GATE · Mathematics
Chapter weightage
See which chapters the previous year papers asked the most, how that changed from year to year, and where to start. Based on PYQ 2020-2026.
Based on PYQ 2020-2026 · 7 papers · 385 questions counted · aptitude questions are not counted
Papers analysed
7
2020 to 2026
Questions counted
385
14 chapters in 7 units
Biggest unit
Topology and Functional Analysis
20.8% of all questions
Biggest chapter
Metric Spaces and Topology
11.9% · about 6.6 a paper
Share by unit
Tap a unit to filter the table below.
Most asked chapters
Questions over all the papers. Tap a chapter to open it.
If time is short: just 6 of the 14 chapters made up half of all the questions asked.
What each year’s papers were made of
Every bar is 100% of that year’s counted questions, split by unit. A year with two papers shows both together.
2020
1 paper
2021
1 paper
2022
1 paper
2023
1 paper
2024
1 paper
2025
1 paper
2026
1 paper
- Calculus and Real Analysis
- Topology and Functional Analysis
- Complex Analysis
- Linear Algebra
- Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Numerical Analysis and Optimizat…
What to focus on
Asked in every paper
Safe to learn first.
Growing lately
A bigger share in the latest papers.
Asked less lately
A smaller share in the latest papers.
Chapter by year
A darker cell means a bigger share of that year’s paper. Choose a chapter to see its chart.
| Chapter | 20201 paper | 20211 paper | 20221 paper | 20231 paper | 20241 paper | 20251 paper | 20261 paper | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 46 | |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 34 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 34 | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 31 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 | |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 27 | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Topology and Functional Analysis
Metric Spaces and Topology
- Questions
- 46
- Share of all
- 11.9%
- About per paper
- 6.6
- Years asked
- 7 of 7
Share of each year’s questions
SteadyIn the latest 3 years it was 12.1% of the questions, against 11.8% before that.
How to read this: it counts the questions each chapter had in each previous year paper of GATE Mathematics; mock tests are not included. A question repeated in the same year is counted, because it was asked. When a year had two papers, their questions are added together and every share is measured against all of that year’s questions. Aptitude questions are left out, because they are not studied chapter by chapter.
Practise what is asked the most
Every chapter above has its own chapter-wise test, built from the real previous year questions.
See the tests