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GATE 2021 EY Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs can be downloaded from here. On 7th February 2021 IIT Bombay successfully conducted GATE 2021 EY in the forenoon session (9:30 AM to 12:30 PM). There were a total of 65 questions that were distributed in two sections i.e General Aptitude and core EY topics. 10 questions appeared from the General Aptitude section, holding 15% of the total weightage. The rest of the 85% were distributed between core EY topics. The overall difficulty level of the exam was Moderate.

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GATE 2021 EY Paper Analysis

IIT Bombay modified the exam pattern of GATE 2021 exams. IIT Bombay introduced MSQs in GATE 2021 exams. MSQs comes with more or more than one correct answer.

Have a look at the below-mentioned table to get the question frequency of NATs, MCQs, and MSQs-

Type of Questions No. Of Questions Asked Carried Marks
No. of 1 mark MCQs 21 21
No. Of 2 marks MCQs 26 52
No. Of 1 mark MSQs 6 6
No. Of 2 marks MSQs 6 12
No. Of 1 mark NATs 3 3
No. Of 2 marks NATs 3 6
  • General Aptitude section was accountable for a total of 10 questions out of 65 questions that were easy to attempt
  • The remaining 55 questions related to EY section, that were of moderate level
  • The contribution of NATs (Numerical Answer Types) questions was the least in GATE 2021 EY
  • MSQs (Multiple Select Questions) contributed 12 questions, carried a total of 18 marks
  • MCQs made the most significant contribution of 73% weightage in GATE 2021 EY

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GATE 2021 EY Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

The exam pattern would remain the same as previous years. 1 or 2 marks would be rewarded for each correct answer. ⅓ or ⅔ marks would be reduced for every question carrying 1 or 2 marks. Negative marking scheme is only limited to MCQs. However, NATs and MSQs are exempted from the list of negative marking.

  • A candidate must attempt more than 45 questions to score more than 70 marks which is considered a good score in GATE 2021 EY

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