GATE Life Science(XL) SYLLABUS


GATE 2021 syllabus has been released. GATE 2021 syllabus designed for GATE Life Science Exam comprises seven sections, General Aptitude, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology, Food Technology. Candidates by now can check the subject wise Detailed GATE syllabus

1 Verbal Aptitude
A Basic English grammar: tenses, articles, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, verb-noun agreement, and other parts of speech
B Basic vocabulary: words, idioms, and phrases in context
C Reading and comprehension
D Narrative sequencing
2 Analytical Aptitude
A Logic: deduction and induction
B Analogy
C Numerical relations and reasoning
3 Quantitative Aptitude
A Data interpretation: data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data), 2- and 3-dimensional plots, maps, and tables
B Numerical computation and estimation: ratios, percentages, powers, exponents and logarithms, permutations and combinations, and series
C Mensuration and geometry
D Elementary statistics and probability
4 Spatial Aptitude
A Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions