Toughest Paper of GATE 2025

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Expected between 50 and 60 marks

• Ship stability calculations
• Ship Structures and Strength

• The complex nature of the questions
• Many questions require mathematical calculations.

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Architecture and Planning

Expected between 60 and 70 marks

• Urban Design, Landscape and Conservation
• Building Construction and Structural systems

• The GATE AR syllabus has different specialized topics that require concept understanding, quick calculations, design skills, which can be tough for a student to grasp and answer different types of questions correctly.

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• Heat Transfer
• Thermodynamics
• Engineering Mathematics

• Questions from Engineering Mathematics were moderate to tough due to lengthy calculations.
• Some tricky numerical-based questions were asked from Heat transfer.

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• Electromagnetics & Communications
• Network Theory
• Signals Systems
• Analog Electronics
• Electronics Devices Circuits

• Students found the Electromagnetics & Communications tricky to solve.
• NAT questions required many lengthy calculations which made this section time-consuming.
• There were some tricky conceptual-based questions.

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Civil Engineering

Expected highest marks will be less than 90.

• Environmental Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• RCC
• Irrigation and Hydrology
• OCF
• Strength of Material
• Structural Analysis

• GATE 2025 Civil Engineering paper was held in two shifts. The paper was moderate to difficult.
• The GATE Civil Engineering afternoon session paper was more difficult due to complicated calculations.
• Some students find the questions lengthy.
• The questions required deep conceptual understanding.
• There were few direct formulae-based questions.
• Geotechnical Engineering and Structural Analysis had tricky questions.

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Biomedical Engineering

54.33

• Signals And Systems
• Biomechanics
• Medical Imaging Systems

• Many questions require Mathematical calculations
• It becomes difficult for students to prepare the syllabus as it has various multidisciplinary topics that require in-depth understanding.

1860

124

Mining Engineering

58.33

• Surface Environment
• Underground Hazards
• Surface Mining
• Underground Coal Mining

• There were many indirect questions.
• The language of the questions was difficult for students to interpret.

7046

1344

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

55.33

• Potential flow theory
• Ship stability calculations
• Ship Structures and Strength

• Many questions were mathematical calculations
• To solve questions students must have in-depth knowledge about ship specifics like seakeeping behavior, stability calculations, etc

361

70

Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy)

58.67

• Epistemology
• Metaphysics
• Western Philosophy

• Some of the questions are open-ended.
• To solve questions one must have a proper understanding of different kinds of philosophy concepts.

340

84

Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)

63

Classical Sociological Traditions

Indian Society/Sociology of India

• Questions require critical thinking by students which can be time-consuming since the GATE exam is time constraint.

1020

266

Agricultural Engineering

49

• Engineering Mathematics
• Hydrology
• Irrigation

• The core Agriculture Engineering questions and Mathematics questions were tough to solve.
• Mathematics questions were time-consuming.

2337

207

Mathematics

50.33

• Calculus
• Complex Analysis
• Numerical Analysis

• Questions were lengthy to solve
• The Core Mathematics section was tough to solve

16753

2480

Biomedical Engineering

60

• Signals and Systems
• Biomaterials
• Medical Imaging Systems

• Questions require a strong knowledge of core Biomedical topics and conceptual understanding.
• Some questions require Mathematical calculations.

1444

140

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

60

• Fluid Mechanics
• Marine Hydrodynamics

• Questions were deeper Mathematical knowledge and calculations.

335

65

Mining Engineering

63.33

• Geomechanics and Ground Control

• There were many application-based questions.
• The questions require complex calculations.

6032

1036

Biomedical Engineering

45.33

• Biomechanics
• Signals and Systems
• Analog and Digital Electronics

• Many questions were indirect and the language of the questions was tricky.
• Questions were complex and required time to solve.

1614

104

Statistics

49

• Multivariate Analysis
• Matrix Theory
• Probability

• The GATE Statistics paper was difficult due to the theoretical and conceptual questions, demanding a strong comprehension of statistical concepts.

1436

88

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

58.33

• Fluid Mechanics and Marine Hydrodynamics
• Ship Resistance

• The questions require a deep understanding of seakeeping, structural analysis, and ship design.
• There were many time-consuming Mathematics questions.

642

134

Mathematics

63.33

• Complex Analysis
• Partial Differential Equations
• Functional Analysis

• Questions require thorough calculations and were time-consuming.
• The nature of the questions was indirect and complex.
• The negative marking made it tougher to score good marks in GATE MA.

Mining Engineering

64.67

• Mining Geology
• Geomechanics and Ground Control
• Mine Development and Surveying

• Many of the questions require real-world mining scenarios which need critical thinking and problem-solving skills to solve.
• The core subjects of Mining Engineering were also time-consuming and challenging, requiring in-depth analysis to answer.

4276

985