GATE 2026 Answer Key: Check Provisional and Final Answer Key, Response sheet, Steps to Challenge and more

Admit Card - 2 Jan '26

Updated on Nov 7, 2025 17:03 IST

By UPASANA PRADHAN, Assistant Manager- Editorial

GATE 2026 Answer Key: IIT Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 answer key on its official website. The GATE answer key 2026 is released twice - a provisional and final answer key. Candidates who have appeared for the GATE 2026 exam will be eligible to access the answer key. To access the GATE 2026 answer key PDF, candidates have to log in using their enrollment ID and password.

Firstly, the authorities will release the GATE 2026 provisional answer key PDF, where candidates will be able to object to the answers if they want to. To object to the IIT Guwahati GATE 2026 answer key, candidates will have to pay a non-refundable fee of INR 500 per question using any of the payment modes- debit card/credit card/net-banking, etc. Once the candidates submit the objections, the authorities review, and if the answer is correct, then the response will be included in the GATE 2026 final answer key on the GOAPS portal.

Candidates must note that the final answer key cannot be modified or rechecked. Hence, based on the final answer key, the GATE 2026 results and rank will be announced. The answer key will be available along with the question paper and response sheet PDF.

Table of contents

Steps to Challenge GATE 2026 Answer Key
GATE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Steps to Calculate GATE 2026 Scores
GATE 2026 Official Answer Key
GATE Answer Key 2026 Download Process
GATE Previous Year Answer Key
FAQs Regarding GATE 2026 Answer Key

Steps to Challenge GATE 2026 Answer Key

After the release of the GATE 2026 provisional answer key, the GATE authorities will activate the link to raise objections to the answer key on the GOAPS portal. Candidates will be given two to three days to submit their objections. The exam-conducting body considers the objections, and if the objections are found genuine, then the official answer key will be revised. Candidates can find the process to raise objections to the GATE 2026 answer key below. Candidates who wish to raise objections against the GATE 2026 exam answer key must complete an online form that is released on the official website.

Visit the official website of the GOAPS 2026 portal
Log in using registered credentials - enrollment ID and password
Click on the GATE 2026 answer key
Select the paper you appeared for
Click on "Raise Objection"
Check the question number from the official answer key and enter the question ID
Pay the objection fee through the available payment modes

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Commonly asked questions

Q: When will IIT Guwahati open the GATE 2026 answer key window?

GATE 2026 answer key link will be activated once exam is completed. Authorities will release along with response sheet and question paper. Candidates can download GATE answer key using enrollment ID and password.

Q: How to raise objection against GATE 2026 answer key?

Candidates who want to raise an objection against the answer key will have to first login using their credentials, then look for the answer they want to object. Select and provide justifications to the question, pay the fees and submit. It must be noted that only GATE provisional answer key can be challenged.

Q: What is the fee for challenging the GATE answer key?

The fees for challenging GATE answer key will be updated on the official website. Candidates who have appeared GATE exam can only challenge. The accepted mode of payment are netbanking, credit card, debit card, or UPI.

GATE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of GATE 2026 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
19 Mar ' 26	GATE 2026 results
27 Mar ' 26 - 31 May ' 26	GATE 2026 Scorecard (free download)
May ' 26	COAP 2026 TENTATIVE
May ' 26	CCMT 2026 TENTATIVE
01 Jun ' 26 - 31 Dec ' 26	GATE 2025 Scorecard by paying a fee of INR 500 per test paper

Steps to Calculate GATE 2026 Scores

Candidates can calculate their GATE scores using the marking scheme. The questions carry 1 and 2 marks. For each correct answer, add the marks and there is no negative marking for MSQs and NATs.

GATE Total Score = Total number of correct answers - Total incorrect answers

Commonly asked questions

Q: What is the difference between GATE marks vs score?

The GATE marks is the actual marks obtained by the candidate. It is calculated out of 100. On the other hand, the GATE scores is calculated out of 1000 using a formula of GATE normalisation process. The GATE result will be released on March 19.

GATE 2026 Official Answer Key

After completing the exam, IIT Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 answer key for all 30 subject papers. The GATE 2026 question paper and answer key will be updated here soon.

