how many papers in GATE exam? life science
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Hello. There are in total 24 papers for Gate 2019 including life science (code- XL).
The subjects for life sciences includes Chemistry (P) and General Aptitude as compulsory subjects.
Apart from these two subjects any one subject from Q to U needs to be selected from the list below.
- Biochemistry (Q)
- Botany (R)
- Microbiology (S)
- Zoology (T)
- Food Technology (U)
For more details about the exam pattern, syllabus please check the link below.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-exam-pattern
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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There are total number of 24 papers conducted for GATE . To know about life science you need to give the exam (XL). The Questions are numerical type and MCQ’s .
To know more about the exam you can go through the following link :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-exam-pattern
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