GATE 2009 XL Question Paper with Answer Key PDF is available here for download. GATE 2009 XL Paper was conducted by IIT Roorkee on February 8, during the forenoon session. The overall difficulty was rated as easy to moderate by the candidates who took the test. The question paper was divided into 6 sections, out of which the first section was compulsory and out of the remaining 5 sections, candidates were given a choice to select any 2.

GATE 2009 XL Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs - February 8 (Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2009 XL Paper Analysis

The question paper consisted of 6 sections, out of which the 1st Section was compulsory to attempt, and any 2 out of the remaining choices had to be attempted. The sections were:

Section H: Chemistry (Compulsory Section)

Section I: Biochemistry

Section J: Biotechnology

Section K: Botany

Section L: Microbiology

Section M: Zoology

There were a total of 18 questions in Section H with a total of 30 marks (including 1 and 2 marks questions). In the remaining sections, there were a total of 21 questions in each (including 1 and 2 marks questions). The detailed analysis of the number of 1 or 2 marks questions can be found as below:

• Negative marking was there for each incorrectly marked MCQ, whereas, no marks or 0 marks were credited for the questions left unattempted.;
• A -0.33 was awarded for each question marked incorrect for the questions carrying 1 mark and a -0.66 was awarded for 2 marks questions marked incorrectly.

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