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General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics and every Biotechnology section, in 21 chapters.

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Exam pattern

GATE BT paper pattern

GATE Biotechnology

  • 65 questions
  • 100 marks
  • 180 minutes
  • a wrong MCQ costs a third of its marks, a wrong MSQ or NAT nothing
  • General Aptitude — 15 marks10 Qs
  • Biotechnology — 85 marks55 Qs

What you get

Everything for GATE BT, in one course

  • Chapters in English and Hindi21 chapters on the official syllabus, each ending in a quiz that explains every answer.
  • Mock tests in the real patternTimed and marked the way the exam is, negative marking included, with a section-by-section report.
  • Revision and weak-area analyticsSee which topics cost you marks, and revise them on a spaced schedule.
  • AI mentorPremiumAsk a doubt in English or Hindi, any hour, and get a plain answer.

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Try a real GATE BT question

A real question from the course. No sign-up needed.

From the chapter: Biochemistry — Biomolecules, Membranes, Metabolism and Enzyme Kinetics

In B-DNA, the axial rise per base pair is approximately

Show the answer and why

Answer: A.

Adjacent base pairs in B-DNA are stacked 0.34 nm apart, and with about 10.5 bp per turn one helical turn is roughly 3.4–3.6 nm — which is where the 3.4 nm distractor comes from. 0.15 nm per residue and 0.54 nm pitch belong to the protein α-helix.

Syllabus

GATE BT syllabus, section by section

Open a section to see its chapters. General Aptitude’s first chapter is free.

General AptitudeFree chapter3 chapters
  1. Verbal Aptitude — Grammar, Usage, Vocabulary and ComprehensionFree
  2. Quantitative Aptitude — Ratios, Powers, Mensuration, Statistics and Data
  3. Analytical Aptitude — Number Relations, Analogy, Deduction and Induction
Engineering Mathematics8 chapters
  1. Linear Algebra — Rank, Consistency, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  2. Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
  3. Multivariable Calculus — Partial Derivatives, Maxima and Multiple Integrals
  4. Vector Calculus — Gradient, Divergence, Curl and the Three Theorems
  5. Differential Equations — Higher Order, Euler–Cauchy, Laplace and PDEs
  6. Probability and Statistics — Random Variables, the Five Distributions and Bayes
  7. Numerical Methods — Roots, Quadrature and Stepping an ODE
  8. Series Convergence, Limits in Two Variables, Correlation–Regression and Bayesian Inference
General Biology (BT paper)2 chapters
  1. Biochemistry — Biomolecules, Membranes, Metabolism and Enzyme Kinetics
  2. Microbiology and Immunology — Bacteria, Operons, Pathogens, Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BT paper)2 chapters
  1. Genetics and Evolutionary Biology — Mendel to Population Genetics
  2. Cell Biology and Molecular Biology — Signalling, Trafficking, Replication, Expression and Repair
Fundamentals of Biological Engineering (BT paper)2 chapters
  1. Bioreaction Engineering — Kinetics, Ideal Reactors, Cell Growth, Oxygen Transfer and Scale-up
  2. Upstream and Downstream Processing, Measurement and Control
Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology (BT paper)2 chapters
  1. Plant Biotechnology — Totipotency, Tissue and Cell Culture, Secondary Metabolites and Transgenic Plants
  2. Animal and Microbial Biotechnology — Cell Culture, Hybridoma and Stem Cells, Transgenic Animals, and Industrial Microbes
Recombinant DNA Technology and Other Tools (BT paper)2 chapters
  1. Recombinant DNA Technology and Molecular Tools — Enzymes, Vectors, Cloning, PCR, Blotting and Genome Editing
  2. Analytical and Computational Tools — Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Assays, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

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FAQ

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What does the GATE Biotechnology course cost?

The first chapter of the GATE course is free. Every chapter of this paper, in English and Hindi, unlocks with the GATE plan — ₹29 a month, less than ₹1 a day, cancel anytime — with scored practice and the full-length BT mock test in the real 65-question pattern. Premium adds the AI mentor.

How much of the GATE BT syllabus is covered?

The whole paper: 8 Engineering Mathematics chapters as this paper's syllabus words them, and 10 chapters across all 5 discipline sections. General Aptitude is shared by every paper.

What is the GATE exam pattern?

65 questions for 100 marks in 180 minutes: General Aptitude for 15 marks and the paper for 85. A wrong MCQ costs a third of its marks; MSQ and NAT questions carry no negative marking.

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