GATE 2017 Cut off and Qualifying Marks
GATE 2017 Cut Off list will release after the result announcement. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is managed by the seven IITs on rotation basis. This year the GATE exam is organized by the IIT Roorkee. It is a national level exam, which is conducted to get admissions in the postgraduate programmes (M.Tech/ME) in NITs, IITs & various top Institutions. In this article, we have updated the details of GATE 2017 Cut Off. GATE 2017 is scheduled to be conducted on February 4, 5, 11 and 12.
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The candidate can download the score card soon from the official website.
How to download the score card
- Go to the official website
- Click on the link, ‘Download GATE Score Card 2017’
- Enter the necessary details
- After submitting the same, the score cards will be displayed on the screen
- The candidates must take a printout for further reference
The score card can be successfully downloaded till May 5. It will be valid for next three years from the date of announcement of the results. The scores may also be used by public and private sector.
GATE 2017 Cutoff
GATE 2017 Cutoff has been announced by IIT Roorkee, Check now at http://www.iitr.ac.in/
The cutoff score of GATE 2017 is the minimum marks that must be secured by candidates to qualify the entrance exam. GATE cut off score is meant to delimit the number of candidates and to select only those who have secured qualifying marks as per their category. Based on the GATE cut off 2017, various PSUs, as well as IITs, NIITs & CFITs select candidates for jobs or academic programmes.
Last year, a total of 8,18,850 candidates appeared, out of which as many as 1,35,392 candidates qualified the national level exam. The table below shows previous year’s GATE cut off Score for popular papers.
GATE Qualifying Cut off
| Papers | Min. Marks (out of 100) | Max Marks (out of 100) | Average Maks | Standard Deviation | No. of Qualified Candidates |
| CE | 16.79 | 87.86 | 33.91 | 11.39 | 18013 |
| CH | 22 | 83 | 39.59 | 9.55 | 3317 |
| CS | 16.71 | 85.95 | 33.59 | 10.8 | 15207 |
| EC | 16.73 | 86.27 | 31.17 | 9.24 | 25339 |
| EE | 16.74 | 88.39 | 34.09 | 11.17 | 21396 |
| IN | 21 | 84.67 | 40.58 | 11.11 | 2566 |
| MA | 16.67 | 54 | 27.62 | 5.76 | 778 |
| ME | 19.77 | 94.66 | 41.65 | 13.04 | 32670 |
| MT | 28 | 73 | 45.55 | 8.93 | 961 |
| PI | 17.67 | 78.67 | 33.92 | 10.49 | 582 |
GATE cut off for IITs: GATE score will be basis for selecting candidates for M.Tech admission in IITs. Candidates who wish to pursue master of technology from IITs can check GATE cut off for M. Tech admission in IITs from the table given below. The table below shows cut off for popular branches and institute.
GATE Cut off and Qualifying Marks 2015
| Branch | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
| ME | 32.73 | 29.46 | 21.82 |
| CE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| EE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| EC | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| CS | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| IN | 25.45 | 22.9 | 16.96 |
| PI | 26.82 | 24.14 | 17.88 |
GATE Cut off Discipline wise
Here you may check GATE 2016 cutoff. The cutoff is mentioned branch wise:
| GATE Paper | Category | ||
| GEN | OBC | SC/ST/PwD | |
| Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 25.45 | 22.9 | 16.96 |
| Chemical Engineering (CH) | 29.7 | 33.1 | 22 |
| Biotechnology (BT) | 26.08 | 23.47 | 17.39 |
| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 27.52 | 24.77 | 18.34 |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Civil Engineering (CE) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Qualifying cut off marks for GATE 2015
| GATE paper code | GATE paper | General categories | OBC (NCL) | SC/ST/PWD |
| CS | Computer Science & IT | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| EC | Electronics & communications & engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| EE | Electrical engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| ME | Mechanical engineering | 32.73 | 29.46 | 21.82 |
| IN | Instrumentation engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| CE | Civil engineering | 27.52 | 24.77 | 18.34 |
Here you may check GATE 2014 cutoff. The cutoff is mentioned branch wise:
| GATE Paper | Category | ||
| GEN | OBC | SC/ST/PwD | |
| Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| Chemical Engineering (CH) | 32.35 | 21.57 | 29.12 |
| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | 25.74 | 23.17 | 17.16 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.67 |
| Metallurgical Engineering (MT) | 49.87 | 44.88 | 33.25 |
| Civil Engineering | 27.13 | 24.42 | 18.09 |
Expected cut off marks for GATE 2017 will be updated soon on this page.
GATE 2017 Exam Pattern
| Section | Question
No. |
No. of
Questions |
Marks Per
Question |
Total
Marks |
||
| General Aptitude | 1 to 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Technical
+ Engineering Mathematics |
1 to 25 | 25 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 26 to 55 | 30 | 2 | 60 | |||
| Total Questions : 65 | Total Marks : 100 | Total Duration : 3 hours | ||||
| Technical Section :
70 marks |
General Aptitude: 15 marks | Engineering Mathematics :
15 marks |
||||
| 25 marks to 40 marks will allotted to Numeric Answer Type Questions | ||||||
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
These questions are objective in nature and each question will have choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer. Each question carries 1 or 2 marks questions in all the sections.
Numerical Answer Questions
There will be no choices available for these types of questions. A Numeric Answer question carries 1 or 2 marks questions in all sections. The answer for these questions is a real number to be entered by using mouse and virtual keypad displayed on the monitor. No negative marking for these questions.
| Negative Marking | ||
| Questions Type | Marks | Negative Marking |
| Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | 1 mark | 0.33 |
| 2 marks | 0.66 | |
| Numerical Answer Questions | 1 mark | Nil |
| 2 marks | Nil | |
GATE 2017 Exam Schedule
| Date & Day | Session No. | Time | Test Paper Code | ||
| 4th February 2017
(Saturday) |
1 | 09:00 – 12.00 Hrs.
(Forenoon) |
ME | ||
| 2 | 2:00 – 5:00 Hrs.
(Afternoon) |
ME | |||
| 5th February 2017
(Sunday) |
3 | 09:00 – 12.00 Hrs.
(Forenoon) |
EC, PI | ||
| 4 | 2:00 – 5:00 Hrs.
(Afternoon) |
EC | |||
| 11th February 2017
(Saturday) |
5 | 09:00 – 12.00 Hrs.
(Forenoon) |
CS, EE | ||
| 6 | 2:00 – 5:00 Hrs.
(Afternoon) |
CS, EE | |||
| 12th February 2017
(Sunday) |
7 | 09:00 – 12.00 Hrs.
(Forenoon) |
CE | ||
| 8 | 2:00 – 5:00 Hrs.
(Afternoon) |
CE, IN | |||
| Last Date for Request for Change in the
Choice of Examination City via GOAPS login |
November 16, 2016 (Wednesday) |
| Availability of Admit Card on the Online
Application Interface for printing |
January 5, 2017 (Thursday) |
| Announcement of Results on the Online Application Website | March 27, 2017 (Monday) |
