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GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering (EE) Paper Analysis (Available), Answer Key, Question Paper, Cut off
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GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Paper Analysis is available here. IIT Kanpur conducted GATE 2023 EE paper in the Forenoon Shift from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Feb 05, 2023. According to the initial reaction of the students, GATE 2023 EE paper was reported to be moderately difficult. There were 6 MSQs, 31 MCQs and 28 NATs. 

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GATE 2023 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2023 EE Paper Analysis – Out

GATE 2023 EE paper analysis have been updated here. Details on the topic-wise weightage is going to be updated here soon. 

  • In the General Aptitude section, there were only MCQs. 1 mark and 2 mark MCQs were equally divided.
  • In Core Discipline (including Engineering Mathematics and Electrical Engineering)
    • There were 15 MCQs carrying 1 mark and 6 MCQs carrying 2 marks.
    • There were 7 NATs carrying 1 mark and 21 NATs carrying 2 marks.
    • There were 3+3 MSQs carrying 1 mark and 2 marks respectively.
Details Paper Analysis
Overall Difficulty Moderate
Number of MCQs 31
Number of MSQs 6
Number of NATs 28
Weightage of 1 mark and 2 mark MCQs 15 + 12
Weightage of 1 mark and 2 mark NATs 7 + 42
Weightage of 1 mark and 2 mark MSQs 3 + 6

GATE 2023 EE Exam Highlights

GATE 2023 EE- Highlights

Paper Code EE
Shift/Session Forenoon Session
No. of Questions 65
Maximum Marks 100
Types of Questions Objective (MCQs, MSQ, NATs)
Sections Engineering Mathematics, General Aptitude & Subject Specific
GATE EE Exam Pattern Check Here
GATE EE Syllabus Check Here

GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering Provisional Answer Key is going to be released by IIT Kanpur on February 21, 2023. Candidates who appear for Electrical Engineering can download GATE Question Paper along with the answer key through GOAPS portal on the official website- gate.iitk.ac. using email id and password after the completion of GATE 2023. GATE 2023 Final Answer Key for Electrical Engineering will be released along with the result on March 16, 2023. Check GATE 2023 Result

Candidates can use Collegedunia’s exclusive GATE College Predictor 2023 to predict a list of colleges they might get admitted to based on their raw scores. Check GATE College Predictor 2023 


GATE 2022 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2022 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2022 EE paper was held in the Afternoon Session on February 5, 2022. Just like last year, there were no MSQs this year. Meanwhile, the weightage of NAT questions was about 66% with 22 questions. The students also reported that most of the questions in GATE 2022 EE were based on previous year EE questions. Candidates can check the important highlights of GATE 2022 EE Paper Analysis in the section below-

Particulars GATE EE Paper Analysis
Overall Difficulty Level Easy to Moderate
Difficulty Level of General Aptitude Moderate
Topics with Highest Weightage Power Electronics, Control Systems, Power Systems, Electrical Machines, etc.
Number of NATs 22 questions
Number of MSQs No MSQs 

GATE 2022 EE Weightage of Important Topics

  •  Based on the initial student’s reaction, the topics with the highest weightage in the exam included Power Systems, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, etc.
  • Candidates can check the weightage of important topics based on memory-based GATE 2022 EE questions-
GATE 2022 EE Weightage of Marks
Topics GATE 2022 EE Weightage
General Aptitude 15
Engineering Mathematics 15
Electric Circuits: Network elements 7
Electromagnetic Fields 4
Signals and Systems 8
Electrical Machines 9
Power Systems 9
Control Systems 8
Electrical and Electronic Measurements 1
Analog Electronics 7
Digital Electronics 4
Power Electronics 13

GATE 2021 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2021 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2021 EE paper was reported to be of moderate difficulty level with power system and electric circuits covering the highest weightage among all the topics. 

  • There were no MSQs.
  • Compared to previous year trends, the weightage to electrical machine topic was a little less.
  • Apart from power system and electric circuits, other topics that had the most weightage were- Signals & Systems, Power Electronics, and Control Systems

Check topic-wise GATE 2021 EE Paper Analysis and weightage:

GATE EE No. of 1 Mark Questions No. of 2 Mark Questions Total Marks
General Aptitude 5 5 15
Engineering Mathematics 4 4 12
Electrical Machines 2 3 8
Power System 4 4 12
Power Electronics 1 4 9
Control System 2 3 8
EMFT 2 2 6
Signals & Systems 2 3 8
Digital Electronics 1 1 3
Analog Electronics 2 2 6
Electric Circuit 3 4 11
Electrical Measurement 2 0 2

GATE 2020 EE Paper Analysis

GATE 2020 EE Paper Analysis

  • Talking about level of questions (subject-wise), questions from Control systems, General Aptitude, Digital circuits and Power systems were generally easy with Mathematics and Analog Circuits have a moderate level of questions.
  • There was extra weightage assigned to Power systems, Power Electronics and Electrical Machines.
  • Paper pattern had a combination of conceptual and easy questions but some of them are lengthy specially in terms of NAT questions.
  • Fill in the blanks questions are quite noticeable in recent question papers.
  • The weightage of important topics in GATE EE paper has been listed in the table below- 
GATE EE Marks
General Aptitude 15
Engineering Mathematics 13-15
Electrical Machines 9-12
Power System 8-12
Power Electronics 8-10
Control System 7-9
Network Theory 7-9
Signals & Systems 6-8
Digital Electronics 5-7
Electromagnetic Fields 5-6
Analog Circuits 4-6
Measurement 3-5

GATE EE Answer Key

GATE 2023 EE Answer Key- Download PDF

GATE 2023 EE Answer Key (Provisional) will be released on February 21, 2023 and GATE 2023 EE Answer Key (Final) will be released on March 16, 2023.

GATE EE 2023 Question Paper PDF GATE EE 2023 Answer Key PDF
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Previous Years’ GATE EE Answer Key PDFs

Year GATE EE Question Paper GATE EE Answer Key
2022 Click Here Click Here
2021 Check Here Check Here 
2020 Check Here  Check Here 
2019 Check Here  Check Here 
2018 Check Here  Check Here 
2017 Check Here  Check Here 

How to Download GATE 2023 EE Answer Key?

  1. Visit GATE official website 
  2. Click on the "View Response" button.
  3. Details and response to each question of GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering (EE) paper will appear on the screen.
  4. Click on the link given on this page.
  5. Check the discipline and download the relevant answer key.
  6. Download the answer key and save the file.​

GATE EE Cut off

GATE 2023 EE Cut off

GATE 2023 Electrical Engineering (EE) cut off marks will vary depending on the category the applicant belongs to. The recent year cut off of GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) for all categories (OBC, SC, ST, PH, General) is given in the following table: Check GATE Cutoff

Year OBC SC/ST/PH General
2021 30.3 27.2 20.2
2020 30.0 22.2 33.4
2019 35.6 26.4 39.6
2018 26.1 19.4 29.1
2017 25.2 16.7 25.2
2016 22.5 16.7 25.1
2015 22.5 16.67 25
2014 22.5 16.67 25
2013 23.17 17.16 25.74

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