GATE 2023 Complete Paper-wise Analysis

GATE 2023 took place recently on February 4, 2023. This year it is being conducted by IIT Kanpur. We are providing you with the shift-wise and paper-wise analysis of this exam. This exam analysis will help those aspirants who are preparing for this exam. You will get to know which topics were asked, which will definitely give you some idea of the difficulty level of this exam. Let’s have a look at the analysis of different papers:

GATE Electronics and Communication Engineering paper Analysis

  • The total number of GATE EC questions was 65, out of which 45 were MCQs while 27 were NAT and 4 were MSQs.
  • The difficulty level of the GATE EC paper was moderate to tough.
  • GATE 2023 question paper was based on the following topics: General Aptitude, EM, Network, Control System, Analog Circuit, Signal And System, Digital Circuit, Electromagnetic, Communication, and Electronic Devices.

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Distributions of GATE EC 2023 questions and marks

Types of QuestionsNo. of questionsMarks
MCQ4566
NAT1627
MSQ47

GATE 2023 EC – Subjectwise marks distribution

SubjectMarks
General Aptitude15
Engineering Mathematics12
Network8
Control System7
Analog Circuit10
Signal and System9
Digital Circuit5
Electromagnetic12
Communication15
Electronic Device7

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GATE Electrical Paper Analysis

  • There were a total of 65 questions in the GATE EE paper, out of which 31 MCQs, 28 NAT, and 6 MSQs.
  • The question in GATE EE was based on Maths, Electrical Machines, Signal Systems, Power Electronics, Control System, Network Theory, EMM, EMT, Analog, Digital, and Microcontrollers. The weightage was given to the signal system topic.
  • The difficulty level of paper is easy to moderate.

GATE 2023 EE Question Distribution

GATE EE TopicsNo. of Questions
Maths09
Power System (PS)06
Electrical Machine (E.M)06
Signal System (SIS)09
Power Electronic (SCR, SCD)04
Control System05
Network Theory06
E.M.M.01
EMT01
Analog03
Digital01
Microcontroller01

GATE 2023 CSE Paper Analysis

  • The total number of questions asked in exam was 65, in which there were 34 MCQs, 16 NATs and 15 MSQs.
  • The difficulty level of CSE paper was easy to moderate.
  • Topics asked in exam were Digital Logic, Discrete Mathematics, Programming and Data Structures, Computer Networks.
Type of questionsNumber of questions
NAT16
MSQ15
MCQ34

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GATE 2023 CSE Subject-Wise Weightage Analysis

GATE CSE TopicsTotal Questions AskedTotal Marks
1 Mark2 Marks
Databases125
Operating Systems339
Discrete Mathematics149
Digital Logic428
Computer Networks238
Computer Organisation327
Data Structures & Programming2410
Algorithm226
Theory of Computation339
Compiler Design137
Engineering Mathematics327
General Aptitude15515

GATE 2023 ME Analysis

  • The total number of questions asked in exam was 65, out of which NAT questions were 25, MSQs were 8 and MCQs were 32.
  • The questions asked from topics like Thermodynamics (1 Question), Material Science (4 Questions), Heat Transfer, Strength of Material (4 Questions), Welding, Theory of Machine, EOQ (1 Question), LPP (1 Question).
Type of questionsNumber of questions
NAT25
MSQ8
MCQ32

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We hope the above analysis will be helpful in your preparation.

Nikunj Barnwal

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