GATE Answer Key 2021

GATE Answer Key 2021 - IIT Bombay will release the GATE 2021 answer key tentatively in the third week of February in online mode. For those who are unaware, answer key of GATE 2021 will carry the correct responses of the question asked during the entrance examination. The answer key of GATE 2021 can be used to calculate probable scores by following the official marking scheme. IIT Bombay will first release the provisional GATE answer key 2021 and after evaluating the feedback final key will be issued. Objections against the provisional GATE 2021 answer key will be accepted by the authorities tentatively in the third week of February. Payment of Rs. 500 will have to be made by the candidates appearing for GATE for every challenge. After checking all of the objections sent by the candidates, the final answer key of GATE 2021 will be released. Read on, to get detailed information about the GATE answer key 2021:

Important Dates of GATE 2021 Answer Key

Why GATE Answer Key 2021 is Important?

• The answer key of GATE 2021 will consist of correct responses of the questions asked in examination.

• By referring to the answer key candidates can calculate their probable scores before the result is announced. However, to calculate the score, candidates will have to refer to the official marking scheme.

• Moreover, candidates will be able to use the facility of challenging the answer key within the given time period, if they find any objections/doubts against the answer key of GATE 2021.

• The exam authorities will consider all the challenges/objections by the candidate before the declaration of GATE 2021 result.

• Also, GATE answer key will provide transparency to the admission process because it reduces the chance of unwanted penalization of candidates and extra marks awarded in GATE 2021

How to Access GATE Answer Key 2021?

In order to download answer key of GATE 2021, candidates will have to follow below give steps:

1. Visit the official website or click on the above given links (links will be updated as and when released by the authorities).

2. Click on the ‘answer key’ link

3. The question papers and answer keys will be displayed on the screen.

4. Download the answer key and corresponding questions paper. It will be downloaded in PDF format only.

How to Calculate Score Using GATE answer key 2021

Using answer key of GATE 2021, candidates can calculate probable scores following below steps:

• Calculate the total number of correct answers and allocate marks accordingly and then calculate the overall marks.

• The candidate has to tally the total negative marks for wrong attempts. (Only Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will have negative marking. There will be no negative marking for NAT questions). So calculation goes:

• MCQ Marks: Total marks (1 mark) + Total marks (2 marks)

• Total marks (1 mark) = 1 x no. of correct attempts – 1/3 x no. of wrong attempts

• Total marks (2 marks) = 2 x number of correct attempts – 2/3 x number of wrong attempts

• NAT Marks: Total marks (1 mark) + Total marks (2 marks)

Formula: Total marks = Total marks secured for correct response – Negative marks for wrong response.

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Steps to challenge GATE Answer Key 2021

In case candidates finds any objection in the provisional answer key of GATE 2021, they can challenge the same by following given below steps:

• Visit the official GOAPS website

• Click on “Contest Answer Key" tab.

• The web page will be redirected to the payment gateway.

• Make the payment of Rs. 500 through online mode (per challenge). For NRI candidates, the fee is US $ 10.

• After successful payment, enter the question number candidates wish to challenge.

• Justification for the contest (maximum 500 characters) will have to be provided by the candidates.

• Before the submission of objection, attach the necessary supporting documents in the prescribed format.

Note: The candidates will have to check the serial number of question which will be mentioned as per the official question paper released on the website while challenging the GATE 2021 answer key. Moreover, candidates will also have to specify the section name and question number in the supporting document before uploading such documents.

GATE Response Sheet 2021

Along with the answer key, authorities will also release the GATE 2021 response sheet. In order to check the response sheet, candidates will have to follow the given below steps:

Steps to Check GATE Response Sheet 2021

• Login to the GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System) portal

• To view the response sheet, click on the ‘view response sheet’ button on the screen.

• Candidates will be able to see the response sheet on the screen.

• They will be able to save the web page as a PDF.

GATE Previous Year Answer Key (2020, 2019, 2018 & 2017)

As the current year GATE 2021 answer key is not yet available, candidates can download the previous year answer key from the below given table.

GATE 2020 Answer Key and Question Papers (Official)

GATE 2020 Answer Key by Coaching Institutes

Paper wise Answer Key by Coaching Institutes

GATE 2020 Answer Key by Coaching Institutes (Two Session Papers)

GATE 2020 Answer Key for different M.Tech disciplines

Candidates can refer to the following table to check the answer key of GATE 2020 for various M.Tech disciplines.

GATE 2020 Answer Key for CS, CE, and EE

GATE 2019 Answer Key and Question Paper (Official) - GATE Previous Year Answer Key

GATE 2018 Answer Key and Question Paper (Official)

GATE 2017 Answer Key and Question Paper (Official)

What After GATE Answer Key 2021?

Authorities will announce the result of GATE 2021 tentatively in the third week of March. To view the result candidates will have to log in using their GATE enrolment ID/email address/registration ID and password. The result of GATE 2021 will enable candidates to check their scores out of 100, qualifying marks for GATE paper, All India Rank and more. Candidates must note that authorities will calculate the scores by using the raw scores secured by the candidates in their respective GATE paper. For those papers which have multiple sessions, a normalization process will be adopted by the authorities.

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GATE Cutoff 2021

The cutoff of GATE 2021 will be declared by IIT Bombay. The GATE 2021 cutoff will be the minimum qualifying mark required to clear the entrance test. GATE cut off 2021 will be based on factors like total number of candidates appeared in the exam, performance of the candidates in the examination, difficulty level of the exam and past year cut off trends. Candidates can the previous year’s GATE cutoff for their reference:

GATE 2020 Qualifying Cutoff (Official)

This article has been written as per last year’s information. The article will be updated as soon as details are released by the authorities.