Zollege is here for to help you!!
Need Counselling
GATE logo

GATE 2020 IN Question Paper with Answer Key (Feb 1- Forenoon Session)

OverviewMock TestSyllabusQuestion PaperspreparationAnswer KeyCutoffExam DatesNewsQ&A
Sonam Rana updated's profile photo

Sonam Rana updated

Content Curator updated | Updated On - Aug 21, 2022

GATE 2020 IN Question Paper with Answer Key is available. This exam was concluded by IIT Delhi on 1st February 2020. The exam was conducted in a Forenoon Session from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. As reported, The overall difficulty level of the question paper was easy to moderate. The Engineering Mechanics section holds the greatest weightage, while the Transducers section holds the least weightage in GATE 2020 IN.

GATE 2020 IN Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs - Forenoon Session

GATE 2020 IN Question Paper GATE 2020 IN Answer Key
Download PDF Download PDF


Quick Links:

GATE 2020 IN (Forenoon Session) Paper Analysis

Questions appeared from the ten sections in GATE 2020 IN. There were not any questions from the Process Control and Communications sections. 65 questions listed in the question paper, each question carrying 1 or 2 Marks. Go through the below-mentioned table to get a detailed analysis of the weightage of questions as per the sections and difficulty level in GATE 2020 IN;

Sections Weightage Difficulty Level
General Aptitude 15% Moderate
Engineering Mechanics 14% Moderate
Control Systems 14% Easy
Analog Electronics 11% Easy
Digital Circuits 8% Easy
Electrical and Electronic Measurements 8% Difficult
Signal and Systems 8% Easy
Network Theory 8% Easy
Optical Instrumentation 7% Moderate
Transducers 7% Easy
Total 100% Easy to Moderate

3 hours were allotted to solve 65 questions carrying 100 marks in GATE 2020 IN. There were both MCQs and NAT questions in the exam. ⅓ and ⅔ marks would be deducted for every incorrect answer carrying 1 and 2 marks respectively.

  • Marks were not deducted for any wrong attempted NAT question, or any question that goes unattempted
  • The Engineering Mechanics and Control Systems section contributes the most. The both sections hold around 28% (14% each section) weightage when combined, in GATE 2020 IN
  • Even though difficulty level was easy to moderate, the paper was difficult as compared to the last year
  • Aptitude section was easy than the last year
  • In the Network Theory section, 3 questions appeared from 3 phase which were tough to attempt
  • In Measurement section, questions were asked from Maxwell AC bridge, Tolerance, Q-meter which were moderate in nature
  • In Control System section, questions asked from Nyquist plot, Polar plot to find value of K, graphical question to find the gain value

Also Check:

Download previous year GATE Question Papers PDFs from the below-mentioned table

Other PG Exam Question Papers:

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

Ask your question