GATE 2026 Answer Key & Response sheet has been released on 22nd February 2026. Challenging of keys & papers is provided after the release of keys & papers. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is conducted on national level.
GATE 2026 Response Sheet – Released
GATE 2026 Response sheet, Answer key & Question papers have been released on 22nd February 2026 via login. Click here to view answer key.
GATE 2026 Latest Update: Challenge/ contest on answer key is now open till 28th February 2026. Provisional candidates are not allowed to contest but can see their responses on GOAPs portal.
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It is a perfect gateway to get admission in postgraduate Engineering & Technology professional courses. IIT Roorkee is the organising body of GATE 2026. Exam has been conducted on 7th, 8th, 14th & 15th February 2026.
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Candidates are offered admission in government and private aided Engineering institutions in India on the basis of GATE scores. Here, in this article candidates can check the complete information of GATE Question Papers & Answer Keys 2026.
GATE Official Answer Keys 2026
First, the authority releases GATE 2026 Answer Key on provisional basis on the website. It will be released in February 2026. Candidates can make challenges for a certain time period.
Through answer key, candidates can check their questions along with their answers. Response sheet is available with keys.
The answer key helps the candidates to check their numbers of correct answers and wrong answers. They can estimate that how many marks they are going to score in the final result.
After few days of releasing the answer key, candidates can check the GATE 2026 result. Through online mode, the GATE 2026 score card will be provided.
Also Check: GATE Score Card Calculation 2026
GATE Exam Papers & Previous Year Answer Keys
Here we have provided institutional answer key of GATE (Previous Years):
| Year 2025 | Download Links |
| GATE 2025 Provisional answer key | Click here to view answer key. |
| GATE 2025 Final answer key | Click here to view final keys. |
For Year 2024:
For Year 2023:
| Course | Answer Key (Institutional) |
| Computer Science/ IT | Click here |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | Click here |
| Electronic Engineering (EE) | Click here |
| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | Click here |
| Civil Engineering (CE 1) | Click here |
| Civil Engineering (CE 2) | Click here |
| Production & Industrial Engineering | Click here |
| Instrumentation Engineering | Click here |
| Chemical Engineering (CE) | Click here |
Click Here for Official GATE 2023 Papers/ keys
For Year 2022:
| Subjects | The Gate Academy | Gate Forum | Made Easy |
| CE | CE 1- Click Here CE 2- Click Here | Click Here | CE 1- Click Here CE 2- Click Here |
| IN | Click Here | Click Here | Click Here |
| EE | Click Here | – | Click Here |
| ECE | Click Here | – | – |
| ME | ME 1- Click Here ME 2- Click Here | – | Click Here |
| CS | CS 1- Click Here CS 2- Click Here | – | CS 1- Click Here CS 2- Click Here |
Click Here for Official GATE 2022 Papers/ keys
Click Here for Official GATE 2021 Papers/ keys
GATE Previous Years Answer Keys
2020:
| Papers | Answer Keys |
| GATE ME Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
| GATE IN Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
| GATE ECE V1 Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) GATE ECE V2 Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) GATE ECE V3 Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here Click Here Click Here |
| GATE IN Paper (By GATE FORUM) | Click Here |
| GATE EE Paper (By Made Easy) | Click Here |
| GATE EE Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
| GATE ME Paper (By Made Easy) | Click Here |
| GATE CS Paper (By Made Easy) | Click Here |
| GATE CS Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
| GATE ME-1 Paper (By Gradeup) GATE ME-2 Paper (By Gradeup) | Click Here Click Here |
| GATE CE-1 Paper (By Made Easy) | Click Here |
| GATE CE – Set -2 Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
| GATE CE – Set -1 Paper (By THE GATE ACADEMY) | Click Here |
Click Here for Official GATE 2020 Papers/ keys
Click Here for Official GATE 2019 Papers/ keys
For Year 2018:
| Institution | Morning Session | Afternoon Session |
| THE GATE ACADEMY | ME | CS | CE | EC | | ME | IN | CE | EE | |
| Engineers Academy | ME | CS | ME | EE | |
| GATE Forum | ME | CS |
Click here to view Previous Answer Keys.
Question Papers:
| Institution | Morning Session |
| GATE 2018 | EC |
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Click here to view GATE Previous Years Question Papers.
Candidates must check their answer key as per their paper code. To check the answer key, candidates have to use their session number GATE paper subject code for which they have applied.
With the help of GATE answer key candidates must know their qualifying status. Candidates must be instructed to keep their login credentials to check the answer key.
GATE Cut Off (Previous Year)
| Branch | General | OBC | ST/SC/PH |
| CS | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| ME | 32.87 | 29 | 21 |
| EC | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| EE | 25.2 | 25.2 | 16.7 |
| CE | 28.7 | 25.8 | 19.1 |
| CH | 44.3 | 39.8 | 29.5 |
How to Download GATE Answer Key 2026
Candidates can download their answer key by following the online procedure given below:
- Visit the online website link. (Direct link will be provided above)
- Open that link and you will be redirected to the official answer key link.
- Subject-wise answer key along with question paper will be displayed on your screen.
- Click on your subject answer key and download it.
- It will be downloaded in pdf format.
GATE Answer Key Challenge 2026
The authority provides the facility for challenging the answer key in last week of February 2026. After checking the generated answer keys, if candidates are not satisfied with the official provisional answer key can challenge it for limited time period.
Candidates can make challenges the answer key by paying Rs. 500/- for each question. The final decision is taken by the GATE conducting authority if the challenge gets accepted.
After that, final answer key is uploaded on the website. The final key is released by the authority after accepting the objections from all candidates.
GATE 2026 Marking Scheme
GATE 2026 written examination has been conducted on 7th, 8th, 14th & 15th February 2026. The exam is conducted through online mode (computer-based test). For MCQs of 1 mark, 1/3 marks are deducted and for 3 marks MCQs, 2/3 marks is deducted for each wrong answer.
There is no negative marking for numerical type questions. The negative marking is considered only in the multiple choice questions.
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