GATE Life Sciences Syllabus

GATE Life Sciences covers 9 subjects: Atomic Structure and Periodicity, Structure and Bonding, s, p and d Block Elements, Chemical Equilibria, Electrochemistry, Reaction Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms, and 1 more. Together they contain 41 chapters and 64 named topics.

The full GATE Life Sciences outline breaks down into 41 chapters, 64 topics and 11 sub-topics. Atomic Structure and Periodicity is the largest single subject with 11 topics across 2 chapters.

Roughly 50 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 2 weeks.

Yes — 462 question-and-answer flashcards across 9 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

Yes. Every page here is free to read, and importing the GATE Life Sciences syllabus into the Examius app to tick off topics as you finish them is free too, in India and everywhere else. No account is needed to start.