GATE 2020 MA Question Paper with Answer Key is available. IIT Delhi concluded GATE 2020 MA on 2nd February, 2020 in the Forenoon slot (9:30 AM to 12:30 PM). According to students, the overall difficulty level of the question was easy. 70% of the weightage was related to the subject. More than 11000 candidates appeared for GATE 2020 MA.

Candidates preparing for GATE can download the PDFs for GATE 2020 MA Question Paper and Answer Key to know the important topics asked in the exam and can check their preparation level by solving the paper.

GATE 2020 MA Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs- Feb 2 (Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2020 MA Paper Analysis

There were two kinds of questions that appeared in GATE 2020 MA i.e MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) and NAT (Numerical Answer Type). The full marks of the GATE 2020 MA were 100. All the questions carried either 1 or 2 marks.

The table below shows the frequency of NATs and MCQs carrying 1 and 2 marks asked in GATE 2020 MA paper-

• This year, all the section got covered almost in an equal way
• 3 hours were allotted to solve 65 questions in GATE 2020 MA
• There were 24 NAT (Numerical Answer Type) questions, GATE 2020 MA. Rest of the 31 questions were MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)
• 10 MCQs questions appeared from the General Aptitude section, carrying 15 marks
• The remaining 55 questions were related to core Mathematics, carried 85% of the paper weightage
• An average candidate could attempt 45+ questions easily
• In GATE 2020 MA, most of the questions were based on theory and concept
• The exam was conducted in CBT (Computer Based Test) mode. 3 hours were allotted to solve 65 questions
• There was a negative marking pattern for every wrong attempt answer, 1/3 marks would be deducted for every MCQ carrying 1 mark. 2/3 marks would be deducted for every wrong MCQ carrying 2 marks
• There were no deductions in the marks, if a wrong answer was attempted on the NAT question. However, there were no options in NAT questions, as candidates had to type the answer via a virtual keyboard appearing on their computer screen
• The cutoff for the same goes up to 25, 22.5, and 16.7 for General, OBC and SC/ST respectively

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