Students appearing GATE 2026 can download GATE EE question paper 2026 and previous year's GATE question paper with solutions here. The official question paper PDF can be downloaded below for free.
IIT Guwahati has started conducting GATE exam. Candidates appearing for GATE Electrical Engineering exam this year, must be aware of the paper pattern, syllabus, exam dates, latest changes in GATE paper, safe attempts, GATE mock test papers, previous year's question papers, and more. IIT Guwahati has updated previous year's question paper with solutions of GATE 2026 EE. Candidates can check complete details regarding Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering below.
- GATE 2026 EE Exam Date
- GATE 2026 EE Exam Date and Shift Timings
- Download GATE EE Previous Year's Question Paper
- IIT Guwahati GATE 2026 Question Paper Answer Key Download
- GATE 2026 EE Mock Test Link
- GATE EE Exam Pattern 2026
- GATE EE Important Topics and Chapters: Repeated Questions
GATE 2026 EE Exam Date
IIT Guwahati is conducting the GATE this year. The exam dates are scheduled for February 7, 8, 14, and 15 in two sessions: forenoon (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) and afternoon (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). GATE 2026 EE exam date is scheduled for February 14 and exam timings are 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Candidates can check GATE exam and shift timings here -
After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced
There is no University-wise IISC entrance exam required for BTech course, students need to clear JEE and JEE Mains. If the student qualifies any of this mentioned-exam and you have top rank is qualify for Indian Institute of Science course admissions. Every year cut off is different but you need top ranks.
GATE 2026 EE Exam Date and Shift Timings
GATE Electrical Engineering exam will be held on February 14 in the first shift (9:30 am to 12: 30 pm). IIT Guwahati has released GATE exam hall ticket at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates can download it by using their enrollment ID and password.
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Download GATE EE Previous Year's Question Paper
Candidates can download GATE EE question paper with answer key below (year-wise) -
| Year | Download | GATE Answer Key |
|---|---|---|
| GATE 2026 question paper and solutions | soon | soon |
| GATE 2025 question paper answer key | Download | Download |
| GATE 2024 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2023 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2022 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2021 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2020 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2019 question paper answer key | ||
| GATE 2018 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2017 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2016 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2015 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2014 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2013 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2012 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2011 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2010 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2009 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2008 question paper answer key | Download | |
| GATE 2007 question paper answer key | Download | |
As per the details collated from various sources on the internet, a student must have a GATE rank up to 200 or below for admission to M.Tech at IIT Kanpur. While there is no minimum GATE score for IIT admission, the minimum rank/ score requirement depends completely on the individual institutes participating in the admission process. However, keeping the past cut off trends in mind, candidates must score a GATE rank of up to or below 200 and their minimum GATE score must be between 400-800. The closing ranks of GATE COAP 2022 for the General All India category are as follows:
Course | COAP Round 9 score (General-All India) 2022 |
|---|---|
717 | |
678 | |
650 |
No, candidate who are looking for admission at IISC Bangalore need to have a valid GATE score. However, 70% GATE score + 30% performance in written test (100% GATE based for Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Materials Engg.) + COAP counselling will be accepted. Apart from this, students might face some problems while downloading the GATE hall ticket 2024. The problem might be due to slow internet connectivity or a heavy load on the server. In such situations, candidates should try downloading the admit card after a short duration. In case any candidate forgets their application ID/Enrollment ID or password, they can reset it. In case a candidate has forgotten their password, they can reset it from the GOAPS portal.
The GATE pattern and structure for data Science and artificial intelligence can be checked below -
- The exam mode is online and the question paper will be available in English language.
- The general aptitude section carries 15 marks and the remining 85 marks are reserved for the subject-based questions.
- The time duration of GATE DA paper is 3 hours.
- However, PwD or dyslexic candidates will get one hour compensatory time to attempt the GATE exam.
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IIT Guwahati GATE 2026 Question Paper Answer Key Download
The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati is conducting Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. The GATE 2026 exam dates has been released at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must follow all instructions and prepare for the exam accordingly. To know about difficulty level of GATE IIT Guwahati question paper, make sure to attempt their question paper frequently.
| GATE 2026 XE Question Paper | GATE XE Answer Key 2026 with Solutions |
| GATE 2026 XE Cutoff | GATE 2026 XL Question Paper PDF |
GATE 2026 EE Mock Test Link
Candidates can find link to access mock test papers for GATE Electrical Engineering below -
| Year | Mock Test Link |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Click here |
Points to Note:
- Mock tests are for practice to understand exam structure.
