What happens if my preferred GATE exam city is not allotted?

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9 months ago

In case you are not allotted the city of your choice in GATE, the authorities organizing GATE will allocate you an alternative city to write gate; in most cases, this would be one of your other choices, though a different city in the same zone. This is done when a specific city has been over-chosen

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7 months ago

If the candidate's selected choice of city is unavailable, then the organising IIT will assign an alternative centre in the nearest possible city within the same zone.  While this may not be the first choice of the student, but they will try to accommodate within close proximity to reduce travel str

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