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GATE 2025 Electrical Engineering (EE) paper analysis

By the PrepMatic team · Updated 9 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

The GATE 2025 Electrical Engineering (EE) paper was held on the afternoon of Sunday 2 February 2025, with 65 questions for 100 marks. We read the official paper and key and tallied each question. Engineering Mathematics led at 15 marks, and the paper was numerical: 19 NAT questions carried 32 marks, with every Measurements question and four of six Power Systems questions answered by typing a number.

Paper facts

EE was a single-session paper, so scores came from raw marks. The qualifying mark of 25.0 means the mean-plus-standard-deviation value did not exceed the floor of 25; the cut-off guide explains the rule.

Subject-wise tally

The official paper has no subject labels, so this is our own classification, accurate to about one question where topics overlap. We counted vector calculus, matrices, probability and complex integrals under Engineering Mathematics.

Question types

Thirty-eight marks sat in formats with no negative marking. NATs also reward neat numerical work, because a rounding slip scores zero.

What stood out (our reading)

• Power Systems was a numbers subject. Four of six were NATs: feeder voltage drop at a given R/X ratio, a bus-impedance fault calculation, shunt-capacitor power-factor correction and economic dispatch. The other two were a load-flow bus type and a rotor-angle plot after a three-phase fault.
• Measurements was small and fully numerical. All three questions (parallel-resistor error, three-voltmeter power measurement and a Wheatstone bridge) were NATs worth 5 marks.
• Power Electronics ranged widely. Harmonic power factor, a MOSFET at a given duty cycle, sinusoidal PWM, a thyristor with an inductive load, a controlled rectifier and a buck converter each had a question.
• Signals and Control each had six questions. Signals leaned on LTI systems, Parseval's theorem and an ideal low-pass filter; Control covered time constant from a step response, Nyquist plot, root locus, closed-loop stability, a state-space model and a phase-margin design.
• Electromagnetic Fields was only 3 marks, from a radial field distribution and a cylindrical capacitor.
• A power-factor-with-harmonics calculation appeared here and returned in the 2026 paper.
• Difficulty is our reading, not an official rating. The 2-mark NATs in power systems, machines and control needed several steps, while MCQs were mostly recall or short reasoning. The official qualifying mark of 25.0 reflects the scores of everyone who sat the paper.

What it means for GATE 2027 preparation

1. Train for typed answers. With 19 NATs, practise carrying units and rounding to the digits the question asks.
2. Drill Power Systems numericals. Fault levels, dispatch and compensation calculations were the high-return items.
3. Do not read too much into one year. The 2026 EE analysis had 18 marks of mathematics, 12 in Electric Circuits and only 4 in Signals and Systems. The 2027 pattern fixes Engineering Mathematics at 13 marks.
4. Check the revised syllabus. GATE 2027 changed every syllabus and lists EE in 10 sections. The EE preparation guide and the exam pattern give the structure.

The previous year papers guide shows how to schedule these papers across a revision cycle.

Using the tally with PrepMatic

PrepMatic's free assessment (about 15 multiple-choice questions, no timer) shows a projected score, a readiness percentage and your weakest subjects. For a numerical paper like this one, the speed-per-question view in the analytics is useful, because slow NATs are where time disappears. The study plan then builds a Today view and a roadmap from your exam date and daily hours. Use the official paper linked below for real EE questions, since PrepMatic's practice questions are AI-generated.

Frequently asked questions

How many NAT questions were there in GATE 2025 EE?

There were 19 NATs worth 32 marks, with 42 MCQs worth 62 marks and 4 MSQs worth 6 marks, according to the official answer key.

What was the GATE 2025 EE qualifying mark?

The official General-category qualifying mark was 25.0. The OBC-NCL and EWS mark was 22.5, and the SC, ST and PwD mark was 16.6.

Which subject had the most marks in GATE 2025 EE?

By our tally, Engineering Mathematics with 10 questions worth 15 marks, followed by Power Electronics with 6 questions worth 10 marks.

Official sources

• EE question paper and answer key.
• GATE 2025 examination schedule and cut-off marks.
• GATE 2027 downloads page for all past papers.

Counts above are our own tally from the official paper and key. Confirm any figure you rely on against the official files. For the full exam guide, start from the GATE guide; more analyses are in the paper analysis index.

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