals & Systems | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Analog Electronics | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Measurements | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Digital Electronics & MP | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Civil Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Geotechnical Engg. | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Environmental Engg. | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Transportation Engg. | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Structural Materials | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| SM & HM, OCF | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Structural Analysis | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| RCC | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Geomatics Engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Engineering Hydrology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Design of Steel Structures | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Irrigation Engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Const. Material & Mgmt. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Mechanical Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Manufacturing Engg. | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Thermal Engg. | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Strength of Materials | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 7 |
| FM & OCF | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Theory of Machines & Vibration | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Heat Transfer | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| IES & RAC | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Engg. Mechanics | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Machine Design | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Computer Science Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 14 |
| Theory of Computation | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Computer Organisation | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Programming Languages | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer Networks | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| DBMS | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Dsgn & Anlys of Algorithm | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Operating Systems | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Digital Logic | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Compiler Design | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Data Structures | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Instrumentation Engineering
| Subject | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Analog Electronics | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Electrical Circuits | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Signals & Systems | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Control Systems | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Measurements | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| Sensors & Industrial Inst. | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Optical Instrumentation | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Digital Electronics | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Electricity & Magnetism | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Data Science & Artificial Engineering
| Subject | 2024 | 2025 |
| General Aptitude | 15 | 15 |
| Engg. Maths, Probability & Statistics | 34 | 40 |
| Database Management & Warehousing | 6 | 11 |
| Machine Learning | 15 | 14 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 6 |
| Programming DS & Algorithms | 20 | 14 |
*The Marks are based on average of various sets off Questions Papers.
