Students can download GATE 2021 Question Papers with Answer Key. GATE 2021 was conducted in the Afternoon Session (3:00 PM to 6:00 PM) by IIT Bombay. The question paper listed a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks in total. A news type question i.e. MSQ (Multiple Select Questions) were listed in GATE 2021 AR.

GATE 2021 AR overall difficulty level was moderate to difficult. While the difficulty level of sections specifically related to the core Architecture was slightly difficult, it carried 70% weightage. The General Aptitude section was easy to attempt.

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GATE 2021 AR Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs - Afternoon Session

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GATE 2021 AR Paper Analysis

All the 65 questions carried either 1 or 2 marks. The question paper was distributed between 3 sections i.e. General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and core Architecture sections.

Follow the below-mentioned table to get a detail analysis of question paper of GATE 2021 AR-

• MCQs hold nearly 62% of the total weightage. A total of 46 questions appeared as MCQs
• There were not a single question carrying 1 mark appeared MSQs or NATs
• 7 and 12 questions (carrying 2 marks each question) appeared as MSQs and NATs respectively
• Each of the question carried 1 or 2 marks. This year, only MCQs carried 1 mark
• ½ marks and ⅔ marks were reduced as a penalty for the wrong attempted questions carrying 1 and 2 marks respectively

A score of more than 70 marks would be considered a good score. A candidate must have scored a minimum of 42-45 marks to achieve the same.

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