GATE Syllabus pdf
GATE 2022 Syllabus
GATE 2022 will be conducted for 29 papers. The table shows the list of papers with codes.
Please click the link in Paper/Code to download the syllabus.
A candidate is allowed to appear either in ONE or UP TO TWO papers of the GATE 2022 examination. However, a candidate is only allowed to select the second paper from the pre-defined Two Paper Combination list.
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Papers |
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Aerospace Engineering (AE) |
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Agricultural Engineering (AG) |
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Architecture and Planning (AR) |
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Biotechnology (BT) |
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Civil Engineering (CE) |
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Chemical Engineering (CH) |
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Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) |
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Chemistry (CY) |
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Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) |
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Electrical Engineering (EE) |
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Ecology and Evolution (EY) |
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Geology and Geophysics (GG) |
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Instrumentation Engineering (IN) |
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Mathematics (MA) |
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Mechanical Engineering (ME) |
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Mining Engineering (MN) |
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Metallurgical Engineering (MT) |
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) |
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Physics (PH) |
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Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) |
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Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) |
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Statistics (ST) |
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Biomedical Engineering (BM) |
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Engineering Sciences Syllabus (XE) |
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Life Sciences (XL) |
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26 | Humanities and Social Sciences (XH) | Click Here |
27 | Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) | Click Here |
28 | Geomatics Engineering (GE) | Click here |
29 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) | Click here |
Highlights
Paper Code | Marks Distribution |
Distribution of Questions in all Papers except AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL |
General Aptitude (GA) – 15,
Engineering Mathematics -13, and The subject of the Paper – 72 |
Distribution of Questions in AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH, and XL |
General Aptitude (GA)- 15 and
The subject of the Paper- 85 |
Paper Codes | General Aptitude (GA) Marks | Subject Marks | Total Marks | Total Time
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AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, ES, EY, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PE, PH, PI, TF, ST, and BM |
15 | 85 | 100 | 180 |
GG [Part A + Part B (Section 1 Geology Or Section 2 Geophysics)] |
15 | 25 + 60 | 100 | 180 |
AR [Part A + Part B (Section 1 Architecture Or Section 2 Planning)] |
15 | 25 + 60 | 100 | 180 |
XE (Section A + Any Two Sections) | 15 | 15 + (2 x 35) | 100 | 180 |
XH (Section B1 + Any One Section) | 15 | 25 +( 1 x 60) | 100 | 180 |
XL (Section P + Any Two Sections) | 15 | 25 + (2 x 30) | 100 | 180 |
GATE Syllabus 2022 – Subject Wise Topics
General Aptitude Syllabus (Common for all papers) | |
Verbal Ability | Numerical Ability |
Biomedical Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Electrical Circuits |
Analog and Digital Electronics | Signals and Systems |
Measurement and Digital Electronics | Sensors and Bioinstrumentations |
Medical Imaging System | Biomaterials |
Human Anatomy and Physiology | Biomechanics |
Aerospace Engineering Syllabus | |
Fourier Series | Laplace Transforms |
Numerical methods for linear and nonlinear algebraic equations | Numerical integration and differentiation. |
Dynamic stability | Euler angle |
Equations of motion | Aerodynamic forces and moments, stability & control derivatives |
Decoupling of longitudinal and lateral-directional dynamics | Longitudinal modes; lateral-directional modes. |
Orbit transfer | In-plane and out-of-plane |
Elementary ideas of viscous flows including boundary layers | Wind Tunnel Testing |
Measurement and visualization techniques | Vibration of beams |
Theory of elasticity | Equilibrium and compatibility equations |
Airy’s stress function | |
Agriculture Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Farm Machinery |
Farm Power | Soil and Water Conservation Engineering |
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering | Agricultural Processing Engineering |
Dairy and Food Engineering | |
Architecture & Planning Syllabus | |
Architecture and Design | Building Materials, Construction, and Management |
Building and Structures | Environmental Planning and Design |
Urban Design | Urban Planning and Housing |
Planning Techniques and Management | Services, Infrastructure, and Transportation |
Biotechnology Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | General Biotechnology |
Recombinant DNA Technology | Plant and Animal Biotechnology |
Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology | |
Civil Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Structural Engineering |
Geotechnical Engineering | Water Resources Engineering |
Environmental Engineering | Transportation Engineering |
Geomatics Engineering | |
Chemical Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Process Calculations and Thermodynamics |
Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations | Heat Transfer |
Mass Transfer | Chemical Reaction Engineering |
Instrumentation and Process Control | Plant Design and Economics |
Chemical Technology | |
Computer Science and Information Technology Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Digital Logic |
Computer Organization and Architecture | Programming and Data Structures |
Algorithms | Theory of Computation |
Compiler Design | Operating System |
Databases | Computer Networks |
Chemistry Syllabus | |
Physical Chemistry | Organic Chemistry |
