If gate has only one paper of 100 numbers, then this is the paper of thousand numbers, what is it, from where are these thousand numbers coming please clarify

Dear Student,

IIT Kharagpur has released the exam pattern of GATE 2022 along with the official brochure which briefs students about the important details related to the exam such as the types of questions to be asked in the exam, the total number of questions, exam duration, and much more.

GATE 2022 Exam Pattern

• Examination Pattern - Computer Based Test (Online)
• Duration - 3 hours
• Number of Papers in GATE 2022 - 29 Papers
• Section - General Aptitude (GA) and Candidate Selected Subject
• Type of Questions - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
• Design of Questions - The questions are designed to test the listed abilities : Application, Analysis, Comprehension, Recall, Synthesis
• Number of Questions - 65 Questions (including 10 questions from General Aptitude)
• Distribution of Questions in all Papers except AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH and XL:-Engineering Mathematics - 13 Marks
  Subject Questions - 72 Marks
  General Aptitude - 15 Marks
• Distribution of Questions in AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL -
  Questions from Subject Concerned - 85 Marks
  General Aptitude - 15 Marks
• Total Marks - 100 Marks
• Marking Scheme -  All of the questions will be worth 1 or 2 marks
• Negative Marking  - Two types of MCQs:
  
  MCQs - 1 mark for each correct answer; 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
  MCQs - 2 marks for each correct answer; 2/3 mark will be deducted for every incorrect response. There are no negative marking for Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions
  NO negative marking for MSQ & NAT.
  
  
  GATE 2022 Marking Scheme

  
  In GATE 2022, General Aptitude and Engineering Mathematics will be compulsory sections which include 15% weightage each in total marks in GATE papers with codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF, and XE. The remaining 70% weightage will be given to the subject selected by the student.
  
  In the case of GATE 2022 question papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, and XL there will be a compulsory section of General Aptitude (15% of the total marks). The remaining 85% weightage will be given to the selected subject.
  
  For more details, you can visit :- https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-exam-pattern

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