GATE 2025 Master Question Paper and Answer Key PDF (Download here)

IIT Roorkee conducted the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15, and 16 in two sessions. Candidates can download the GATE 2025 question paper answer key PDF below -

GATE 2025 Subject-Wise Question Paper	GATE 2025 Subject-Wise Answer Key	GATE 2025 Subject-Wise Question Paper	GATE 2025 Subject-Wise Answer Key
Aerospace Engineering (AE)	Download	Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	Download
Agricultural Engineering (AG)	Download	Mathematics (MA)	Download
Architecture and Planning (AR)	Download	Mechanical Engineering (ME)	Download
Biomedical Engineering (BM)	Download	Mining Engineering (MN)	Download
Biotechnology (BT)	Download	Metallurgical Engineering (MT)	Download
Civil Engineering (CE1)	Download	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)	Download
Civil Engineering (CE 2)	Download	Petroleum Engineering (PE)	Download
Chemical Engineering (CH)	Download	Physics (PH)	Download
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS1) Forenoon	Download	Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	Download
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS2) - Afternoon	Download	Statistics (ST)	Download
Chemistry (CY)	Download	Textile Engineering and Fibre Sciences (TF)	Download
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)	Download	Engineering Sciences (XE)	Download
Electronics and Communication (EC)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences- Economics (XH-C1)	Download
Electrical Engineering (EE)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences - English (XH-C2)	Download
Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3)	Download
Ecology and Evolution (EY)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4)	Download
Geomatics Engineering (GE)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences - Psychology (XH-C5)	Download
Geology and Geophysics (GG-1)	Download	Humanities and Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6)	Download
Geology and Geophysics (GG-2)	Download	Life Sciences (XL)	Download

GATE 2024 Answer Key PDF

However, IISc Bengaluru has released the GATE 2024 answer key. Candidates can check below the GATE 2024 Master Question paper and its answer key released by IISc Bangalore. Candidates can use the GATE 2025 ME, CE, CS, ME, and EC answer key to evaluate their scores secured in the exam.

Master Question Paper	Answer Key	Master Question Paper	Answer Key
Aerospace Engineering (AE)	AE Key	Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	IN Key
Agricultural Engineering (AG)	AG Key	Mathematics (MA)	MA Key
Architecture and Planning (AR)	AR Key	Mechanical Engineering (ME)	ME Key
Biomedical Engineering (BM)	BM Key	Mining Engineering (MN)	MN Key
Biotechnology (BT)	BT Key	Metallurgical Engineering (MT)	MT Key
Civil Engineering (CE-1) (Forenoon)	CE-1 Key	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)	NM Key
Civil Engineering (CE-2) (Afternoon)	CE-2 Key	Petroleum Engineering (PE)	PE Key
Chemical Engineering (CH)	CH Key	Physics (PH)	PH Key
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS-1) (Forenoon)	CS-1 Key	Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	PI Key
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS-2) (Afternoon)	CS-2 Key	Statistics (ST)	ST Key
Chemistry (CY)	CY Key	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)	TF Key
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)	DA Key	Engineering Sciences (XE)	XE Key
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	EC Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics (XH-C1)	XH-C1 Key
Electrical Engineering (EE)	EE Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - English (XH-C2)	XH-C2 Key
Environmental Science & Engineering (ES)	ES Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics (XH-C3)	XH-C3 Key
Ecology and Evolution (EY)	EY Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy (XH-C4)	XH-C4 Key
Geomatics Engineering (GE)	GE Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology (XH-C5)	XH-C5 Key
Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG-1)	GG-1 Key	Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6)	XH-C6 Key
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG-2)	GG-2 Key	Life Sciences (XL)	XL Key

GATE Answer Key 2026 Download Process

IIT Guwahati will release GATE exam answer key on March 19, 2026. The result will be made available as provisional and final answer key. Once the GATE provisional answer key is released, students can raise objection within the deadline. Based on the solution provided by applicants, the authorities will release final answer key PDF along with GATE result 2026. To download answer key at the GOAPS portal, students have to provide their enrollment ID and password.

