What is a good rank for GATE 2026? - The GATE rank below 200 is considered the best rank. Candidates whose rank in the GATE exam is below 200 can easily secure admission to IITs and ISC Bangalore. Students with a high rank in the GATE 2026 exam can also secure jobs in PSUs. Further, GATE ranks between 300 to 800 are considered good, and secure seats at NITs and IIITs. However, the GATE ranks keep changing based on several factors, including the difficulty level of the exams or the number of students participating. Candidates can check the article to know what a good rank is for the GATE exam 2026.
The qualifying marks for GATE 2026 will be announced by IIT Guwahati along with the results. Typically, the cut-offs differ by category, with General candidates requiring the highest marks, OBC-NCL candidates needing 90% of the General cut-off, and SC/ST/PwD candidates needing 50% of the General cut-off.
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To obtain a good rank in GATE, candidates must score 80+ marks in the exam. Last year students with 84.67 marks in GATE Mechanical obtained a rank 1. To obtain a good rank in GATE CSE, candidates must obtain 70+ marks and for GATE ECE, 60+ marks are required. GATE rank is based on various factors such as the number of students who applied for the test, students who appeared for the test, exam difficulty level and previous year trends. Here we have provided the previous year's GATE marks vs rank. Candidates can check the course-wise marks vs the rank of GATE to know what a good rank for GATE.
| Rank | GATE Civil Engineering Marks vs Rank |
| 1-10 | 90+ |
| 10-50 | 85-90 |
| 50-100 | 78-85 |
| 100-200 | 74-78 |
| 200-500 | 56-60 |
| 500-10000 | 64-70 |
| 10000-2000 | 57-64 |
| 2000-5000 | 50-57 |
| 5000-10000 | 40-50 |
| Rank | GATE Mechanical Engineering Marks vs Rank |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | 92+ |
| 10-50 | 87-92 |
| 50-100 | 85-87 |
| 100-200 | 82-85 |
| 200-500 | 79-82 |
| 500-10000 | 75-79 |
| 10000-2000 | 75-79 |
| 2000-5000 | 63-71 |
| 5000-10000 | 51-63 |
Students can find the GATE Marks vs Rank in the table below.
| Rank | GATE Electrical Engineering Marks vs Rank |
| 1-10 | 91+ |
| 10-50 | 87-91 |
| 50-100 | 84-87 |
| 100-200 | 81-84 |
| 200-500 | 77-81 |
| 500-10000 | 72-77 |
| 10000-2000 | 66-72 |
| 2000-5000 | 57-66 |
| 5000-10000 | 46-57 |
Candidates can check the GATE CSE Marks Vs Rank in the table below.
| Rank | GATE Computer Science Engineering 2024 Marks vs Rank |
| 1-10 | 80+ |
| 10-50 | 75-80 |
| 50-100 | 72-75 |
| 100-200 | 68-72 |
| 200-500 | 62-68 |
| 500-10000 | 56-62 |
| 10000-2000 | 50-56 |
| 2000-5000 | 40-50 |
| 5000-10000 | 32-40 |
Candidates can check the GATE toppers marks of the past year to understand the variation in the marks and predict the probable score for GATE 2026. Here are the GATE Topper marks for the top M.Tech branches.
GATE Test Paper | Student Name | GATE marks | GATE score |
Civil Engineering | ABHAY SINGH | 89.02 | 1000 |
Computer Science and Engineering | RAHUL KUMAR SINGH | 100 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | PRADIP CHAUHAN | 81.67 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | SWARNAVA BISWAS | 82.67 | 1000 |
Mechanical Engineering | RAJNEESH BIJARNIYA | 95.33 | 967 |
GATE Test Paper | Student Name | GATE marks | GATE score |
Civil Engineering | Deepak & Bhanu Pratap Singh | 87.33 | 989 |
Computer Science and Engineering | Piyush Kumar | 90 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Manoj, Shivam, and Sai Kiran Adelly | 77 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | Raja Majhi | 84.67 | 1000 |
Mechanical Engineering | Suraj Kumar Samal | 84.67 | 1000 |
GATE Test Paper | Student Name | GATE marks | GATE score |
Civil Engineering | Suban Kumar Mishra | 83.11 | 1000 |
Computer Science and Engineering | Jaydeep Sudhakar More | 93.67 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Bhanwar Singh Choudhary | 66 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | Siddharth Sabharwal | 90 | 1000 |
Mechanical Engineering | Aryan Choudhary | 90.67 | 1000 |
GATE 2022 Toppers
GATE Test Paper | Student Name | GATE marks | GATE score |
Civil Engineering | Abhishek Agrawal | 97.36 | 1000 |
Computer Science and Engineering | Abhinav Garg | 81 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Gaurav Kumar | 92.67 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | Ram Balaji S | 78 | 1000 |
Mechanical Engineering | Nikhil Kumar Saha | 90.05 | 1000 |
IIT Guwhati will announce the GATE 2026 exam results on March 19, 2026. Candidates can check the result of GATE 2026 on the website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. To check the exam result candidates have to provide an email id and password. Students can check their results to know the GATE score, total marks and qualifying marks categories-wise. Along with the result the authority will release the GATE Toppers list. The toppers list will help candidates know the toppers' GATE raw marks, score out of 1000 and their rank. Knowing the toppers score candidates will get to know what is a good rank for GATE.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
No, it is below-average score in GATE.
As per the previous year trends, GATE rank below 200 is good for getting admission to IITs. Moreover, 300 to 800 rank in GATE will also help to get admission to top NITs and IIITs.
Yes, GATE rank 5000 is good. Candidates can secure admission to the IITs.
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The link to the question paper is attached here. You can access the question papers along with the answer key on the careers360 website. Careers360 also provides students with preparation tips that will help them in preparing and the mock test and analyse their in-depth performance.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/last-15-years-gate-papers-solutions
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Here is a link for the sample papers for GATE Exam with DA subjects. Tap on the link given below to open it:
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