Engineering Entrance Exam

Candidates can download their GATE admit card at GOAPS portal using their enrollment ID and password. IIT Guwahati will activate GATE hall ticket 2026 link on January 2 as per official notification.

The GATE Answer Key 2026 will be released in the fourth week of February 2026. Candidates who have attempted the exam cah check their answer key at the GOAPS portal. First the authorities will release the provisional answer key along with the response sheet. Then after objection submission, IIT Guwahati will release the GATE final answer key 2026. 

Candidates who have appeared for GATE exam can check their responses and GATE 2026 answer key on the IIT Guwahati 2026 official website- gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The authorities will release the answer key, question paper, along with their response sheet. Applicants can download the answer key PDF from GOAPS portal using their enrollment ID and password. 

Yes, the students will be required to pay a fee to raise objections against the provisional WBJEE answer key. For every objection, the students will have to pay INR 500. The mode of fee payment is online, i.e., through net banking/credit card/debit card.

The GATE counselling is conducted online by CCMT and COAP. Authorities will announce GATE results 2026 on March 19. Qualified candidates can participate in counselling. COAP is done IIT and IISc admission and CCMT for NITs and other institutions.

WBJEE answer key will be released soon. Candidates will have to use their application number and password to download answer key. Authorities will not use any other mode to release answer key.

WBJEE 2026 answer key dates are yet to be released. Candidates will have to log in using application number and password to download answer key. Correct answers to the question paper will be available through WBJEE answer key.

The GATE Mechanical Engineering syllabus include the following topics and chapters -

• Engineering mathematics
• Applied Mechanics and design
• Fluid mechanics and thermal science
• Materials, manufacturing, and industrial engineering

Candidates applying for GATE ME paper must go through the syllabus and pattern carefully before starting their preparation. 

Important topics to score 60+ marks in GATE CE are as follows -

• Environmental engineering carry around 10 to 12 marks
• Geotechnical Engineering carry around 13 marks
• Fluid mechanics and OCF carry 7 to 8 marks