GATE XH-C5 historical topic weightage
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6 available years · 6 papers
ALL YEARS · COMPLETE ARCHIVE
Compare topics across all years
2021–2026 · 6 archived years · 6 papers. Compare total tagged coverage, recurrence and the observed range across years. This analysis uses the selected range and stays independent of the paper year selector.
Average = total matched tagged marks ÷ all 6 papers in this range. Years without a matching tag add no matched marks to this calculation; this does not establish zero actual exam coverage. Read the average alongside the years tagged.
The observed range uses only years with matched data, dividing each year’s marks by its paper count. Topic tags overlap, so totals cannot be added into a whole-paper marks split.
Quantitative Aptitude
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 57
- Tagged questions
- 35
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 9.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–22
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Analytical reasoning
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 51
- Tagged questions
- 33
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 8.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–15
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.4 Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 42
- Tagged questions
- 32
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 7
- Observed marks / paper
- 4–10
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.8 Social psychology
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 41
- Tagged questions
- 25
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 6.83
- Observed marks / paper
- 4–9
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Reading Comprehension
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 34
- Tagged questions
- 19
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 5.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–10
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.1.5 Statistics in Psychology
Tagged in 4 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 31
- Tagged questions
- 20
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 5.17
- Observed marks / paper
- 6–11
Matched years: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
C5.7 Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 31
- Tagged questions
- 20
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 5.17
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–11
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.3 Biological and evolutionary basis of behavior
Tagged in 5 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 29
- Tagged questions
- 17
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 4.83
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–8
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
Verbal Aptitude
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 29
- Tagged questions
- 21
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 4.83
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–11
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.2 Psychometrics
Tagged in 5 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 28
- Tagged questions
- 16
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 4.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–9
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.10 Applications of Psychology
Tagged in 5 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 27
- Tagged questions
- 16
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 4.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–7
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
C5.9 Development across the life span
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 26
- Tagged questions
- 17
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 4.33
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–10
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Analytical Aptitude
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 23
- Tagged questions
- 14
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 3.83
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–6
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.5 Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 21
- Tagged questions
- 16
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 3.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–5
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Logical reasoning
Tagged in 4 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 18
- Tagged questions
- 12
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 3
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–6
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026
C5.1.7 Experimental Designs
Tagged in 5 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 14
- Tagged questions
- 8
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 2.33
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–4
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
Expression
Tagged in 5 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 13
- Tagged questions
- 10
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 2.17
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–4
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.1.2 Designing research
Tagged in 3 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 10
- Tagged questions
- 7
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 1.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–6
Matched years: 2024, 2025, 2026
C5.1.6 Correlational Analysis
Tagged in 4 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 10
- Tagged questions
- 6
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 1.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–4
Matched years: 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
Spatial Aptitude
Tagged in 4 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 10
- Tagged questions
- 6
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 1.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–3
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026
C5.1 Research Methods and Statistics
Tagged in 3 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 9
- Tagged questions
- 5
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 1.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–4
Matched years: 2021, 2023, 2025
C5.1.3 Nature of quantitative & qualitative research
Tagged in 6 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 9
- Tagged questions
- 6
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 1.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–2
Matched years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Numerical computation and estimation
Tagged in 1 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 4
- Tagged questions
- 3
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.67
- Observed marks / paper
- 4–4
Matched years: 2026
C5.1.1 Approaches to research
Tagged in 3 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 3
- Tagged questions
- 3
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–1
Matched years: 2022, 2024, 2026
C5.1.4
Tagged in 2 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 3
- Tagged questions
- 2
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–2
Matched years: 2024, 2026
Logic
Tagged in 1 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 3
- Tagged questions
- 2
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–3
Matched years: 2026
Transformation of shapes
Tagged in 1 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 3
- Tagged questions
- 2
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.5
- Observed marks / paper
- 3–3
Matched years: 2026
C5.6 Personality: Theories of personality
Tagged in 1 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 2
- Tagged questions
- 2
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.33
- Observed marks / paper
- 2–2
Matched years: 2026
Basic vocabulary
Tagged in 1 / 6 years
- Tagged marks
- 1
- Tagged questions
- 1
- Avg marks / archive paper
- 0.17
- Observed marks / paper
- 1–1
Matched years: 2026
01 · TOPICS ACROSS YEARS
Topics that recur in the selected years
Sorted by the number of archived years with matching tags, then by tagged marks. These are observations from imported papers, not a forecast or an expert priority ranking.
Quantitative Aptitude
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 35
- Tagged marks
- 57
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
Analytical reasoning
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 33
- Tagged marks
- 51
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
C5.4 Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 32
- Tagged marks
- 42
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
C5.8 Social psychology
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 25
- Tagged marks
- 41
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
Reading Comprehension
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 19
- Tagged marks
- 34
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
C5.7 Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping
Present in the matched topic data
- Tagged questions
- 20
- Tagged marks
- 31
Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.
1 paper · 65 archived questions · 28 matched topics
02 · YEAR-WISE BREAKDOWN
Explore a year in detail
Choose a year to see its matched topics. Marks are shown from highest to lowest; years with several papers pool those papers.
Analytical reasoning
9 tagged questions · 15 tagged marks
C5.2 Psychometrics
5 tagged questions · 9 tagged marks
C5.8 Social psychology
5 tagged questions · 9 tagged marks
C5.1.5 Statistics in Psychology
5 tagged questions · 8 tagged marks
C5.3 Biological and evolutionary basis of behavior
5 tagged questions · 8 tagged marks
C5.10 Applications of Psychology
3 tagged questions · 5 tagged marks
C5.4 Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting
3 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks
C5.5 Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence and Language
3 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks
Expression
2 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks
Numerical computation and estimation
3 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks
Logic
2 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks
Logical reasoning
3 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks
Reading Comprehension
2 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks
Transformation of shapes
2 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks
Analytical Aptitude
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.1.3 Nature of quantitative & qualitative research
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.1.6 Correlational Analysis
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.1.7 Experimental Designs
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.6 Personality: Theories of personality
2 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.7 Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
C5.9 Development across the life span
2 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
Quantitative Aptitude
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
Spatial Aptitude
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
Verbal Aptitude
1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks
Basic vocabulary
1 tagged questions · 1 tagged marks
C5.1.1 Approaches to research
1 tagged questions · 1 tagged marks
C5.1.2 Designing research
1 tagged questions · 1 tagged marks
C5.1.4
1 tagged questions · 1 tagged marks
03 · UNDERSTAND THE COVERAGE
What these numbers mean
Check the coverage and matching method before comparing years or choosing study priorities.
How topics are matched
Only normalized labels matching the archived 2026 syllabus are included. 221 raw tag/year rows were omitted or consolidated.
For duplicate aliases, the existing row with the most questions is selected. Overlapping aliases are not summed. This is label matching, not an independently reviewed classification of every question.
Archive and tagging limits
6 papers · 390 imported questions. 0 have no topic tag and 390 have more than one imported tag, including metadata tags.
Each topic/year row counts unique tagged questions and their printed marks. Missing matches mean no matched tag data; they do not prove a topic was not tested.
04 · TURN COVERAGE INTO PRACTICE
Build a balanced revision plan
Combine historical coverage with your current strengths, mistakes and the complete syllabus.
Check your scope
Read every syllabus section and compare it with your preparation checklist.
Practise a topic
Choose a concept, attempt PYQs and record the reasoning behind mistakes.
Attempt a full paper
Use a previous paper to check timing and coverage across subjects.