IIT

The students who wants to get admission into BHU IIT, Varanasi must meet the minimum eligibility criteria for the course. They must appear and clear the JEE Mains and JEE Advanced exams to qualify for further admission process. For the BTech course admission students must complete class 12th from recognised board with minimum 75% marks. Then they must appear for JoSAA councelling process. 

Yes, if you belong to the General AI category, you can get admission to CSE at IIT Tirupati with a JEE Advanced cutoff rank of 4000. The cutoff rank for admission varies across different categories and rounds. In 2025, for CSE admission, the last round cutoff ranks varied between 4620 and 5034 for the students belonging to the General AI quota.  

For IIT Tirupati, the JEE Advanced last round closing ranks ranged between 5034 and 16548 for BTech admission in the General category under the AI quota. Likewise, the cutoff range varies across different categories and rounds. For the last round, the category-wise range is given below: 

Yes, with 50 marks in the GATE exam candidates can get admission to few IITs and NITs as well. 

Many new IITs do accept low GATE scores for M.Tech admission. Some old IITs also accept low GATE score, depending on category and other factors. Here are some IITs that accept low GATE scores for admission. 

• IIT Bhubaneswar

• IIT Mandi

• IIT Bhilai

• IIT Ropar

• IIT Jodhpur

These IITs mainly accept GATE scores starting from 330 to 400 (General Category), mainly in Round 4 or 5 of COAP counselling.

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.

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. 

IIT JAM question paper comprises 60 questions for 100 marks. The question paper has three sections. Section A has 30 multiple-choice questions. There are 10 multiple select questions in Section B. Section C has 20 numerical answer-type questions.  Negative marking is done for Section A.