GATE ECE Syllabus 2027 (Out) - Free PDF Download, Topic Wise Weightage

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GATE GA Syllabus for Verbal Aptitude

• Basic English grammar: tenses, articles, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, verb-noun agreement, and other parts of speech

• Basic vocabulary: words, idioms, and phrases in context, reading and comprehension, Narrative sequencing.

GATE GA Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

• Data interpretation: data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data), 2- and 3-dimensional plots, maps, and tables

• Numerical computation and estimation: ratios, percentages, powers, exponents and logarithms, permutations and combinations, and series. Mensuration and geometry, Elementary statistics and probability.

GATE GA Syllabus for Analytical Aptitude

Logic: deduction and induction, Analogy, Numerical relations and reasoning

GATE GA Syllabus for Spatial Aptitude

Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions.

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Chapter Electronic Devices

Diffusion current, drift current, mobility and resistivity, generation and recombination of carriers, Poisson and continuity equations.

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Diode Circuits

• Clipping

• Clamping and rectifiers

BJT and MOSFET Amplifiers

Biasing, AC coupling, small signal analysis, frequency response. Current mirrors and differential amplifiers.

Op-amp Circuits

Amplifiers, summers, differentiators, integrators, active filters, Schmitt trigger and oscillators, dominant-pole (Miller) compensation, phase margin.

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Number Representations

Binary, integer and floating-point- numbers. Combinatorial circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of functions using Boolean identities and Karnaugh map, logic gates and their static CMOS implementations, arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders

Sequential Circuits

Latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers, finite state machines, propagation delay, setup and hold time, critical path delay.

Data Converters

• Sample and hold circuits

• ADCs and DAC

Semiconductor Memories:

• ROM

• SRAM

• DRAM

Computer Organization:

• Machine instructions and addressing modes

• ALU

• Data-path and control unit

• Instruction pipelining.

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Control Systems

Basic control system components; Feedback principle; Transfer function; Block diagram representation; Signal flow graph; Transient and steady-state analysis of LTI systems; Frequency response; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criteria; Bode and root-locus plots; compensators, PID controller; State variable model and solution of state equation of LTI systems.

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Random Processes

Autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems.

Analog Communications

Amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, super heterodyne receivers.

Information Theory

Entropy, source coding, mutual information and channel capacity theorem.

Digital Communications

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Maxwell's Equations

Differential and integral forms and their interpretation, boundary conditions, wave equation, Poynting vector

Plane Waves and Properties

Reflection and refraction, polarisation, phase and group velocity, propagation through various media, skin depth.

Transmission Lines

Equations, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, impedance transformation, Sparameters, Smith chart. Rectangular and circular waveguides, light propagation in optical fibers, dipole and monopole antennas, linear antenna arrays.

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TOPICS

WEIGHTAGE

Analog Circuits

10%

Electronic Devices

8%

Control Systems

7%

Digital Circuits

11%

Networks Theory

8%

Signal and Systems

6%

Communications

13%

EMTL

10%

Engineering Mathematics

16%

General Aptitude

15%

Particulars

Details

Number of Papers in GATE 2027

30 Papers

Section

• General Aptitude (GA)

• Candidate Selected Subject

Type of Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

• Multiple Select Questions (MSQs)

• Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions

Design of Questions

The questions are designed to test the listed abilities

• Application

• Analysis

• Comprehension

• Recall

• Synthesis

Number of Questions

65 Questions (including 10 questions from General Aptitude)

Distribution of Questions in all Papers except AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL

• Engineering Mathematics - 13 Marks

• Subject Questions - 72 Marks

• General Aptitude - 15 Marks

Distribution of Questions in AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL

• Questions from Subject Concerned - 85 Marks

• General Aptitude - 15 Marks

Total Marks

100 Marks

GATE Negative Marking

Two types of MCQs:

• MCQs - 1 mark for each correct answer; 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

• MCQs - 2 marks for each correct answer; 2/3 marks will be deducted for every incorrect response. There are no negative marks for Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions

• NO negative marking for MSQ & NAT.