What is the difference between Actual GATE marks and Normalised GATE marks?

<p dir="ltr">Some GATE papers are conducted in multiple shifts, and the difficulty level of the paper may vary for different shifts. In such case, the GATE conducting authorities use the normalisation method to make it fair for everyone. The difference between the GATE actual marks and normalised marks is as follows -</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>GATE Actual Marks&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The GATE actual marks are calculated out of 100 for 65 questions</p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">For each correct answer, 1 or 2 marks will be awarded.</p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">For incorrect responses, 1/3 or 2/3 marks are deducted.</p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">No marks are deducted for numerical aptitude questions (NAT) and multiple select questions (MSQ).</p></li></ul><p dir="ltr"><strong>GATE Normalised Marks</strong></p><ul><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The GATE conducting authorities use the normalisation method to calculate the GATE marks.</p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The normalisation is done based on the fundamental assumption that in &ldquo;all multi-session GATE papers, and the distribution of candidate&rsquo;s abilities in all the sessions.</p></li></ul>

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