GATE

YES, Candidates must produce the category certificate to avail the concession in application fee. 

Candidates are advised to rectify the mistake if any are found in the documents.  If a candidate fills in the GATE application form with mismatched details such as name, date of birth, etc. his/her application form will show DEFECTIVE after submitting the application form. The application form also stands a chance of getting rejected altogether. So, candidates must keep in mind that their details in all the documents are properly matched, if not please make sure to get them modified before the GATE 2026 application form. 

YES, Candidates who have taken admission after finishing their Diploma courses in their second year are technically in their 3rd year after completing 10 + 2. Any undergraduate student in 3rd year or higher years of any government-approved programme in Engineering/Technology/Architecture/Arts/Commerce/Science can appear for GATE Exam. 

No, Candidates who are in final/ 3rd or above year in their graduation only can fill GATE application form. Candidates in 1st or 2nd year of graduation cannot fill in the GATE application form. 

No, Candidates must know that each email is linked to a unique enrollment number and password. GATE exam conducting authorities allows one e-mail address to be used to submit only ONE GATE application form. 

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IIIT Bhubaneswar accepts GATE scores, followed by CCMT counselling process for admission to the M.Tech courses. IIIT Bhubaneswar cutoff 2024 has been released for Round 2 wherein the closing rank for CSE course was 485 for the General category students under the AI Quota. In Round 1, the IIIT Bhubaneswar CSE cutoff 2024 stood at 512. So, considering both the rounds, candidates seeking admission to IIIT Bhubaneswar must secure a score upto 512 to eligible for CSE admission.

As general trends show, to get admission in M.Tech at NIT Narula, the expected cutoff is around 85 percentile score of GATE, any score which is around 85 percentile in GATE generally will secure you a seat in NIT Narula, but it will depend upon the specialisation as different specializations require different scores.

Every year GATE counducting authority releases provisional answer key before the final answer key. GATE-candidates are allowed to raise objections against answers through GOAPS portal. Candidates will be required to pay a fee of INR 500 per question.

Candidates can follow the below steps to challenge answer key.

1. Visit official GOAPS candidate login page through GATE website.
2. Log in using Enrollment ID and password.
3. Select the paper
4. Click on the "Raise Objection"
5. Enter the question and answer ID
6. Pay the requisite fees.