After the evaluation of the answers, the actual (raw) marks obtained by a candidate will be
considered for computing the GATE Score. For multi-session papers (subjects), raw marks
obtained by the candidates in different sessions will be converted to Normalized marks for that
particular subject. Thus, raw marks (for single session papers) or normalized marks (for multi-
session papers) will be used for computing the GATE Score, based on the qualifying marks.
Calculation of Normalized Marks for Multi-session Papers
In GATE 2019, examination for some papers may be conducted in multi-sessions. Hence, for these
papers, a suitable normalization is applied to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels
of the question papers across different sessions. The normalization is done based on the
fundamental assumption that "in all multi-session GATE papers, the distribution of abilities of
candidates is the same across all the sessions". This assumption is justified since the number of
candidates appearing in multi-session papers in GATE 2019 is large and the procedure for
allocation of session to candidates is random. Further, it is also ensured that for the same multi-
session paper, the number of candidates allotted in each session is of the same order of magnitude.
Based on the above, and considering various normalization methods, the committee arrived at the
following formula for calculating the normalized marks for the multi-session papers.