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GATE Computer Science 2024

Published by IISc Bengaluru as a public PDF. Below: the paper’s shape, where the marks sat, the cutoff, and placd’s own set built to this year’s distribution.

The paper

Questions
65
Marks
100
Duration
180 min
Types
MCQ, MSQ, NAT
Negative
1/3 mark on a wrong 1-mark MCQ, 2/3 on a wrong 2-mark MCQ; none on MSQ or NAT
Official paper
Official paper on gate2026.iitg.ac.in
Answer key
Official key

The year

Registered
1,52,652
Appeared
1,23,967
Vacancies
Not applicable / not published

Qualifying cutoff

  • General27.6
  • OBC-NCL / EWS24.8
  • SC / ST / PwD18.4

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GATE CS 2024 pattern set: an original set assembled to the 2024 distribution — same shape, section split and question types, timed and scored exactly as the paper scores.

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Where the marks sat

  1. General Aptitude
    10 questions · 15 marks
  2. Engineering Mathematics
    13 marks
  3. CS subject
    72 marks

Topic weightage

TopicMarksPractise it
General Aptitude15Aptitude
Engineering Mathematics13Engineering Mathematics bank
Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms16.2—
Computer Networks9.2Subject bank
Databases8.2Subject bank
Compiler Design8.1Subject bank
Operating Systems8.2Subject bank
Theory of Computation8.1Subject bank
Computer Organization & Architecture8.1Subject bank
Digital Logic6.1Subject bank

The 2024 paper ran in 2 sessions; the link opens session 1 — every session's paper and key is on the archive page. Topic weightage is as reported by exam-analysis sites, not by the organising institute. Sources: Master question papers & keys, IIT Guwahati archive · GATE 2024 cut-off marks (IISc Bengaluru). Verified 15 Sept 2026.

Frequently asked

Where is the official GATE CS 2024 question paper?
IISc Bengaluru publishes it as a public PDF — the link above opens it on the official site. placd does not host or reproduce it.
Is placd's 2024 set the real GATE CS 2024 paper?
No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2024 paper's distribution — the same shape, section split, question types and mark weighting, scored the way the paper scores — with placd's own solutions. Past-paper text is not reproduced.
What was the GATE CS 2024 cutoff?
General: 27.6, OBC-NCL / EWS: 24.8, SC / ST / PwD: 18.4 (from the official notice).

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