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GATE 2026 Answer Key for IN- IIT Guwahati has release the GATE 2026 IN final answer key along with question paper on March 19, 2026. Candidates can download the answer key of GATE 2026 IN from the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. To download the answer key, candidates need to enter their credentials like application number and password. The GATE 2026 IN answer key direct link is provided here. Candidates can cross-check their answers and calculate marks based on the GATE IN answer key 2026. It comprises all the correct answers to the questions framed in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. The answer key of GATE 2026 can be used to verify answers for each question.
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The authority conducted the GATE 2026 exam for IN on February 7, 2026. The GATE 2026 result will be announced on March 19, 2026. Read the article carefully to know more about GATE 2026 answer key for IN.
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IIT Guwahati has published the GATE 2026 final IN answer key on the official website. The GATE IN 2026 answer key contains the answers to the questions posed in the exam. Candidates can estimate their scores in the GATE 2026 exam using the answer key.
The authority released the GATE answer key for Instrumentation Engineering online. Login credentials are required to download the GATE answer key for IN 2026. The final answer key will be available as a PDF. Below are the steps to download the provisional GATE IN answer key 2026.
Visit the GATE 2026 official website
Check the notification section for the GATE answer key link
Click on the GOAPS link. Login.
GATE 2026 master question paper and answer key page will display
The answer key will display
Download the same.
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Candidates can challenge the GATE answer key online through the GOAPS portal. To challenge the answer key candidates must pay the challenge fee per question and upload the supporting documents. The steps to challenge the GATE answer key IN are mentioned below.
Visit the official GOAPS website
Login using the required credentials
Click on the “Contest Answer Key" link.
Make the payment of Rs. 500 online (per challenge). For NRI candidates, the fee is US $ 10.
After successful payment, enter the question number the candidates wish to challenge.
Candidates are required to upload justification for the contest (maximum 500 characters).
Attach the necessary supporting documents in the prescribed format and click on the submit button to submit the challenge
The authority released the GATE 2026 response sheet on the official website. Candidates must provide their registered email ID/registration number and password to download the response sheet of GATE IN. The response sheet consists of candidates' responses marked during the exam. Candidates can use the GATE answer key for IN and the response sheet to verify the answer and calculate the probable score. Below are the steps to download the GATE response sheet 2026.
Open the GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System) portal
Login using the registered email ID/registration number and password of GATE
To view the response sheet, click on the ‘view GATE response sheet’ button on the screen.
Candidates can see the response sheet on the screen.
They can save the web page as a PDF.
Candidates must use the answer key and response sheet to calculate their score. Below are the steps to calculate the GATE score.
Mark the total number of correct and incorrect answers by matching your response sheet with the answer key
Assign the number to every correct and incorrect answer as per the marking scheme in the GATE exam pattern
Subtract the score of the total correct answers from the total incorrect answers
The result after subtraction is the score of the candidate
Note: The final score will be released along with the GATE result.
IIT Guwahati will announce the GATE 2026 result on March 19, 2026. Candidates will be able to check the GATE results on the official website. Candidates must use their email ID/registration number and password to check the result. The result for GATE 2026 will be available in the form of a GATE scorecard.
Below is the previous year GATE answer key for IN.
Year | Answer key |
2025 | GATE 2025 Instrumentation Engineering Answer key |
2024 | GATE 2024 Instrumentation Engineering (IN) Question Paper and Answer Key PDF |
2023 | |
2022 | |
2021 | |
2020 | |
2019 | |
2016- 2018 |
Candidates can find the GATE 2026 unofficial IN answer key below.



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