Which branch is the hardest in GATE?
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Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mining, Physics and Electrical are the toughest branches for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering because of their competition. Lacs of students appear in the examination every year and due to this, the level of difficulty of the examination has risen day by day. The difficulty level of the GATE exam:
Electronics and Communication Engineering: Moderate to Difficult
Civil Engineering: Easy to Moderate
Electrical Engineering: Moderate to difficult
Mechanical Engineering: Moderate
Computer Science Engineering: Easy to Moderate
Mathematics: Easy to Moderate
Biotechnology: Moderate
Chemical Engineerin...more -
According to my knowledge it depends on preparation and time per question in examination. So if you are a good practitioner of your field than it might be easy to catch the score, but if we SEE on a bigger picture GATE is a difficult exam because of the competition we face during the tenure of examination.
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