GATE previous-year papers on this site
Applies to any GATE year. Source: GATE 2027 Information Brochure.
Six paper sets are hosted: CS/IT, EC, EE, IN, DA and BT. Here are the years in each, the years left out of the paper pages, and where the official answers are.
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This site hosts six sets of GATE previous-year question papers: Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Electrical, Instrumentation, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and Biotechnology. They are free to download. Each file is the question paper released by the institute that organised that year's GATE. There is no Civil Engineering set. For which files carry the official answer key, see which GATE papers include the answer key.
Years hosted for each paper
| Paper | Years hosted | Not hosted | On the paper pages (official answers) | Download only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATE CS/IT | 2018 to 2026, with two sessions in 2024, 2025 and 2026 | None | 2018, 2020, 2022 to 2026, both sessions in 2024 to 2026 | 2019, 2021 |
| GATE EC | 2018 to 2026 | None | 2018, 2020, 2022 to 2026 | 2019, 2021 |
| GATE EE | 2018, 2020 to 2026 | 2019 | 2018, 2020, 2022 to 2026 | 2021 |
| GATE IN | 2018 to 2026 | None | 2018, 2020, 2022 to 2026 | 2019, 2021 |
| GATE DA | 2024 to 2026 | None | 2024 to 2026 | None |
| GATE BT | 2018 to 2026 | None | 2019, 2020, 2022 to 2026 | 2018, 2021 |
| GATE CE | No set | All years | None | None |
Source: the download list on each paper's page under Resources, and the paper pages under /study/papers, 11 Oct 2026. DA began in 2024. The CS/IT, EC, EE and IN copies for 2019 and 2021 are image scans, so those years are download only.
Years that are download only
The 2019 and 2021 files for CS/IT, EC and IN, and the 2021 file for EE, are image scans, so those years have no paper pages. Official keys exist for them, but the copies hosted here are scans without the key. BT 2018 and BT 2021 are hosted as downloads and are not on the paper pages. EE 2019 is not hosted. GATE 2007 to 2026 question papers can be downloaded from the Downloads tab of the GATE 2027 website.
Source: GATE 2027 Information Brochure, p. 26, as on 11 October 2026
Solved versions with the official answer
The paper pages list every question of a paper in printed order, each with its official answer. There is a page for each branch, such as EC, CS, DA and BT, and one for each paper, such as EC 2026. Where a question has a worked solution in the study library, the page links to it. The download lists are on the resource pages for CS, EE, DA and the other branches.
The marking scheme of the 2027 papers
Every test paper runs three hours and carries 65 questions for 100 marks, of which General Aptitude is 10 questions and 15 marks. In BT, CE, CS, EC, EE and IN the remaining 85 marks are the subject component, of which Engineering Mathematics carries 13 marks. In DA the whole 85 is the subject component, with no separately stated Engineering Mathematics allocation. Questions are MCQ, MSQ or NAT, and each carries 1 or 2 marks. A wrong MCQ costs 1/3 of a mark on a 1-mark question and 2/3 of a mark on a 2-mark question. MSQ and NAT carry no negative marking, and no question carries partial marking. Each older paper's instruction page states the scheme of its own year.
Sources: GATE 2027 Information Brochure, p. 4, as on 11 October 2026; GATE 2027 Information Brochure, p. 24, as on 11 October 2026
The 2027 syllabus against the 2026 syllabus
| Paper | 2027 syllabus |
|---|---|
| CS/IT | Changed in three of ten sections |
| EC | Changed in six of eight sections |
| EE | No listing change |
| IN | Changed in all ten sections |
| DA | No listing change |
| BT | The 2027 PDF has one section fewer |
| CE | Gains an eighth section, Construction Materials and Management |
Source: IAE Academy's section-by-section comparison of the official GATE 2026 and GATE 2027 syllabus PDFs, at /resources/gate-2027-syllabus-changes, 15 Sep 2026. A topic not listed by name in 2027 is not necessarily out of scope.
The comparisons are at GATE 2027 syllabus changes, and the official PDFs are at GATE 2027 syllabus.
From the Resource Centre
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Common questions
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Which years have no paper page?+
Where can I see the official answers?+
Is there a GATE Civil (CE) previous-year paper set on this site?+
Which marking scheme applies to the 2027 papers?+
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