Inorganic Chemistry | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Networks, Signals, and Systems |
Electronic Devices | Analog Circuits |
Digital Circuits | Control System |
Communication | Electromagnetics |
Electrical Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Electrical Circuits |
Electromagnetic Fields | Signals and Systems |
Electrical Machines | Power Systems |
Control Systems | Electrical and Electronic Measurements |
Analog and Digital Electronics | Power Electronics |
Environmental Science & Engineering (New) | |
Environmental Management and Sustainable Development | Environmental Chemistry |
Environmental Microbiology | Water Resources and Environmental Hydraulics |
Water & Wastewater Treatment and Management | Air and Noise Pollution |
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | Global and Regional Environmental Issues |
Ecology and Evolution Syllabus | |
Ecology | Evolution |
Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology | Behavioral Ecology |
Geology And Geophysics Syllabus | |
Geology | Geophysics |
Instrumentation Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Control Systems |
Electrical Circuits | Analog and Digital Electronics |
Signals and Systems | Measurements |
Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation | Communication and Optical Instrumentation |
Mathematics Syllabus | |
Calculus | Linear Algebra |
Rear Analysis | Complex Analysis |
Ordinary Differential Equations | Algebra |
Functional Analysis | Numerical Analysis |
Partial Differential Equations | Topology |
Linear Programming | |
Mechanical Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Applied Mechanics and Design |
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science | Material, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering |
Mining Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Mine Development Surveying |
Geomechanics and Ground Control | Mining Methods and Machinery |
Surface Environment, Mine Ventilation, and Underground Hazards | Mine Economics, Mine Planning, System Engineering |
Metallurgical Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Thermodynamics and Rate Process |
Extractive Metallurgy | Physical Metallurgy |
Mechanical Metallurgy | Manufacturing Process |
Physics Syllabus | |
Mathematical Physics | Classical Mechanics |
Electromagnetic Theory | Quantum Mechanics |
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics | Atomic and Molecular Physics |
Solid State Physics and Electronics | Nuclear and Particle Physics |
Production and Industrial Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Genera Engineering |
Manufacturing Processes | Quality and Reliability |
Industrial Engineering | Operation Research an Operational Management |
Textile Engineering Syllabus | |
Engineering Mathematics | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
XE-A (Engineering Mathematics Syllabus) | |
Linear Algebra | Calculus |
Vector Calculus | Ordinary Differential Equations |
Partial Differential Equations | Complex variables |
Probability and Statistics | Numerical Methods |
XE-B (Fluid Mechanism Syllabus) | |
Flow and Fluid Properties | Kinematics |
Integral analysis | Differential Analysis |
Inviscid flows | Dimensional analysis |
Internal flows | Prandtl boundary layer equations |
XE-C (Material Sciences Syllabus) | |
Processing of Materials | Characterization Techniques: |
Structure and Imperfections | Thermodynamics and Kinetics |
Properties of Materials | Material types |
Environmental Degradation | Elements of Quantum Mechanics and Mathematics |
XE-E (Thermodynamics Syllabus) | |
Basic Concepts | Law of Thermodynamics |
Thermodynamics Cycle | Thermodynamics Relations |
Ideal Gas Mixtures | |
XE-F (Polymer Science and Engineering Syllabus) | |
Chemistry of high polymers | Polymer Characterization |
Synthesis and properties | Polymer blends and composites |
Polymer Technology | Polymer rheology |
Polymer processing | Polymer testing |
XE-G (Food Technology Syllabus) | |
Food Chemistry and Nutrition | Food Microbiology |
Food Products Technology | Food Engineering |
XL-P (Chemistry Syllabus) | |
Atomic Structure and Periodicity | Structure and Bonding |
s, p and d Block Elements | Chemical Equilibria |
Electrochemistry | Reaction Kinetics |
Thermodynamics | Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms |
XL-R (Botany Syllabus) | |
Plant Systematics | Plant Anatomy |
Morphogenesis & Development | Physiology and Biochemistry |
Genetics | Plant Breeding and Genetic Modification |
Economic Botany | Plant Pathology |
Ecology and Environment | – |
XL-S (Microbiology Syllabus) | |
Historical Perspective | Methods in Microbiology |
Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity | Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells: Structure and Function |
Microbial Growth | Control of Micro-organisms |
Microbial Metabolism | Microbial Diseases and Host-Pathogen Interaction |
Chemotherapy/Antibiotics | Microbial Genetics |
Microbial Ecology | |
XL-T (Zoology Syllabus) | |
Animal world | Genetics |
Evolution | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Cell Biology | Gene expression in Eukaryotes |
Animal Anatomy and Physiology | Parasitology and Immunology |
Development Biology | Ecology |
Animal Behavior | |
XH-B1 (Reasoning and Comprehension) (New) | |
Reading Comprehension | Expression |
Analytical reasoning | Logical reasoning |
XH-C1 (Economics) (New) | |
Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics | Microeconomics |
Macroeconomics | International Economics |
Public Economics | Development Economics |
Indian Economy | – |
XH-C3 (Linguistics) (New) | |
Areal Typology, Universals, Cross-linguistic Features | Language and Linguistics |
Levels of Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | Historical Linguistics |
Sociolinguistics | Methods of analysis |
Applied Linguistics | – |
XH-C4 (Philosophy) (New) | |
Classical Indian Philosophy | Contemporary Indian Philosophy |
Classical and Modern Western Philosophy | Contemporary Western Philosophy |
XH-C5 (Psychology) (New) | |
Perception, Learning, Memory, and Forgetting | Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language |
Research Methods and Statistics | Psychometrics |
The biological and evolutionary basis of behavior | Personality |
Applications of Psychology | Motivation, Emotion, and Stress and Coping |
Social psychology | Development across the life span |
XH-C6 (Sociology) (New) | |
Family, Marriage, and Kinship | Sociological Theory |
Research Methodology and Methods | Sociological Concepts |
Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation | Indian Society / Sociology of India |
Social Movements | Sociology of Development |