GATE 2026 – Computer Science and Information Technology (CS), session 1

Subject

GATE – Computer Science (CS)

Time allowed

110 minutes

Opens

Oct 26, 2026, 8:50 PM

Closes

Dec 31, 2031, 11:59 PM

Questions

43 questions

Wrong answers lose 33% of the question's marks. Questions with more than one right answer never lose marks.

GATE 2026 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS1), from the official question paper and final answer key published by IIT Guwahati, for practice. This practice paper has the 43 multiple-choice (MCQ) and multiple-select (MSQ) questions that work as text (61 marks); time: 110 minutes, GATE's pace. MCQ: a wrong answer loses one-third of the question's marks. MSQ: one or more options are right; you get the marks only for choosing exactly the right ones, and there is no negative marking. Left out: numerical-answer (NAT) questions and questions that need a figure or table (question numbers 2, 7, 8, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 43, 50, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 of the real paper). If you think an answer is wrong, write to lagatiyal@gmail.com.