Download GATE Geology & Geophysics Exam Previous Years Question Papers

GATE is nothing but Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering and it is conducted for admission of students to different engineering course offered in seven IITs and Indian Institute of Science institutions. Some other institutions also consider this score for admission of students to engineering courses.

Exam Pattern:

In GATE examination, candidates can choose a paper among different subject-options available for taking up this examination. Among these Geology & Geophysics is one of the papers, whose code is CG.

Geology & Geophysics Pattern:

The duration of the examination is three hours and it is conducted for 100 marks in total for geology and geophysics. This paper consists of two parts, being Part A and B; the details regarding these parts are given below:
• Part A (Question Nos. 1 to 20) is common for both Geology and Geophysics candidates and this part consist of 20 objective type questions with four options for each question and candidates will to have choose the correct option.
• Part B Section 1 (Question Nos. 21 to 60) is meant for Geology candidates alone and this section consists of 40 objective type questions with four options with one correct option
• Part B Section 2 (Question Nos. 21 to 60) is meant for Geophysics candidates alone and this section consists of 40 objective type questions with four options with one correct option

Scoring & Negative Marking:

Part A, which is common for both Geology & Geophysics candidates, will have 20 questions with one mark for each question making a total of 20 marks for both geology & geophysics. Section 1 and 2 of Part B will have 40 questions each with two marks for each question making a total of 80 marks in section 1 for geology candidates and 80 marks in section 2 for geophysics candidates. There will not be any marks for un-attempted questions, however, 1/3rd of the mark will be deducted for every wrong answer in part A and 2/3rd of the mark will be deducted for every wrong answer in part B section 1 and 2.

Previous year question papers:

Candidates can find attached GATE model question papers for geology & geophysics belonging to 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.