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Exam pattern

GATE GG paper pattern

GATE Geology and Geophysics

  • 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
  • Geology and Geophysics — 85 marks55 Qs

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  • Chapters in English and Hindi46 chapters on the official syllabus, each ending in a quiz that explains every answer.
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From the chapter: Planets, Isostasy and the Seismic Structure of the Earth

Which terrestrial planet has a very dense carbon-dioxide atmosphere, a surface temperature of about 460 °C and a slow retrograde rotation?

Show the answer and why

Answer: B.

Venus holds a CO₂ atmosphere of about 90 times Earth’s surface pressure, and the resulting greenhouse effect gives a surface near 460 °C, hotter than Mercury. Mercury, the tempting answer because it is closer to the Sun, has almost no atmosphere, so its night side cools far below zero. Mars has a thin atmosphere and a cold surface.

Syllabus

GATE GG syllabus, section by section

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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
Introduction to Earth and Planetary Systems (GG Part A)2 chapters
  1. Planets, Isostasy and the Seismic Structure of the Earth
  2. Heat Flow, the Gravity Field and the Crust
Plate Tectonics (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Plate Tectonics: Boundaries, Motions, Magnetic Records, Plumes and Numericals
Earth Surface Processes (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Earth Surface Processes: Hillslope, River, Wind, Glacial, Coastal and Volcanic Landforms
Basic Structural Geology (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Basic Structural Geology: Stress, Mohr's Circle, Strain, Rock Rheology, Folds and Faults
Mineralogy (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Mineralogy: Silicate Structure, Solid Solution and the Properties of Rock-Forming Minerals
Common Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Common Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks: Composition, Structure and Formation
Stratigraphy and Geological Time Scale (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Stratigraphy and the Geological Time Scale: Principles, Radiometric Dating, Radioactive Equilibrium, and the Stratigraphy and Resources of India
Remote Sensing, Rock and Soil Properties, Natural Hazards and Climate (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Remote Sensing, Rock and Soil Properties, Natural Hazards and Climate Change
Hydrogeology and Geophysical Prospecting Methods (GG Part A)1 chapter
  1. Elements of Hydrogeology and the Principles of Gravity, Magnetic, Electrical, Electromagnetic, Seismic and Radiometric Prospecting
Geomorphology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Geomorphology: Concepts, Processes and Agents, Landform Evolution, Tectonic, Climatic and Base-Level Controls, and the Quaternary
Structural Geology (GG Part B1)2 chapters
  1. Structural Geology I: Stress, Strain, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics and Folds
  2. Structural Geology II: Faults, Joints, Shear Zones, Thrusts, Unconformities, Superposed Folds, Maps and Stereographic Projection
Crystallography and Mineralogy (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Crystallography and Mineralogy: Symmetry, Form and Twinning, Projections, Mineral Classification and Optics, Nucleation and Mineral Chemistry
Geochemistry (GG Part B1)2 chapters
  1. Cosmochemistry, Element Distribution, Planetary Differentiation and Radiogenic Isotopes
  2. Stable Isotopes, Geochemical Cycles, Water Chemistry and Environmental Geochemistry
Igneous Petrology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Igneous Petrology: Classification and Textures, Mantle Melting, Differentiation, Trace-Element Modelling and Volcanism
Thermodynamics (GG Part B1)2 chapters
  1. Classical Thermodynamics, the Clapeyron Equation, the Phase Rule, Schreinemakers’ Rules and Solid Solutions
  2. Crystallisation of Magma, Igneous Phase Diagrams, Speciation in Natural Waters, Saturation Index and Eh-pH
Sedimentology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Sedimentology: Texture and Statistics, Fluid Flow and Structures, Sedimentary Rocks, Facies and Cycles, Provenance and Basins
Metamorphic Petrology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Metamorphic Petrology: Textures, Facies and Grades, Reactions and Phase Equilibria, Protoliths, Thermobarometry and Timing
Paleontology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Paleontology: Diversity and Extinction, Taphonomy, Functional Morphology, Morphometrics, Vertebrates and Paleoecology
Stratigraphy (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Stratigraphy: Principles, Correlation, Quantitative and Isotope Methods, Sequence Stratigraphy and Boundary Problems in India
Resource Geology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Resource Geology: Ores and Their Genesis, Fluid Inclusions, Coal and Petroleum, Marine Resources, Exploration and Reserve Estimation, and Indian Resources
Engineering Geology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Engineering Geology: Rock and Soil Properties, Failure Criteria, Rock-Mass Classification, In-situ Stress, Structures and Slopes
Hydrogeology (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Hydrogeology: Porosity and Permeability, Aquifer Properties, Darcy’s Law, Groundwater Flow, Well Hydraulics and Exploration
Remote Sensing (GG Part B1)1 chapter
  1. Remote Sensing and GIS: EM Spectrum, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Sensing, Image Processing, GIS and Geological Applications
Heat Flow (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Heat Flow: Geotherms, Half-Space Cooling, Convection, the Adiabat and Mantle Melting
Geodesy (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Geodesy: Gravity Field, Shape of the Earth, Geoid, Datums and GPS
Seismology and Interior of the Earth (GG Part B2)2 chapters
  1. Earth’s Interior, Fluids, Elasticity and Seismic Waves
  2. Reflection, Refraction, Bounded Waves, Ray Theory and Seismic Tomography
Earthquake Seismology (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Earthquake Seismology: Sources, Magnitude, Mechanisms, Statistics and Source Theory
Potential and Time Varying Fields (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Potential and Time Varying Fields: Potentials, Laplace, Maxwell and Helmholtz Equations, Green's Theorem, Images and Integral Equations
Gravity (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Gravity: The Earth as a Planet, Measurement, Data Reduction, Filtering and Interpretation of Anomalies
Magnetic Methods (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Magnetic Methods: Geomagnetic Field, Paleomagnetism, Induction and Geodynamo, Susceptibility, Anomalies and Their Interpretation
Electrical Methods (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Electrical Methods: Conduction in Rocks, DC Resistivity, Apparent Chargeability, Layered-Earth Sounding and Interpretation
Electromagnetic Methods (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Electromagnetic Methods: Induction, Skin Depth, Natural-Field and Time-Domain Methods, Ground-Penetrating Radar
Seismic Methods (GG Part B2)2 chapters
  1. Seismic Methods I: Elastic Waves, Noise, Acquisition, Travel-Times, CMP Stacking and Statics
  2. Seismic Methods II: Processing, Deconvolution, Migration, Interferometry, Attributes, AVO, VSP and Multicomponent Seismics
Reservoir Geophysics (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Reservoir Geophysics: Rock Physics, Porosity, Saturation and Permeability, Failure and Fracture Mechanics, and Borehole Applications
Geophysical Signal Processing (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Geophysical Signal Processing: Sampling, Fourier and Hilbert Transforms, Correlation and Convolution, Digital Filters and Time–Frequency Analysis
Geophysical Well Logging (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Geophysical Well Logging: SP, Resistivity, Radioactivity, Sonic, NMR and Cement-Bond Logs, and Quantitative Formation Evaluation
Geophysical Inversion (GG Part B2)1 chapter
  1. Geophysical Inversion: Ill-posedness, Norms and Regularisation, Global Search, Statistics, Bayesian and Sparse Methods, and the Adjoint-State Method

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What does the GATE Geology and Geophysics 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 GG mock test in the real 65-question pattern. Premium adds the AI mentor.

How much of the GATE GG syllabus is covered?

The whole paper: 43 chapters across all 37 of its 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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