IIT Guwahati conducted GATE CS paper in two shifts on February 8. The overall paper analysis can be checked below of both shifts -
| GATE CSE paper and shifts | Shift-wise paper analysis |
| GATE CSE 1 (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) | CSE 1 overall paper was moderate to tough. Most students found paper to be lengthy. Important topics covered: algorithms, functions, and graph theory. |
| GATE CSE 2 (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm) | CSE 2 paper overall was moderate, and was easy compared to the first shift. CN |
Check marking-distribution (memory-based) of GATE 2026 CSE paper below -
database | 3 questions - 1 mark, 2 questions -2 marks |
Computer organisation and architecture | 2 questions - 1 mark, and 3 questions - 2 mark |
Operating system | 2 questions - 1 mark, and 2 questions - 2 mark |
Engineering mathematics | 4 questions - 1 mark |
Discrete mathematics | 1 questions - 1 mark, and 2 questions - 2 mark |
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