- Number of MCQs, MSQs, and NATs may differ in mock test.
- Responses will not be evaluated and scorecard will not be generated.
Also read:
- GATE CSE previous year's question paper with solutions
- GATE ME, PE, AR, and EE questions with answers (detailed explanation)
GATE EE Exam Pattern 2026
| Parriculars | Details |
|---|---|
| Time duration | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Total marks | 100 marks |
| Total questions | 65 questions |
| Number of sections | 2 (General Aptitude and Subject-Specific) |
| General aptitude marks | 15 marks |
| Subject-specific marks | 85 marks |
| Note | One-mark questions are followed by 2-marks questions in each section |
GATE Electrical Engineering Paper Marking distribution
| Section | One-mark question | Two-mark question |
|---|---|---|
| General aptitude | 5 | 5 |
| Subject-specific | 25 | 30 |
GATE EE Important Topics and Chapters: Repeated Questions
Candidates can check GATE EE important topics below. Many questions from following topics have been repeated from last five years.
| Sections | Important Topics |
|---|---|
| Power Electronics | Basics, rectifiers, choppers, and inverters |
| Power Systems | Transmission line, fault analysis, load flow study, stability, protection |
| Electrical Machines | DC machines, transformer, induction machine, synchronous machines, |
| EMFT | Electrostatics, Magnetostatics |
| Engineering Measurement | PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer-type measurements, digital meters, digital voltmeters, digital multimeters, wattmeters, energy meters, power factors meters, AC and DC bridges (Wheatstone, Maxwell, Kelvin, Hay, Schering, Wien) |

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Answered 15 hours ago
COAP also called as Common Offer Acceptance Portal is a platform used for GATE qualified candidates to exercise their college acceptance choices for admission to MTech/Ph/ME programmes. The COAP is a counselling platform used by participating IITs, IISc, and PSU for job recruitments.
It is one platfo
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 days ago
In GATE, normalisation process generally makes a gap of 4 to 7 marks (approximately) between actual and normalised scores. However, if difficulty level of paper was high then the marks might increase. On other hand, for easier paper, marks may reduce offering fairness across sessions.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 days ago
No, the GATE 2026 exam has already been concluded at this point for Jerusalem College of Engineering ME admissions. The entrance exam was conducted in the month of February and the result is expected to be revealed soon in the upcoming month of March.
Candidates who failed to appear for GATE can stil
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
There is no confirmation whether GATE is a compulsory entrance exam for Jerusalem College of Engineering ME course admissions. Several unofficial sources state that Jerusalem College of Engineering accepts GATE scores for ME admissions.
However, the website of Jerusalem College of Engineering has not
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
No, to get admission into IIT Madras MTech course, students have to appear for the GATE exam. This is a part of minimum eligibility criteria for M.Tech course admissions. After clearing the GATE exam, the students are selected on the basis of merit list. The students have to obtain a minimum of 60%
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
No, there is no subject-wise cutoff mark for GATE exam. The scores along with minimum-qualifying cutoff will be released (category-wise) along with normalised score.
- GATE Marks out of 100
- GATE Scores out of 1000
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
A GATE score of 550 in mechanical engineering will fetch you a rank range of 1500 - 3000. Students with this GATE score range can opt for M.Tech at NIT Calicut, NIT Trichy, etc.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
Based on the question paper difficulty level of GATE CS 1 and CS2, it is expected that the normalisation will not be more than +-4 to 5 marks. GATE CSE paper was moderate to tough. The result will be declared on March 19. Candidates can check their qualifying status at GOAPS portal using their enrol
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
Yes, with 50 marks in the GATE exam candidates can get admission to few IITs and NITs as well.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
For top NITs, the safe score in GATE will be roughly around 650 - 750 scores. However, it also depends on other factors, such as category, past year trends, etc.
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Contributor-Level 7
Result - 19 Mar '26
IISc Bangalore admission is competitive due to high cutoff and limited seats. The entrance tests required for getting admission in the institute are taken by many. Hence, the chances of securing seat becomes less. Students are required to perform well in the entrance exam required for their course to get admission in the institute. In 2024, the JEE Main closing R1 cutoff for General category candidates was 903 for BSc (Research) in Physics.