GATE Previous Year Answer Key

Here we are providing the GATE Answer Key links from previous years.

GATE 2024 Answer Key

Paper Name	Question Paper	Answer Key
AE: Aerospace Engineering	Download	Download
AG: Agricultural Engineering	Download	Download
AR: Architecture and Planning	Download	Download
BM: Biomedical Engineering	Download	Download
BT: Biotechnology	Download	Download
CE: Civil Engineering	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)
CH: Chemical Engineering	Download	Download
CS: Computer Science and Information Technology	Download	Download
CY: Chemistry	Download	Download
EC: Electronics and Communication Engineering	Download	Download
EE: Electrical Engineering	Download	Download
ES: Environmental Science and Engineering	Download	Download
EY: Ecology and Evolution	Download	Download
GG: Geology	Download	Download
GG: Geophysics	Download	Download
IN: Instrumentation Engineering	Download	Download
MA: Mathematics	Download	Download
ME: Mechanical Engineering	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)
MN: Mining Engineering	Download	Download
MT: Metallurgical Engineering	Download	Download
PE: Petroleum Engineering	Download	Download
PH: Physics	Download	Download
PI: Production and Industrial Engineering	Download	Download
ST: Statistics	Download	Download
TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Download	Download
XH-C1: Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics	Download	Download
XH-C2: Humanities & Social Sciences - English	Download	Download
XH-C3: Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics	Download	Download
XH-C4: Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy	Download	Download
XH-C5: Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology	Download	Download
XH-C6: Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology	Download	Download
XL: Life Science	Download	Download

GATE 2023 Answer Key

Scroll down for the GATE 2023 Answer Key for CS, ME, EE and EC.

GATE 2023 Paper	Answer Key Link
Computer Science and Engineering (CS & IT)	Download PDF
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	Download PDF
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	Download PDF
Electrical Engineering (EE)	Download PDF

GATE 2022 Answer Key

Check below the final answer key using the link available in the table given below:

Paper Name	Answer Key
AE: Aerospace Engineering	Download
AG: Agricultural Engineering	Download
AR: Architecture and Planning	Download
BM: Biomedical Engineering	Download
BT: Biotechnology	Download
CE: Civil Engineering	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)
CH: Chemical Engineering	Download
CS: Computer Science and Information Technology	Download
CY: Chemistry	Download
EC: Electronics and Communication Engineering	Download
EE: Electrical Engineering	Download
ES: Environmental Science and Engineering	Download
EY: Ecology and Evolution	Download
GG: Geology	Download
GG: Geophysics	Download
IN: Instrumentation Engineering	Download
MA: Mathematics	Download
ME: Mechanical Engineering	Download (Forenoon) Download (Afternoon)
MN: Mining Engineering	Download
MT: Metallurgical Engineering	Download
PE: Petroleum Engineering	Download
PH: Physics	Download
PI: Production and Industrial Engineering	Download
ST: Statistics	Download
TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	Download
XH-C1: Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics	Download
XH-C2: Humanities & Social Sciences - English	Download
XH-C3: Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics	Download
XH-C4: Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy	Download
XH-C5: Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology	Download
XH-C6: Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology	Download
XL: Life Science	Download

GATE 2021 Answer Key

Check on the relevant links to download the GATE 2021 paper or answer key from the table below:

