GATE 2026 EE Question Paper: Download PDF, Check Most Repeated Questions

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )

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GATE 2026 exam dates are out along with branch-wise schedule. Candidates who have registered for GATE EE paper can find GATE previous year’s question paper for Electrical Engineering (EE) below. GATE 2026 exam dates are February 7, 8, 14, and 15 in two shifts. Check complete details here.

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.

GATE EE Question Paper

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. 

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Table of contents
  • 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
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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 -

Q:   Is it hard to get into IISc Bangalore?
A:

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.

Q:   What is the procedure after JEE Main Session 2 is out?
A:

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

Q:   How can I get admission in IISc, Bangalore for BTech?
A:

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) -

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Q:   What GATE score is required for M.Tech admission at IIT Kanpur?
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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

Microelectronics and VLSI

717

Control and Automation

678

Power Engineering

650

Q:   Can I do M.Tech at IISc without GATE?
A:

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. 

Q:   What is the GATE question paper format for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence?
A:

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. 

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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 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

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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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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.

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Himanshi Choudhury

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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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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.

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Saurabh Khanduri

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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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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. 

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