GATE 2018 Question Paper with Answer Keys and Solutions
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )
Result - 27 Mar '26 - 31 May '26
By Jitender Sinha
IIT Guwahati is conducting GATE 2018 for admissions to ME/MTech and PhD programmes offered by IITs, IISc, NITs, GFTIs and other universities across India. The exam commenced on February 3 and will further be conducted on February 4, 10 and 11. GATE 2018 is being conducted for 23 papers in eight sessions.
On all the four day, the exam will be conducted in two sessions – Session 1 and Session 2. While the first session is conducted from 9 am to 12 noon (forenoon session), the second session is held from 2 pm to 5 pm (afternoon session).
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Each paper is three hour long and will comprise of 65 questions each. GATE will be a total of 100 marks where students will have to answer Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
Take a look at few GATE 2018 Questions with Answer Keys and Solutions below.
Mechanical Engineering (ME):
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 days ago
Yes, ITT Guwahati released GATE 2026 qualifying cutoff marks for all subjects on March 28. Candidates can check passing mark of respective papers now.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 5 days ago
Aspirants with GATE scores can get admission in M.Tech programme at IIIT Pune. The seats are allotted via CCMT Counselling. In 2025, the closing GATE cutoff was 354 for Electronics & Communication Engineering and 536 for CSE. The cutoffs are quite competitive considering the limited seats available
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Answered 5 days ago
Aspirants without scores can get admission in M.Tech programme at IIIT Pune. Such candidates need to appear for written test conducted by the institute. Selected aspirants also need to pass the personal interview round for final selection.
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Guide-Level 15
Answered 6 days ago
JNU CCMT cutoff 2025 was based on the results for the GATE exam, followed by the CCMT counselling process. For the M.Tech Computer Science and Technology course, the overall cutoff ranged from 529 to 338 for the OBC AI category.
Candidates can refer to the table below to know the cutoff range for di
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
The JNU M.Tech cutoff 2025 for the OBC AI category varied from 338 to 529 for the M.Tech CSE and M.Tech ECE courses. In the last round, MTech CSE came out as the more competitive course, with the cutoff being 443.
Students can refer to the table below to know the round 1 and last round JNU CCMT cuto
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
IIT Guwahati has updated the status of GATE result on the homepage of the official website (under the notification tab). Candidates can login to their page and access the result link.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a week ago
IIT Guwahati has declared GATE 2026 result. Candidates can access their result at official website.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a week ago
Candidates can find the direct link to access GATE result 2026 at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The new tab will be created at candidate's login dashboard. The link will reflect once you are logged in.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
The GATE 2026 final answer key will be released soon. The official announcement will be done by the authorities on official website - gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must note that final answer key cannot be challenged.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
IIT Guwahati released GATE 2026 final answer key. Candidates can login at GOAPS and access master question paper and answer key.
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