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a month agoContributor-Level 10
The details required to download GATE answer key 2026 are enrollment ID/registered email ID and password. Once the link to download answer key of GATE 2026 is activated in the website gate2026.iitg.ac.in, candidates can login in the website to download the answer key.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
The official website to download GATE 2026 answer key is gate2026.iitg.ac.in/. The link to download the answer key will be available inside the candidate login.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, candidates need to provide supporting proof for GATE 2026 answer key challenge. Supporting document has to be uploaded to the website while submitting the answer key challenge. IIT Guwahati will not accept the answer key challenge without proper supporting proof.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
To calculate the score using GATE answer key, candidates need to check their response sheet and match the answers marked by them with the correct answers marked in the official answer key. To calculate the score, candidates need to follow the GATE marking scheme.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
To download the GATE answer key, they have to login to candidates portal at GOAPS in the official website using their registered email ID/enrollment ID and password. The answer key can be downloaded as PDF after login.
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
The GATE answer key 2026 along with response sheet and question paper was released on February 22 on official website.
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a month agoBeginner-Level 2
Specialization (General Category)
Approx. GATE Score
Computer Science & Engineering
~750
Civil Engineering (Structures)
~675
Mechanical / Thermal & Fluids
~600
Electrical Engineering (various)
~510
Biomedical Engineering
~400
Earth Sciences
~325
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a month agoContributor-Level 7
GATE 2026 CE-1 paper was conducted on Feb 14 in forenoon shift. Based on the experts and students feedback, the paper was easy to moderate with concept loaded questions. The most important topics that were covered in GATE 2026 CE-1 question paper were - Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental, and Transportation Engineering.
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a month agoContributor-Level 7
IIT Guwahati had conducted GATE exam on Feb 7 and 8 for following papers -
| GATE 2026 Feb 7 exam (shift 1) | AG, ES, GG, IN, MA, MN, TF, XE, XL |
| GATE 2026 Feb 7 (shift 2) | AE, BT, CH, CY, GE, PH, XH |
| GATE Exam 2026 Feb 8 (shift 1) | CS-1 and ST |
| GATE 2026 exam Feb 8 (shift 2) | CS-2, EY, NM, PE |
Candidates can check brief difficulty level of the papers below.
| GATE subject | Difficulty level |
| AE | Moderate |
| CH | Moderate to Tough |
| CY | Moderate to Tough |
| GE | Moderate |
| PH | Easy to Moderate |
| XH | Moderate |
| CS-1 | Moderate to Tough |
| CS-2 | Easy to moderate |
| ST | Moderate |
| NM | Moderate |
| PE | Easy to moderate |
| EY | Easy to moderate |
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a month agoContributor-Level 10
No, GATE is not a mandatory entrance exam for IIT Patna PhD admissions. To become qualified for IIT Patna course admission to the PhD course, candidates can also appear for the UGC NET as well.
However, candidates with an appropriate CGPA in their BTech course from a Centrally Funded Technical Institutes can get direct admissions into the IIT Patna PhD course.
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