Where is the official GATE CS 2026 question paper?

IIT Guwahati 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 2026 set the real GATE CS 2026 paper?

No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2026 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 2026 cutoff?

General: 30, OBC-NCL / EWS: 27, SC / ST / PwD: 20 (from the official notice).

GATE Computer Science 2026 Question Paper — Pattern, Cutoff, Official PDF & Practice Set

GATE Computer Science 2026

Published by IIT Guwahati 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: 2,59,922
Appeared: 2,11,020
Vacancies: Not applicable / not published

Qualifying cutoff

General30
OBC-NCL / EWS27
SC / ST / PwD20

Practise this year’s pattern

GATE CS 2026 pattern set: an original set assembled to the 2026 distribution — same shape, section split and question types, timed and scored exactly as the paper scores.

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Where the marks sat

General Aptitude
10 questions · 15 marks
Engineering Mathematics
13 marks
CS subject
72 marks

The 2026 paper ran in 2 sessions; the link opens session 1 — every session's paper and key is on the archive page. Sources: Master question papers & keys, IIT Guwahati archive · GATE 2026 cut-off marks (IIT Guwahati). Verified 15 Sept 2026.

Frequently asked

Where is the official GATE CS 2026 question paper?: IIT Guwahati 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 2026 set the real GATE CS 2026 paper?: No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2026 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 2026 cutoff?: General: 30, OBC-NCL / EWS: 27, SC / ST / PwD: 20 (from the official notice).