National Eligibility Test

National Eligibility Test December, 2011

Date for fee submission and date for online application submission is extended upto Oct 31, 2011. Last date for submitting the hard copies of application to the chosen center is extended upto Nov 08, 2011.

EXAMINATION FEE
General Candidates	Rs.450/-
Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website : www.ncbc.nic.in )	Rs.225/-
SC/ST/PH/VH candidates	Rs.110/-
MODE OF PAYMENT
» The candidate is expected to fill the Bank Challan Form in triplicate (Bank Copy, UGC Copy & Candidate’s Copy) as given in the Notification. » All the three copies of the Challan Form have to be submitted in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges (commission) of Rs.20/-. » The bank will retain one copy and return two copies of the challan to the candidate. » The candidate has to attach the UGC copy of the challan with the printout of online Application Form which he/she has to submit to the Registrar of UGC-NET Centre opted by the candidate. » Please note that fee submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be rejected. » Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :
i)	The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 24th December 2011 (SATURDAY) in two separate sessions as under:
	Session Paper Marks Duration First I 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.) First II 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON) Second III 200 2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
	Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. UGC has decided to provide choice to the candidates from the December 2009 UGC-NET onwards. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.
	Paper-II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each. The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card.
	Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The structure of Paper-III has been revised from June 2010 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.

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Note: The result of UGC NET, held on June 26, 2011 will be declared in the first week of December 2011.

GATE PATTERN & STRUCTURE

The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration. The question paper consists of only objective type questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.

Question Papers bearing the codes : AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, PH, PI and TF

• Q.1 to Q.25: Will carry one mark each (sub-total 25 marks). 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Q.26 to Q.55: Will carry two marks each (sub-total 60 marks) 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Q.48 through Q.51 (2 pairs) will be common data questions. Each question will carry two marks 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Question pairs (Q.52, Q.53) and (Q.54, Q.55) will be linked answer questions.
  • The answer to the second question of the last two pairs will depend on the answer to the first question of the pair.
  • If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is un-attempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. Each question will carry two marks
  • There will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question of the linked answer question pair i.e. for Q.52 and Q.54, 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55.
• Q.56 to Q.60 : From General Aptitude (GA) will carry one mark each (sub-total 5 marks). 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Q.61 to Q.65 : From GA will carry two marks each (sub-total 10 marks) 2/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Note : All the papers bearing the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI and TF will contain few questions on Engineering Mathematics carrying 15 marks.

GATE Examination Solved Question Papers (Previous Years)
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

Previous year Question papers Click Here

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering - GATE 2012

Date of Online Examination: 29-01-2012 Date of Offline Examination: 12-02-2012 (Sunday)

There is an unprecedented rush to apply for GATE 2012. In view of this, the last date for application has been extended as given below:

1. Last date for Submission of Online Application (website closure at 23:00 Hrs): 21 October 2011 (Friday).

2. Last date for the receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at the respective zonal GATE Office: 28 October 2011 (Friday)

GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:

Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

GATE 2012 Examination will include both ONLINE and OFFLINE examinations as per the following schedule:

Type	Date	Time	Paper Codes
Online	29 January 2012 (Sunday)	09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs	AR, GG and TF
		14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs	AE, AG and MN
Offline	12 February 2012 (Sunday)	09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs	BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI
		14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs	CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL

Syllabus for GATE 2012 Examination Papers

Important Dates

GATE 2012 Online Examination for Papers: AR, GG and TF	Sunday	29 January 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Online Examination Papers: AE, AG and MN	Sunday	29 January 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination Papers: BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI	Sunday	12 February 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination Papers: CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL	Sunday	12 February 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
Announcement of results	Thursday	15 March 2012 (10:00 Hrs)

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (Microsoft RDS, MRDS) is a Windows-based environment for robot control and simulation. It is aimed at academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers and handles a wide variety of robot hardware.

