A candidate can apply for one or two of the 29 papers found listed in the GATE INFORMATION BROCHURE or GATE website. The choice of the appropriate paper will be as per the responsibility of the candidate. Further guidelines with regard to this are as suggested below:
– The candidate is expected to select a paper appropriate to the discipline of his/her qualifying degree.
– The candidate is, also free to choose any other paper from the approved combination according to his/her admission plan, while also keeping in mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which he/she wishes to seek admission.