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GATE Answer Key 2018 – Candidates can avail the GATE 2018 answer keysoon after the conclusion of the exam. Various coaching centres like Made Easy, The GATE Academy, GATEForum etc will release the answer key of GATE 2018 for various sessions of GATE papers. The GATE answer key 2018 will contain the correct answers to the questions asked in the entrance test. Publication of the 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 2018 answer key 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 answer key 2018 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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Important Dates for GATE Answer Key 2018
S.No | Events | Dates |
1 | GATE 2018 exam | February 3, 4, 10 and 11, 2018 |
2 | Response Sheet of GATE 2018 | Second week of February |
3 | Availability of Official GATE 2018 Question Paper | Second week of February |
4 | Availability of Official GATE 2018 Answer Key | Third week of February |
5 | Dates to Challenge the Official Answer Key of GATE 2018 | First week of March |
6 | Availability of Final Answer Key of GATE 2018 | Second week of March |
7 | Result of GATE 2018 | March 17, 2018 |
How to check the GATE 2018 Response Sheet?
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.
How to check the GATE 2018 Official Answer Key?
How to 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.
How to 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
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.
The aspirants of GATE 2018 can download the previous years' question paper with their answer key for different papers of GATE from the table given below.
GATE Official Question Paper and Answer Key
S.No | GATE Paper | GATE Question Paper | GATE Final Answer Key | GATE Provisional Answer Key |
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5 | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | |
Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | ||
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7 | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | |
Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | ||
8 | Chemistry | |||
9 | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | |
Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | ||
10 | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | |
Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | ||
11 | Ecology and Evolution | |||
12 | Geology and Geophysics | |||
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14 | Mathematics | |||
15 | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | Click here (Session 1) | |
Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | Click here (Session 2) | ||
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19 | Physics | |||
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22 | XE- Engineering Sciences | |||
23 | XL- Engineering Life Sciences |
GATE Result 2018
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.
GATE Cutoff 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 2017 Cutoff and Qualifying Marks
Branch | General | OBC | SC/ ST/ PH |
CS | 25 | 22.50 | 16.60 |
CH | 44.30 | 39.80 | 29.50 |
EE | 25.20 | 25.20 | 16.70 |
CE | 28.70 | 25.8 | 19.10 |
IN | 34.60 | 31.10 | 23.00 |
BT | 38.90 | 35.00 | 25.90 |
EC | 25.00 | 22.50 | 16.60 |
ME | 32.87 | 29 | 21 |
This article is written on previous year's information. It will be updated as soon as the fresh information comes in.
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