Paper Name	Question Paper	Answer Key
AE: Aerospace Engineering	View	View
AG: Agricultural Engineering	View	View
AR: Architecture and Planning	View	View
BM: Biomedical Engineering	View	View
BT: Biotechnology	View	View
CE: Civil Engineering	View (CE-1) View (CE-2)	View (CE-1) View (CE-2)
CH: Chemical Engineering	View	View
CS: Computer Science and Information Technology	View (CS-1) View (CS-2)	View (CS-1) View (CS-2)
CY: Chemistry	View	View
EC: Electronics and Communication Engineering	View	View
EE: Electrical Engineering	View	View
ES: Environmental Science and Engineering	View	View
EY: Ecology and Evolution	View	View
GG: Geology	View	View
GG: Geophysics	View	View
IN: Instrumentation Engineering	View	View
MA: Mathematics	View	View
ME: Mechanical Engineering	View (ME-1) View (ME-2)	View (ME-1) View (ME-2)
MN: Mining Engineering	View	View
MT: Metallurgical Engineering	View	View
PE: Petroleum Engineering	View	View
PH: Physics	View	View
PI: Production and Industrial Engineering	View	View
ST: Statistics	View	View
TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	View	View
XE-A: Engineering Mathematics	View	View
XE-B: Fluid Mechanics	View	View
XE-C: Materials Science	View	View
XE-D: Solid Mechanics	View	View
XE-E: Thermodynamics	View	View
XE-F: Polymer Science and Engineering	View	View
XE-G: Food Technology	View	View
XE-H: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	View	View
XH-C1: Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics	View	View
XH-C2: Humanities & Social Sciences - English	View	View
XH-C3: Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics	View	View
XH-C4: Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy	View	View
XH-C5: Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology	View	View
XH-C6: Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology	View	View
XL-P: Chemistry	View	View
XL-Q: Biochemistry	View	View
XL-R: Botany	View	View
XL-S: Microbiology	View	View
XL-T: Zoology	View	View
XL-U: Food Technology	View	View

GATE 2020 Answer Key

Check on the relevant links to download the GATE 2020 paper or answer key from the table below:

Paper Name	Question Paper	Answer Key
AE: Aerospace Engineering	View	View
AG: Agricultural Engineering	View	View
AR: Architecture and Planning	View	View
BM: Biomedical Engineering	View	View
BT: Biotechnology	View	View
CE: Civil Engineering	View (Session-1)	View (Session-1)
CE: Civil Engineering	View (Session-2)	View (Session-2)
CH: Chemical Engineering	View	View
CS: Computer Sc. and Information Technology	View	View
CY: Chemistry	View	View
EC: Electronics and Communication Engg.	View	View
EE: Electrical Engineering	View	View
EY: Ecology and Evolution	View	View
GG: Geology and Geophysics	View	View
IN: Instrumentation Engineering	View	View
MA: Mathematics	View	View
ME: Mechanical Engineering	View (Session-1)	View (Session-1)
ME: Mechanical Engineering	View (Session-2)	View (Session-2)
MN: Mining Engineering	View	View
MT: Metallurgical Engineering	View	View
PE: Petroleum Engineering	View	View
PH: Physics	View	View
PI: Production and Industrial Engineering	View	View
ST: Statistics	View	View
TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	View	View
XE-A: Engineering Mathematics	View	View
XE-B: Fluid Mechanics
XE-C: Materials Science
XE-D: Solid Mechanics
XE-E: Thermodynamics
XE-F: Polymer Science and Engineering
XE-G: Food Technology
XE-H: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
XL-P: Chemistry	View	View
XL-Q: Biochemistry
XL-R: Botany
XL-S: Microbiology
XL-T: Zoology
XL-U: Food Technology

FAQs Regarding GATE 2026 Answer Key

Check Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to GATE answer key 2026

Commonly asked questions

Q: What is GATE answer key?

GATE answer key is released after exam is over. The dates will be announced soon. The answer key of GATE 2026 will contain answers to the questions asked in test. Candidates can download answer key, response sheet, and question paper using enrollment ID and password.

Q: How to download the GATE 2026 answer key PDF?

Candidates can download answer key from the official website of GATE. GATE answer key will be available in two formats - provisional and final answer key. Provisional answer key of GATE can be raised for objection.

The process to download the GATE 2026 answer key PDF can be checked below -

Visit GATE official website
Login using enrollment ID and password
The answer key will be displayed on screen
Check and download

Based on final answer key GATE scores will be calculated.

Q: What is the difference between GATE provisional and final answer key?

The GATE provisional and final answer key are different. The GATE provisional answer key is released along with the response sheet. Through the provisional answer key, candidates will be able to raise objections. On the other hand, the final answer key is basically released after the review process, which is used for the GATE score evaluation. Candidates must note that the final answer key cannot be rechecked or raised for objections.