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The GATE 2026 examination has concluded. Candidates can access the GATE 2026 Feb 8 question paper with solutions on this page. The question papers for all sessions and subjects held on February 8 are available in PDF format for reference and analysis. The GATE question paper provide aspirants an opportunity to study the exam format and assess its difficulty and the patterns of questions asked.

GATE 2026 February 8 Shift 1 Question paper

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GATE 2026 February 8 Memory-based questions Forenoon Session:

Question 1: Which of the following cannot be the number of states in the minimal DFA equivalent to the NFA of 6 states?
A) 1
B) 32
C) 65
D) 128

Question 2: For n>1, the maximum multiplicity of any eigenvalue of an n×n matrix with real entries is?
(A) n−1
(B) n+1
(C) n
(D) 1

Question 3: Which one of the following of register operands on different instructions can cause data hazard in the pipelined processor?
(A) Write After Read
(B) Write After Write
(C) Read After Read
(D) Read After Write

Question 4: Consider a relation R(A,B,C,D) and functional dependencies of X→Y. Which of the following statement are correct?
(A) If PQ→R, then P→R or Q→R.
(B) If P→R and Q→S, then PQ→RS.
(C) If P→R, then PQ→R.
(D) If PQ→R and P→R, then Q→R.

Question 5: With respect to TCP connection between client and server, which of the following is True?

A) TCP connection is half-duplex

B) The client and server use three way Handshaking mechanism

C) Before starting data Transmission client and server can initiate closing the connection at the same time
D) The server can not initiate closing of correction unless the client initiates closing of the connection

Question 6: Sliding window protocol: L = 1000bits, R = 100Kbps, Tp = 100 ms, Tpm = 0. Find optimal window size?
(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 20
(D) 21

Question 7 : An ISP having Address Block 202.16.0.0/15. Assign a Block of 6000 IP Address to a client using the Classless Addressing. Which of the following Address Block can be assigned by the ISP?
(A) 202.16.32.0/19
(B) 202.16.0.0/19
(C) 202.17.24.0/19
(D) 202.17.64.0/19

Question 8: If L1∩L2 and L2 are regular then which of the following is always true?
(A) L¯1 is CFL
(B) L1 is Regular
(C) L1∪L2 is regular
(D) L¯2 is CFL

GATE 2026 February 8 Memory-based questions Afternoon Session:

This section is updated with the memory-based questions of the GATE 2026 CSE second shift question paper.

Question 1: A network has subnet mask 255.255.240.0, find the number of hosts/subnet

Question 2: What is the fastest algorithm (worst-case time complexity) to compute the minimum path length from a source to a destination in a directed graph with nonnegative edge weights?
(A) Bellman-Ford Algorithm
(B) Floyd-Warshall Algorithm
(C) Dijkstra's Algorithm (using priority queue)
(D) Breadth First Search (BFS)

Question 3: Find how many combinations [A, B, S1, S0] output y=1

Question 4: A 32-bit IEEE 754 single-precision floating-point number is given in hexadecimal form as C2710000.
Determine the corresponding decimal value represented by this IEEE floating-point number.

Question 5: R is a relation on set {1,2,3,4,….10}(x,y)∈R iff x⋅y is a square of an integer. Which of the following are correct?
(A) Antisymmetric
(B) Reflexive
(C) Transitive
(D) Symmetric

Question 6: Which one of the following may need to broadcast some of its messages?

A) HTTP
B) FTP
C) SMTP
D) DHCP

Question 7: Give A is 4×4 matrix if |A| = 3.
Find the determinant |2A| = ?

Question 8: Question on CRC

Msg =110001011g(x)=1001

A) 000
B) 101
C) 011
D) 100

Question 9: Which is not preemptive?
(A) Round Robin
(B) FCFS
(C) SRTF
(D) Priority scheduling

Question 10: Which one of the following is not a property of Boolean algebra?
(A) a⋅b=b⋅a
(B) a+a′=1
(C) a+b=b+a
(D) a⋅a′=1

GATE 2026 February 8 Exam – Shift-wise Papers

Forenoon Shift (FN)

Time: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

• CS-1: Computer Science and Information Technology (Paper 1)

• ST: Statistics

Afternoon Session (AN)

Time: 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

• CS-2: Computer Science and Information Technology (Paper 2)

• EY: Ecology and Evolution

• NM: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

• PE: Petroleum Engineering

GATE 2026 February 8 Exam Analysis – Overall

The detailed overall analysis of the GATE 2026 February 8 exam is updated here. And you can also find the GATE 2026 Feb 8 question paper with solutions on this page after the exam.

CS-1(Forenoon Shift)

• The paper was overall moderate to difficult, but a few questions were found to be lengthy.

• The general aptitude question seems to be easily doable.

• Compiler, Algorithm questions were on the difficult side.

• Operating System and TOC questions were on the moderate to difficult side.

CS-1(Afternoon Shift)

The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate to tough. Students found it lengthy due to the tricky MSQs. The paper tested the time management of the students.

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