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GATE 2022 BT Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs (February 12, Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2023 BT Question Paper and Answer Key PDFs are out now. GATE 2022 BT was held in February 12, 2022 by IIT Kharagpur. The duration of the exam was 180 minutes. The question paper of GATE 2022 BT was a set of 65 questions that were distributed between two parts i.e. General Aptitude and Biotechnology. 10 questions were related to General Aptitude, while the remaining 55 questions were related to core Biotechnology including Engineering Mathematics. Nearly 70% of the total weightage was carried by core Biotechnology sections.

GATE 2022 BT Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs – February 12 (Forenoon Session)

Candidates targeting GATE can download the PDFs for GATE 2022 BT Question Paper and Answer Key to know the important topics asked, and check their preparation level by solving the past question papers.

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GATE 2022 Detailed Paper Analysis

GATE 2022 Question Paper comprises three kinds of questions i.e. MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MSQs (Multiple Select Questions), and NATs (Numerical Answer Type) questions. Nearly 40% of the total weightage carried by MCQs. MSQs carried the least weightage in the exam. Have a look at the below-mentioned table in order to get a thorough details of the questions-

Question Types Question Frequency Carried Marks
No. Of 1 Mark MCQs 21 21
No. Of 2 Marks MCQs 16 32
No. Of 1 Mark MSQs - -
No. Of 2 Marks MSQs 8 16
No. Of 1 Mark NATs 9 9
No. Of 2 Marks NATs 11 22
Total 65 100

All the questions were basically related to 5-6 sections. Go through the below-mentioned table, showing the details of section wise listed questions-

Key Sections Weightage (Questions)
General Aptitude 10
Engineering Mathematics 10-15
Plant and Animal Biotechnology 15-20
Bioprocess Engineering 10-15
Biotechnology 20-25

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GATE 2022 BT: Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

  • GATE 2022 BT asked both MCQs and NATs. It was held online via CBT mode
  • As per the specified marking scheme by IIT Delhi, from the final score, ⅓ and ⅔ marks would be reduced for each wrong MCQ carried 1 and 2 marks
  • Wrong attempted NATs were not supposed to bring any kind of deduction in the final achieved marks

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