What is the exam pattern for GATE exam?

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Satyendra Singh | Contributor-Level 10

a month ago

Candidates can check GATE paper pattern 2026 below -

Particulars	Details
Exam mode	Online
Total Questions	65 (10 General Aptitude and 55 subject-specific)
Question type	MCQ, MSQs, and NATs
Time	3 hours
Total marks	100

Candidates must note that exam pattern (questions) are different for some papers. Make sure to check properly. IIT Guwahati will conduct GATE 2026 exam in two sessions. First is from February 7, 2026 to February 8, 2026 and the second one is from F

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Group Captain Vinayak Deodhar | Scholar-Level 18

8 years ago

Hello Guru, The last date for submission of online application has been just extended by few days. Full details are available on the webpage created for this purpose. I suggest you to visit this once and then seek further queries in case of difficulty.

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