GATE 2024 Physics (PH): Exam Date, Syllabus, Pattern, Analysis, Question Paper, Answer Key, Cutoff
GATE PH 2024 exam date is February 3, 2024. Check the exam analysis of GATE Physics 2024 along with the question paper, answer key, and cutoff.
GATE 2024 Physics (PH): The GATE 2024 exam dates have been released by IISc Bangalore on the official website. GATE 2024 will be held on February 3, 4, 10, 11, 2024. The GATE 2024 Physics exam will be held on February 3, 2024. On this page, you can check all the details about GATE PH 2024 such as exam date, exam pattern, GATE Syllabus 2024, old question papers, cutoff, and previous exam analysis.
Latest: GATE Admit Card 2024 released at gate2024.iisc.ac.in
Also read: GATE Syllabus 2024
GATE PH 2024 Exam Date
The important dates pertaining to GATE PH 2024 can be checked below -
| Event | Date |
| GATE PH 2024 Exam Date | February 3, 2024 |
| GATE PH 2024 Results | March 16, 2024 |
GATE PH 2024 Exam Pattern & Weightage
The PH exam of GATE 2024 will have the following topics, and the exam pattern & for the same is as follows
Name of the Topic | Total No. Of Questions | Question Numbers | Marks |
General Aptitude | 10 Questions | Question No: - 1-5 | 1 Mark Each (Five Marks) |
Question No: - 6-10 | 2 Marks Each (Ten Marks) | ||
Physics (Subject) | 55 Questions | Question No: - 1-25 | 1 March Each (25 Marks) |
Question No: - 26- 55 | 2 Marks Each (60 Marks) |
In all, there are 65 questions in the PH question paper, and the total mark for which the exam is conducted is 100 Marks.
GATE PH 2024 Syllabus
IISc Bangalore has released the GATE PH Syllabus 2024 on the official website. Candidates can download the syllabus by clicking on the PDF link given below.
The detailed GATE Physics has been listed below.
Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Conservation laws, isospin symmetry, charge conjugation, parity, and time-reversal invariance
- Nuclear radii and charge distributions
- Rutherford scattering, nuclear reactions, conservation laws
General Aptitude
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Verbal Aptitude
- Spatial Aptitude
- Analytical Aptitude
Electromagnetic Theory
- Solutions to electrostatic and magnetostatic problems
- Coulomb and Lorentz gauges
- Maxwell's equations
- Polarization of electromagnetic waves
Mathematical Physics
- Vector calculus
Classical Mechanics
- The special theory of relativity
- Lagrangian formulation
Quantum Mechanics
- Two and three-dimensional systems
- Postulates of quantum mechanics
- Time-independent perturbation theory
- Variational method and WKB approximation,
Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Raman effect
- Spectra of one-and many-electron atoms
- Zeeman and Stark effects
- Einstein coefficients
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- Laws of thermodynamics
- Bose-Einstein condensation
- Black body radiation and Planck's distribution law
Solid State Physics
- Elements of crystallography
- Superconductivity: Type-I and Type-II superconductors
- Kramer's-Kronig relation, intra- and inter-band transitions
Electronics
- Semiconductors in equilibrium
GATE PH Cutoff 2024
The cutoff for GATE PH is as follows
| Name of the Category | Cutoff 2024 | Cutoff 2023 | Cutoff 2022 | Cutoff 2021 | Cutoff 2020 |
| General | To be Updated | 26.5 | 26.5 | 69.67 | 37.2 |
| OBC | To be Updated | 23.8 | 23.8 | 22.00 | 33.4 |
| SC/ ST PH | To be Updated | 17.6 | 17.6 | 32.80 | 24.8 |
GATE Question Paper and Answer Key 2024
By the time IISc Bangalore releases the GATE question paper and answer key for 2024, candidates can check the previous year's data from the below links.| 2024 | GATE PH Official Question Paper 2024 | GATE PH Official Answer Key 2024 |
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GATE PH Exam/ Paper Analysis 2024
The details related to GATE paper analysis 2024 for physics can be checked on this page soon after the exam.
Also Check -
- GATE 2024 PH Cutoff
- GATE 2024 PH Preparation Strategy & Important Topics
- GATE Cutoff 2024 (All Papers)
GATE PH Exam/ Paper Analysis 2022
- The GATE 2022 exam was relatively difficult across-the-board.
- There were a lot of MSQ type questions in the exam.
- The nuclear and maths parts were slightly difficult.
GATE PH Exam Weightage 2022
Chapters | 1 Mark | 2 Marks |
Electromagnetic Theory | 5 | 4 |
Mathematical Physics | 5 | 0 |
Classical Mechanics | 0 | 6 |
Atomic & Molecular Physics | 3 | 2 |
Quantum Mechanics | 4 | 5 |
Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics | 1 | 5 |
Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2 | 1 |
Solid State Physics | 1 | 6 |
General Aptitude | 5 | 5 |
Electronics | 4 | 1 |
GATE PH Exam/ Paper Analysis 2020
The overall difficulty level of the PH question paper of GATE is moderate to difficult. Here are some of the questions that were asked in the exam -
- There was a question on Universal Logic GATE (Answer is NAND)
- Product of Eigen Values of Matrix (Answer is -1)
- There was a question on Find Hamiltonian - (Answer is Px2/4a + Py2/4b + cxy)
- There was a question on 'Transmornation of Canonical' - (Answer is m = 1/2)
- There was a question on n=3 (Answer is 4,2)
- The answer for General Aptitude Question - Build, Building Grow is - Growth
- In Englis, the answer for He always sheds.......................tears (Crocodiles)
- There was a question on y=xm(x1/m)
- For question, Jofra Archer, the England fast bowler is...............than accurate (More Fast is the Answer)
- For the question 'P, Q, R & S are uniquely to be coded
- For question y= (x), xe (1,4) (Answer is 6)
- For the question 'Crowd Funding Deals', the answer is 'Funds Raised through Voluntary Contributions on Web-Based Platforms'
- L is Making 30 Degree with the Z-Axis and m=l. What is the value of 'L' (Answer - )
Analysis Courtesy: Praveen Singh - IIT Kanpur
GATE PH Exam Analysis 2019 - Question Paper & Answer Key
The difficulty level of the GATE PH exam 2020 was moderate, and the candidates can check the question paper and answer key for the same can be checked below.
GATE PH Question Paper & Answer Key 2018
You can also check the 2018 GATE PH question paper and answer key here -
GATE PH Question Paper & Answer Key 2017
You can also check the 2017 GATE PH Question Paper and Answer Key here -
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