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GATE Electronics & Communication 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
1,15,448
Appeared
95,752
Vacancies
Not applicable / not published

Qualifying cutoff

  • General26.4
  • OBC-NCL / EWS23.7
  • SC / ST / PwD17.5

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GATE EC 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

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

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 EC 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 EC 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 EC 2026 cutoff?
General: 26.4, OBC-NCL / EWS: 23.7, SC / ST / PwD: 17.5 (from the official notice).

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