GATE 2018 Answer Key And Question Papers
Candidates can avail the GATE 2018 answer key soon after the conclusion of the exam. Various coaching centres like Made Easy, The GATE Academy, GATE Forum etc will release the GATE answer key 2018 for various sessions of GATE papers. The answer key of GATE 2018 will contain the correct answers to the questions asked in the entrance test. Publication of the GATE 2018 answer key will help the candidates verify their answers with the ones provided by the experts and calculate their scores in the exam to estimate their probable ranks. IIT Guwahati will also publish the official answer key of GATE 2018 for all sessions and papers along with notification of a time frame to raise any objections with proof. The final GATE answer key 2018 will be published after considering all the objections raised by any candidates. Candidates can check and download the answer key of GATE 2018 as well as their response sheets by logging in through GOAPS. GATE aspirants can download the GATE 2018 answer key for each paper session wise and check the procedure to file objections, know how to calculate their GATE scores and more on this page.
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Candidates are required to log in through GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) by entering their enrolment ID (sent during registration) and password.
Click on the "View Response" button.
The PDFs with their details and response to each question asked in the GATE 2018 paper will appear on the screen.
Click on the link given on this page.
Check the discipline and download the relevant answer key.
Download the answer key and save the file.
The following procedure to be followed to download GATE 2018 Official Answer Key and Response Sheet:
The important dates related to GATE 2018 answer key are given below:
Events |
Dates |
GATE 2018 scheduled on |
February 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2018 |
GATE 2018 response sheets |
Second week of February 2018 |
Official GATE 2018 question papers |
Second week of February 2018 |
Official GATE 2018 answer keys |
Third week of February 2018 |
Challenging the official GATE answer key 2018 |
First week of March 2018 |
Final answer key of GATE 2018 will be released on |
Second week of March 2018 |
GATE 2018 Result to be declared on |
March 17, 2018 |
Challenge the GATE 2018 Answer Key
Log into GOAPs.
Read the guidelines given carefully.
Agree to the declaration stating that guidelines for the contest of the GATE Answer Key have been understood.
Click on the “Contest Answer Key" button to be able to pay and mail their objections.
Pay Rs 500 online for every question to be challenged through the online portal provided.
NRI aspirants of GATE will have to pay US $ 10.
Use the correct question number given in the question paper to challenge.
Attach the justification for challenging the answer key.
Calculate GATE score using the answer key
Count the marks gained in the correct answers and deduct the marks lost in incorrect answers due to negative marking.
The numerical questions will not have negative marking.
GATE score = Marks obtained for MCQs + Marks obtained for NAT questions
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MCQ Marks: Total marks (1 marks) + Total marks (2 marks)
Total marks (1 marks) = 1 x number of correct answers – 1/3 x number of wrong answers
Total marks (2 marks) = 2 x number of correct answers – 2/3 x number of wrong answers
NAT Marks: Total marks (1 marks) + Total marks (2 marks)
Advantages of the GATE Answer Key 2018
GATE 2018 answer key list out the correct answers to the questions asked in the question paper.
Use the same to check and compare the answers.
Calculate the probable marks after comparison with the official answer key of GATE 2017 and estimate GATE ranks.
Paper Code | Session | GATE Forum | The GATE Academy | Engineers Academy |
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EC | Forenoon | Click here | Click Here | Available soon |
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CE | Forenoon | Available soon | Click Here | Available soon |
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CH | Forenoon | Available soon | Available soon | Available soon |
EE | Afternoon | Available soon | Click Here | Available soon |
The result of GATE 2018 will be announced in online mode for all the qualified candidates on March 17, 2018. Candidates can use their GATE registration number to check their GATE result 2018.
Candidates can check the cutoff of GATE 2018 along with the result of the entrance exam. The cutoff of GATE 2018 will be the minimum marks required to qualify the entrance exam. Candidates can the previous year's cutoff from the table below.
GATE Cut-Off (Previous Year – 2017):
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 |
The qualified candidates are provided with a GATE scorecard which has the validity of three years from the date of announcement of result. GATE 2018 score card reflects the candidate’s performance in entrance test. The facility to download the scorecard will be available from the last week of March 2018.