GATE 2023 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis is going to be released after the completion of the exam. The paper is scheduled to be conducted on February 05, 2023 in the afternoon session. Based on the previous years’ students’ reactions, the paper is expected to be moderately difficult in terms of levels of difficulty. Students can check the detailed GATE Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis in the section below.

• GATE 2023 Answer Keys for Chemistry (CY) is gong to be released by IIT Kanpur on February 21, 2023, on the official portal (gate.iitk.ac.in). In case, a candidate wants to challenge the answer keys, one can submit the objections by making a payment of INR 500 for each question. Also Check GATE 2023 Question Paper
• After the evaluation of answers, the actual (raw) marks obtained by a candidate will be considered for evaluating GATE Scores.Candidates can use Collegedunia’s exclusive GATE College Predictor 2023 to predict a list of colleges they might get admitted to based on their raw scores. Check GATE College Predictor 2023
• GATE 2023 Result will be declared on March 16, 2023. Candidates who qualify the cut off will be able to download their scorecard online. Check GATE 2023 Cut off

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GATE 2023 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis

GATE 2023 CY Paper Analysis will be updated below to provide you with valuable information on the difficulty level, weightage of topics, the number of NATs and MSQs, and good attempts.

GATE 2023 CY Paper Analysis Summary

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GATE 2023 CY Highlights

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GATE 2022 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis

• The overall GATE 2022 CY paper was moderately difficult.
• There were 8-9 MSQs in the exam. The difficult level of MSQ questions was moderate.
• Organic Chemistry was comparatively easier, while Quantum was difficult.

GATE 2021 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis

GATE 2021 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis: According to the students, Chemistry paper was easy to moderate in terms of overall difficulty level. An average number of good attempts for CY paper would be 40-50. 

• Overall Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Easy Scoring Topics: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
• Difficult Scoring Topic: Quantum
• Topic with most weightage: Reagent
• Expected Good Score: 70+

Topic-wise GATE 2021 CY Paper Analysis

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GATE 2020 Chemistry (CY) Paper Analysis

As per the records, GATE 2020 Chemistry (CY) paper was rated to be moderate in terms of difficulty level. 

• Questions from Inorganic Chemistry were easy to moderate while questions from Physical Chemistry were challenging. 
• Students reported Organic Chemistry portion to be lengthy.
• Topics that were covered included stereochemistry, aromatic compounds, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, thermo, electrochemistry, kinetics, surface chemistry and polymers.

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GATE 2023 CY Answer Keys

Candidates will be able to download their answer key with the question paper PDFs from the links below.

Previous Year GATE CY Answer Key

How to Download GATE CY Answer Key?

• Step 1: Go to the official website gate.iitk.ac.in
• Step 2: Click on the link for GATE 2023 answer key
• Step 3: Download CY question paper and answer key

How to calculate Marks using GATE CY Answer Key?

The total marks equal the count of marks gained in the correct answers and deduct the marks lost in incorrect markings. The marking scheme of GATE CY Paper is provided below:

• MCQs carrying 1 marks each, 1/3 marks would be deducted as a penalty of marking the wrong answer.
• For questions carrying 2 marks, 2/3 marks would be deducted for marking an incorrect answer.
• The NAT questions don’t have the provision of negative marking.

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GATE 2023 Chemistry (CY) Cutoff

GATE Cutoff score is the minimum score that candidates need to secure in order to qualify the entrance test. Please note that GATE 2023 Cutoff will be separate for qualifying the exam and for admissions. The admissions cut-off will vary for each participating institute as it is dependent on the number of seats available at a particular institute as well as the number of applicants therein.

GATE 2023 Chemistry Cutoff will be determined based on varying factors such as total number of applicants who registered for CY paper, candidates who appeared, overall difficulty level, etc. Based on previous year trends, the expected GATE 2023 Chemistry Cutoff has been tabulated below for reference:

Previous Year GATE Chemistry (CY) Cutoff

Here we have tabulated the qualifying marks for GATE Chemistry (CY) paper from the last few years. Candidates should bear this in mind that the Qualifying Cutoff will vary on the basis of the difficulty level of exam and the total number of applicants.

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