5 Important points to remember before you enter GATE 2013 exam hall

Few important things for GATE 2013 applied candidates listed below: 

• > Like last year, admit cards are NOT sent by mail and can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites from 5th December 2012 onwards.

• > Candidates are expected to bring the admit cards to the test center along with at least one original (not photocopied / scanned copy) and valid (not expired) photo identification.

• > Candidates should use only black ink ball point pen for darkening of the bubbles in the OMR sheet. Since bubbles darkened by the black ink ball point pen cannot be erased, candidates should darken the bubbles in the OMR sheet very carefully (be sure before darkening).

• > In the ONLINE papers, the question paper will consist of questions of multiple choice type and questions of numerical answer type (introduced last year). For multiple choice type questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. Each online paper will have 15 or more marks worth of questions requiring numerical answers where possible.

• > The 2 year validity of GATE score is still intact, but the pre-final year students are not eligible this year also.

[Source: IIT Bombay GATE 2013 Website]