Considering the number of registered and appeared candidates, here are the most popular GATE paper codes in the GATE history -
| GATE Paper Codes | Eligible Two-Paper Combinations |
| Computer Science (CS) | Data Science (DA), Electronics and Communication (EC), Geomatics Engineering (GE), Mathematics (MA), Physics (PH), ST (Statistics), Engineering Sciences (XE), Biotechnology (BT), Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME) |
| Civil Engineering (CE) | Aerospace Engineering (AE), Agricultural Engineering (AG), Architecture and Planning (AR), Environmental Science and Engineering (ES), Geomatics Engineering (GE), Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM), Engineering Sciences (XE), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA), Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF), and Electrical Engineering (EE) |
| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | Aerospace Engineering (AR), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA), Instrumentation Engineering (IN), Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM), Production and Industrial Engineering (PI), Engineering Sciences (XE), and Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) |
| Electronics and Communication (EC) | Computer Science and Information Technology (CS), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA), Electrical Engineering (EE), Instrumentation Engineering (IN), Physics (PH), and Life Sciences (XL) |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | Data Science and Artifiical Intelligence (DA), Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC), Instrumentation Engineering (IN), Physics (PH), Biomedical Engineering (BM), Life Sciences (XL), Computer Science and Information Technology (CS), and Civil Engineering (CE) |
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