Gate Combined
Gate Combined
TARGET 2025
WHAT IS GATE???
• GATE simply stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.
• There is key to success in GATE Exam i.e. Self determination and rigorous
efforts in achieving the predefined goal and promises that we have made
with ourselves.
IMPORTANCE OF GATE??
• GATE is an entry ticket to M.Tech. and Ph.D.
• M.Tech. and Ph.D. degree suits to one who is owing his career in
Teaching/ Research positions in several educational institutes/ R&D
centres.
• You have more options as compared to a B.Tech. degree person to be
selected in several institutes with a handsome pay package and you
are in a position to negotiate with the HR as compared to your fellow
friend/ applicant.
• GATE is an entry for PSU’s like AAI, IOCL, NPCIL, ONGC, HPCL, and NLC,
among others, fall under the list of top PSUs for civil engineering
through GATE examination.
• Candidates must note that duration of the AICTE GATE scholarship will be
24 months or the duration of the course, whichever is lower.
• GATE qualified candidates in Engineering discipline are also eligible for the award
of JRF in CSIR research laboratories.
Particulars Details
Duration 3 Hours
GA (General Aptitude)
CE, CS, EC, AE, AG, BT, CH, ME, MN, MT, EE, IN, TF, XE, PE, Engineering Mathematics
ST, and PI Subject of the Paper
Total – 65 questions.
GA (General Aptitude) – 15
AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH, and XL
Subject of the Paper – 85
GA (General Aptitude)
CE, CS, EC, AE, AG, BT, CH, ME, MN, MT, EE, IN, TF, XE, PE, Engineering Mathematics
ST, and PI Subject of the Paper
Total – 65 questions
Section 1: •Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra; Systems of linear equations; Eigen values and Eigen vectors.
Engineering •Calculus: Functions of single variable; Limit, continuity and differentiability; Mean value theorems,
Mathematics local maxima and minima; Taylor series; Evaluation of definite and indefinite integrals, application of
definite integral to obtain area and volume; Partial derivatives; Total derivative; Gradient, Divergence
and Curl, Vector identities;Directional derivatives; Line, Surface and Volume integrals.
•Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE): First order (linear and nonlinear) equations; higher order
linear equation with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy equations; initial and boundary value
problems.
•Partial Differential Equation (PDE): Fourier series; separation of variables; solutions of one-
dimensional diffusion equation; first and second order one-dimensional wave equation and two-
dimensional Laplace equation.
•Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems; Conditional probability; Descriptive statistics – Mean,
median,mode and standard deviation; Random Variables – Discrete and Continuous, Poisson and
Normal Distribution;Linear regression.
•Numerical Methods: Error analysis. Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic
equations; Newton’s and Lagrange polynomials; numerical differentiation; Integration by trapezoidal
and Simpson’s rule; Single and multi-step methods for first order differential equations.
Section 2: Structural •Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium equations; Internal
Engineering forces in structures; Frictions and its applications; Centre of mass; Free Vibrations of undamped
SDOF system.
•Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Simple stress
and strain relationships; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre; Uniform
torsion, Transformation of stress; buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses.
•Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/ energy
methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams, cables and frames;
•Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines;
Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis.
•Construction Materials and Management: Construction Materials: Structural Steel –
Composition, material properties and behaviour; Concrete – Constituents, mix design, short-term
and long-term properties.
•Construction Management: Types of construction projects; Project planning and network analysis
– PERT and CPM; Cost estimation.
•Concrete Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of beams, slabs,
columns; Bond and development length; Prestressed concrete beams.
•Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and
compression members, beams and beam- columns, column bases; Connections – simple and
eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses; Concept of plastic analysis –
beams and frames.
Section 3: Geotechnical •Soil Mechanics: Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties; Unified
Engineering and Indian standard soil classification system; Permeability – one dimensional flow,
Seepage through soils – two – dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift pressure, piping,
capillarity, seepage force; Principle of effective stress and quicksand condition; Compaction
of soils; One- dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Shear Strength, Mohr’s
circle, effective and total shear strength parameters, Stress-Strain characteristics of clays
and sand; Stress paths.
•Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations – Drilling bore holes, sampling, plate
load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth pressure theories –
Rankine and Coulomb; Stability of slopes –Finite and infinite slopes, Bishop’s method;
Stress distribution in soils – Boussinesq’s theory; Pressure bulbs, Shallow foundations –
Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined
footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in sands and clays; Deep
foundations – dynamic and static formulae, Axial load capacity of piles in sands and clays,
pile load test, pile under lateral loading, pile group efficiency, negative skin friction.
Section 4: Water Resources Engineering •Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity,
momentum and energy equations and their applications; Potential
flow, Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks;
Concept of boundary layer and its growth; Concept of lift and drag.
•Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in
channels and pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude;
Channel Hydraulics – Energy-depth relationships, specific energy,
critical flow, hydraulic jump, uniform flow, gradually varied flow and
water surface profiles.
•Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo-
transpiration, watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph
analysis, reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing, surface run-
off models, groundwater hydrology – steady state well hydraulics and
aquifers; Application of Darcy’s Law.
•Irrigation: Types of irrigation systems and methods; Crop water
requirements – Duty, delta, evapo-transpiration; Gravity Dams and
Spillways; Lined and unlined canals, Design of weirs on permeable
foundation; cross drainage structures.
Section 5: Environmental Engineering •Water and Waste Water Quality and Treatment: Basics of
water quality standards – Physical, chemical and biological
parameters; Water quality index; Unit processes and
operations; Water requirement; Water distribution system;
Drinking water treatment.
•Sewerage system design, quantity of domestic wastewater,
primary and secondary treatment. Effluent discharge
standards; Sludge disposal; Reuse of treated sewage for
different applications.
•Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and
impacts, air pollution control, air quality standards, Air
quality Index and limits.
•Municipal Solid Wastes:Characteristics, generation,
collection and transportation of solid wastes, engineered
systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle,
energy recovery, treatment and disposal).
Section 6: Transportation Engineering •Transportation Infrastructure: Geometric design of highways – cross-sectional
elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments.
•Geometric design of railway Track – Speed and Cant,
•Concept of airport runway length, calculations and corrections; taxiway and
exit taxiway design.
•Highway Pavements: Highway materials – desirable properties and tests;
Desirable properties of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and
rigid pavements; Design of flexible and rigid pavement using IRC codes.
•Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow and speed, peak hour factor,
accident study, statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic
parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Traffic signs; Signal design
by Webster’s method; Types of intersections; Highway capacity.
Section 7: Geomatics Engineering •Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps – scale, coordinate
system; Distance and angle measurement – Levelling and trigonometric
levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and
vertical curves.
•Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – Scale, flying height; Basics of remote
sensing and GIS.
GATE CSE Syllabus 2025 For Engineering
Mathematics
Topics Syllabus
Linear Algebra •Matrices
•Determinants
•System of linear equations
•Eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
•LU decomposition
Calculus •Limits
•Continuity and differentiability
•Maxima and minima
•Mean value theorem.
•Integration.
Discrete Mathematics •Propositional and first order logic
•Sets
•Relations
•Functions
•Partial orders and lattices
•Monoids
•Groups
•Graphs: connectivity, matching, coloring
•Combinatorics: counting,
•recurrence relations, generating functions
Probability and Statistics •Random variables
•Uniform Distributions
•Normal Distributions
•Exponential Distributions
•Poisson Distributions
•Binomial Distributions
•Mean, median, mode and standard deviation
•Conditional probability
•Bayes theorem
GATE CSE Syllabus 2025 For Core
Subjects
Subject Syllabus
Section 1: •Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values, Eigen vectors.
Engineering
Mathematics •Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals,
Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, Multiple integrals, Fourier series, Vector identities, Directional
derivatives, Line integral, Surface integral, Volume integral, Stokes’s theorem, Gauss’s theorem, Divergence
theorem, Green’s theorem.
•Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations
with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy’s equation, Euler’s equation, Initial and
boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations, Method of separation of variables.
•Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, Taylor series,
Laurent series, Residue theorem, Solution integrals.
•Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard
Deviation, Random variables, Discrete and Continuous distributions, Poisson distribution, Normal distribution,
Binomial distribution, Correlation analysis, Regression analysis.
Section 2: Network elements: ideal voltage and current sources, dependent sources, R, L, C, M elements;
Electric circuits Network solution methods: KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis; Network Theorems: Thevenin’s,
Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorem; Transient response of dc and ac
networks, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, two port networks, balanced three phase
circuits, star-delta transformation, complex power and power factor in ac circuits.
Section 3: Coulomb's Law, Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss's Law, Divergence, Electric field
Electromagnetic Fields and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Effect of dielectric
medium, Capacitance of simple configurations, Biot‐Savart’s law, Ampere’s law, Curl, Faraday’s law,
Lorentz force, Inductance, Magnetomotive force, Reluctance, Magnetic circuits, Self and Mutual
inductance of simple configurations.
Section 4: Representation of continuous and discrete time signals, shifting and scaling properties, linear time
Signals and Systems invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous and discrete time
periodic signals, sampling theorem, Applications of Fourier Transform for continuous and discrete
time signals, Laplace Transform and Z transform. R.M.S. value, average value calculation for any
general periodic waveform.
Section 5: Single phase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, open circuit and short circuit tests,
Electrical Machines regulation and efficiency; Three-phase transformers: connections, vector groups, parallel
operation; Auto-transformer, Electromechanical energy conversion principles; DC machines:
separately excited, series and shunt, motoring and generating mode of operation and their
characteristics, speed control of dc motors; Three-phase induction machines: principle of
operation, types, performance, torque-speed characteristics, no-load and blocked-rotor tests,
equivalent circuit, starting and speed control; Operating principle of single-phase induction
motors; Synchronous machines: cylindrical and salient pole machines, performance and
characteristics, regulation and parallel operation of generators, starting of synchronous motors;
Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric machines.
Section 6: Basic concepts of electrical power generation, ac and dc transmission concepts, Models and
Power Systems performance of transmission lines and cables, Economic Load Dispatch (with and without
considering transmission losses), Series and shunt compensation, Electric field distribution and
insulators, Distribution systems, Per‐ unit quantities, Bus admittance matrix, Gauss- Seidel and
Newton-Raphson load flow methods, Voltage and Frequency control, Power factor correction,
Symmetrical components, Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis, Principles of over‐
current, differential, directional and distance protection; Circuit breakers, System stability
concepts, Equal area criterion.
Section 7: Mathematical modelling and representation of systems, Feedback principle, transfer function,
Control Systems Block diagrams and Signal flow graphs, Transient and Steady‐ state analysis of linear time invariant
systems, Stability analysis using RouthHurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots, Root loci, Lag, Lead
and Lead‐Lag compensators; P, PI and PID controllers; State space model, Solution of state
equations of LTI systems.
Section 8: Bridges and Potentiometers, Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor;
Electrical and Electronic Instrument transformers, Digital voltmeters and multi-meters, Phase, Time and Frequency
Measurements measurement; Oscilloscopes, Error analysis.
Section 9: Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifiers; Amplifiers: biasing, equivalent circuit and
Analog and Digital frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers: characteristics and
Electronics applications; single stage active filters, Active Filters: Sallen Key, Butterwoth, VCOs and timers,
combinatorial and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, demultiplexers, Schmitt triggers, sample
and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters.
Section 10: Static V-I characteristics and firing/gating circuits for Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT; DC to DC conversion:
Power Electronics Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost Converters; Single and threephase configuration of uncontrolled
rectifiers; Voltage and Current commutated Thyristor based converters; Bidirectional ac to dc
voltage source converters; Magnitude and Phase of line current harmonics for uncontrolled and
thyristor based converters; Power factor and Distortion Factor of ac to dc converters; Single-phase
and three-phase voltage and current source inverters, sinusoidal pulse width modulation.
GATE EE Paper Analysis 2024
Subjects Marks Weightage Difficulty Level
EMFT 3 Difficult
Measurements 3 Moderate
Variety of Questions