The definitive technical guide to the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering for Physics. Explore the 10 syllabus sections, historical 5-year cutoff data, IIT COAP admission cutoffs, BARC recruitment, and exam strategy.
The GATE Physics (PH) paper is conducted as a 3-hour (180 minutes) Computer-Based Test consisting of 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The paper comprises General Aptitude (10 questions, 15 marks) and Core Technical Physics (55 questions, 85 marks). Question formats include Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and Numerical Answer Type (NAT).