RDS is based on CCR (Concurrency and Coordination Runtime), a .NET-based concurrent library implementation, for managing asynchronous, parallel tasks using message-passing and DSS (Decentralized Software Services), a lightweight services-oriented runtime, which allows the orchestration of multiple services to achieve complex behaviors.

Features include: a visual programming tool, Microsoft Visual Programming Language, for creating and debugging robot applications, web-based and windows-based interfaces, 3D simulation (including hardware acceleration), easy access to a robot’s sensors and actuators and support for a number of languages including C# and Visual Basic .NET, JScript, and IronPython.

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio includes support for packages to add other services to the suite. Those currently available include Soccer Simulation and Sumo Competition by Microsoft, and a community-developed Maze Simulator, a program to create worlds with walls that can be explored by a virtual robot.

Robot Software

Robot Software consists of the instructions that control a robot’s actions and provide information regarding required tasks. When a program is written using this software, the robot is able to execute commands and perform tasks. Programming robots can be a complex and challenging process, and while it has become easier over the years, the lack of cross-platform industry standards has affected the development of software tools for robots compared to other automated control systems such as programmable logic controllers(PLCs).

Dataflow programming techniques are used by most robot manufacturers, and is based on the concept that when the value of a variable changes, the values of other variables affected should also change. A programming language that incorporates dataflow principles is called a dataflow language. In addition to numeric processing, dataflow languages also incorporate functional concepts. Unlike other programming languages which use imperative programming, dataflow programming is modeled as a sequence of functions.

With any programming software, the state of a program at any given time is an important consideration. The state provides an indication of the various conditions at a particular instant. In order to function properly, most programming languages require a significant amount of state information. This information is invisible to the programmer.

Another key concept – which is associated with any type of robot programming, is the concept of runtime. When a program is running, or executing, it is said to be in runtime. The term runtime is also used as a short form when referring to a runtime library, which is a library of code instructions used by a computer language to manage a program written in the language. The term is also used by software developers to specify when errors in a program can occur. A runtime error is an error that happens while the program is executing. For example, if a robot arm was programmed to turn left, and it turned right, then that would be a runtime error.

The software architecture of a system consists of the various software components used to design and operate the software. All programming methods rely on software architecture as a method of organizing a software system since it not only provides communication support but is also a critical component in hardware and software interfaces.

Robots as Vacuum Cleaners

Household robots are now gaining popularity among families the world over for the efficient way they do the task they’re programmed for, as you can read from any robotics news source.

Robot vacuum cleaners need not be restricted to home use only; one can use them in shops, offices, classrooms, etc. Programmed for non-stop tireless cleaning, robot vacuum cleaners can absolutely make a huge difference in the way people utilize their time in cleaning.

Among the best things about robot vacuum cleaners is that their ability to clean hard-to-reach places. They have built-ion surrounding sensitivity sensors that warn them of nearby terrain (ledges and stairs) so they won’t trip or fall over.

Consumers have a wide range of robot vacuum cleaners, each design specifically built to a purpose. Take for instance the iRobot Roomba robot vacuum cleaners, widely featured in various robotics news publications. These machines are specially designed to deliver maximum output when it comes to cleaning. Reports reveal, in fact, that iRobot Roomba line of vacuum cleaners is the best selling in its category all over the world, with prices ranging from CAD $250 to CAD $440.

The Karcher RC 3000 Robocleaner, another favorite of robotics news periodicals, can actually be programmed to do the tasks on its own. For instance, if its battery is exhausted, the Karcher will go to the docking station on its own, or when the dustpan is full, the Karcher would transfer the dirt and dust into a 2.0 L vacuum bag.

Another model that receives noteworthy mention in robotics news is the Metapo CleanMate personal cleaning robot. Like any robot vacuum cleaner, CleanMate is built to deliver tired moms from the hardship of everyday cleaning. It is very multifaceted and can just about clean any surface, from carpets to hard-to-clean surfaces like tiles and hardwood. Even better, CleanMate can concurrently clean, perfume, and disinfect the area.