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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
After the release of GATE result, candidates must check refer to the college predictor to check their chances of which college they can get with their scores. This will give a brief idea to list out college and institute options and stay prepared before the counselling process start.
It must be noted that, IIT Guwahati will not conduct counselling. The process will be done in two portals - COAP for IITs admission and CCMT for NITS, IIITs, and GFTIs.
Before the GATE scorecard is officially available at GOAPS, students must check the previous year's cutoff of the college choices and analyse when to apply and which branch to tar
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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
For now, there are no updates regarding how many candidates have registered and appeared for GATE 2026 exam. IIT Guwahati will release candidate's stats on its official website along with minimum qualifying cutoff marks and results. Meanwhile here is the stats last 5 years of number of candidates registered and appeared in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering -
Year | Registered candidates | Appeared candidates |
2025 | 936019 | 747319 |
2024 | 826239 | 653292 |
2023 | 670,000 | 517,000 |
2022 | 8 Lakhs | 7,11,542 |
2021 | 10 Lakhs | 8 Lakhs |
New answer posted
6 months agoContributor-Level 8
The GATE normalisation process is mainly done for the papers which is conducted in multiple sessions, to ensure fairness across different difficulty level. The GATE normalisation process uses the formula based on mean and standard deviation of marks from all sessions.
The normalisation process in GATE is done for computer Science and engineering (CSE) and civil engineering paper (CE).
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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
Considering the past year's trends and experts analysis, GATE CSE, ECE, and EE papers are considered as the toughest papers in GATE exam. Here's why -
Complex technical concepts and fundamentals
Heavy mathematics
Branch popularity and number of registered candidates are more.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
No, GATE official question paper is not released yet. The question paper for respective subjects will be made available along with answer key and GATE 2026 response sheet. The expected release date is last week of February.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
No, it is not compulsory to attempt all questions asked in GATE question paper. Since there is negative marking for incorrect answers, students are advised to answer those questions which they are confident of.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 10
The following IITs have the lowest GATE cutoffs -
- IIT Mandi
- IIT Palakkad
- IIT Tirupati and
- IIT Dharwad
These IITs mostly offer admission with GATE AIR between 3000 - 5000 ranks (approx) for computer Science and engineering.
New answer posted
6 months agoContributor-Level 8
No, the GATE 2026 question paper has not been released. The expected release date is last week of February 2026.
New answer posted
6 months agoContributor-Level 8
The difficulty level of GATE question paper changes every year, as different IITs and IISc Bangalore conduct the competitive exam on rotational basis. However, based on the last past 5 to 10 years of GATE paper review, the difficulty level usually remains moderate to tough mostly.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 8
There is no one IIT that is consistent with GATE question paper difficulty level. However, based on students and subject experts, it is observed that IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore has a record of setting the toughest GATE question paper so far. Apart from that, IIT Kanpur is also known for setting difficult GATE question paper, especially for EE (electrical engineering) branch.
Therefore, it is advised to make concepts strong while preparing for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.
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