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Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

GATEOverflow is a collection of GATE questions in Computer Science & Engineering most of which are answered by GATE toppers. Feel free to add a question, contribute an answer and to clear any doubt. The purpose of this site is to give the correct answer and derivation of all GATE relevant questions. For offline access you can download the below PDFs.

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  • Algorithms
  • Programming and DS
    • DS

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        Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps, Graphs.

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 2 &4&2&3&0&2&3&1&1&1&0&1.9&4
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 1 &1&0&2&2&0&0&1&3&3&0&1.3&3
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 4&6&2&7&4&2&3&3&7&7&\bf{2}&\bf{4.5}&\bf{7}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Programming

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        Programming in C. Recursion.

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year} & \textbf{2022}&\textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1 &0&2&1&2&2&1&2&2&1&0&1.4&2
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2&2&2&1&3&3&4&4&2&2&1&2.5&4
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 5&4&6&3&8&8&9&10&6&5&\bf{4}&\bf{6.4}&\bf{10}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

  • Engineering Mathematics
    • Calculus

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        Syllabus: Limits, Continuity, and Differentiability, Maxima and minima, Mean value theorem, Integration.

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}&\textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1 &1&1&1&1&1&0&1&1&1&0&0.9&1
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 0 &0&0&0&0&0&1&0&0&0&0&0.1&1
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 1 &1&1&1&1&1&2&1&1&1&\bf{1}&\bf{1.1}&\bf{2}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Discrete Mathematics
      • Combinatory

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          Syllabus: Combinatorics: Counting, Recurrence relations, Generating functions.

          $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
          \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
          \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1&1&0&0&2&1&0&0&1&0&0&0.6&2
          \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2 &0&1&1&0&1&0&1&2&1&0&0.9&2
          \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 5 &1&2&2&2&3&0&2&5&2&0&2.4&5\\\hline
          \end{array}}}$$

      • Graph Theory

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          Syllabus: Connectivity, Matching, Coloring.

          $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
          \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
          \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1&1&0&0&1&1&0&1&0&1&0&0.6&1
          \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 3 &1&0&1&1&1&0&0&0&0&0&0.7&3
          \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 7 &3&0&2&3&3&0&1&0&1&\bf{0}&\bf{2}&\bf{7}\\\hline
          \end{array}}}$$

      • Mathematical Logic

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          Syllabus: Propositional and first order logic.

          $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
          \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022}& \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
          \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count}& 0 & 1&1&0&0&0&2&1&1&1&0&0.7&2
          \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count}&0 & 0&0&1&1&1&1&0&0&1&0&0.5&1
          \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks}& 0 & 1&1&2&2&2&4&1&1&3&\bf{0}&\bf{1.7}&\bf{4}\\\hline
          \end{array}}}$$

      • Set Theory & Algebra

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          Syllabus: Sets, Relations, Functions, Partial orders, Lattices, Monoids, Groups.

          $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
          \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
          \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1&0&1&2&1&1&0&2&0&0&0&0.8&2
          \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 0 &2&1&0&0&1&1&0&1&2&0&0.8&2
          \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 1&4&3&2&1&3&2&2&2&4&\bf{1}&\bf{2.4}&\bf{4}\\\hline
          \end{array}}}$$

    • Linear Algebra

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        Syllabus: Matrices, determinants, System of linear equations, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU decomposition.

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1 &0&1&0&1&1&1&1&1&2&0&0.9&2
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2 &1&1&1&1&1&2&1&0&0&0&1&2
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 5 &2&3&2&3&3&5&3&1&2&\bf{1}&\bf{2.9}&\bf{5}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Probability
  • Compiler Design

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      Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax-directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate code generation.

      $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
      \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
      \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 2&1&2&2&2&1&2&2&1&1&1&1.6&2
      \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 1 &3&2&1&2&2&2&1&3&2&1&1.9&3
      \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 4&7&6&4&6&5&6&4&7&5&\bf{4}&\bf{5.4}&\bf{7}\\\hline
      \end{array}}}$$

  • CO and Architecture
  • Operating System
  • Databases
  • Theory of Computation

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      Regular expressions and finite automata, Context-free grammars and push-down automata, Regular and context-free languages, Pumping lemma, Turing machines and undecidability.

      $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
      \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
      \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 2 &2&3&3&2&2&2&3&3&3&2&2.5&3
      \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 3 &3&4&3&3&3&5&3&3&3&3&3.3&5
      \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 8 &8&11&9&8&8&12&9&9&9&\bf{8}&\bf{9.1}&\bf{12}\\\hline
      \end{array}}}$$

  • Computer Networks
  • Digital Logic

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      Boolean algebra. Combinational and sequential circuits. Minimization. Number representations and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point)

      $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
      \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
      \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1&2&3&2&4&2&3&2&3&3&1&2.5&4
      \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2&2&2&1&2&2&0&4&2&0&0&1.7&4
      \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 5&6&7&4&8&6&3&10&7&3&\bf{3}&\bf{5.9}&\bf{10}\\\hline
      \end{array}}}$$

  • General Aptitude
    • Analytical Aptitude

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        Logic: deduction and induction, Analogy, Numerical relations and reasoning

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1&0&0&0&0.3&1
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 1&1&1&1&1&1
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 3&2&2&\bf{2}&\bf{2.3}&\bf{3}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Quantitative Aptitude

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        Syllabus: Numerical computation, Numerical estimation, Numerical reasoning and data interpretation

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 2 &1&2&1&2&3&2&3&1&2&1&1.9&3
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2 &3&2&3&3&4&4&4&3&3&2&3.1&4
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 6 &7&6&7&8&11&10&11&7&8&\bf{6}&\bf{8.1}&\bf{11}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Spatial Aptitude

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        Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping, Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{Minimum}&\textbf{Average}&\textbf{Maximum}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 1 &2&1&1&1.3&2
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 1&0&1&0&0.6&1
        \\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 3 &2&3&\bf{2}&\bf{2.6}&\bf{3}\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

    • Verbal Aptitude

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        Syllabus: English grammar, Sentence completion. Verbal analogies, Word groups. Instructions, Critical reasoning and Verbal deduction

        $$\scriptsize{\overset{{\large{\textbf{Mark Distribution in Previous GATE}}}}{\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline
        \textbf{Year}& \textbf{2022} & \textbf{2021-1}&\textbf{2021-2}&\textbf{2020}&\textbf{2019}&\textbf{2018}&\textbf{2017-1}&\textbf{2017-2}&\textbf{2016-1}&\textbf{2016-2}&\textbf{Min.}&\textbf{Avg.}&\textbf{Max.}
        \\\hline\textbf{1 Mark} & 1 &2&2&4&3&2&3&2&4&3&1&2.6&4
        \\\textbf{Count}&&&&&&&&&&&&
        \\\hline\textbf{2 Marks} & 1 &1&1&1&2&0&1&1&2&2&0&1.2&2
        \\\textbf{Count}&&&&&&&&&&&&
        \\\hline\textbf{Total} & 3 &4&4&6&7&2&5&4&8&7&\bf{1}&\bf{5}&\bf{8}\\
        \textbf{Marks}&&&&&&&&&&&&\\\hline
        \end{array}}}$$

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