GATE 2024 Rank Predictor: Expected ranks based on marks for top engineering branches

GATE Answer Key 2024 Date: Candidates will be allotted ranks based on the marks secured in the subject opted. There will be no negative marking in NAT, MSQs.

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GATE 2024 ranks vs score for CSE, EE, EC, mechanical papers. (Image: IIT Kharagpur/official website)

Anu Parthiban | February 17, 2024 | 12:19 PM IST

NEW DELHI: Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE 2024) answer key will be issued on February 21 for all subject papers. Meanwhile, candidates who appeared in the IISc GATE 2024 exam can download the response sheet from the official website, gate2024.iisc.ac.in, to calculate the probable score.

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB) conducted the GATE exam 2024 in four days for admission to engineering technology, science, architecture, and humanities courses. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and IISc will offer admission to master’s and direct doctoral programmes based on the GATE score.

As per the schedule, the GATE answer key 2024 will be published on February 21 and GATE results 2024 will be declared on March 16. The institute had earlier announced the subject-wise marks distribution on the official website.

For each correct response in multiple-choice questions (MCQs), candidates will be awarded 1 mark or 2 marks depending on the scores allotted to a question and 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong response. Two-third marks will be reduced for every incorrect answer in MCQs carrying 2 marks. However, there will be no negative marks for numerical answer type (NAT) and multiple select questions (MSQs)

GATE 2024 marks vs ranks

Scores more than 90 marks are considered good and students who obtain more than 95 marks are more likely to get admission in the college of their choice. Here’s the GATE rank predictor for top engineering branches, as per past trends.

GATE rank

Mechanical

CSE

Civil

Electronics

Electrical

1-10

92+

80+

90+

73+

91+

10-50

87-92

75-80

85-90

67-73

87-91

50-100

85-87

72-75

78-85

63-67

84-87

100-200

82-85

68-72

74-78

60-63

81-84

200-500

79-82

62-68

70-74

56-60

77-81

500-1,000

75-79

56-62

64-70

50-56

72-77

1,000-2,000

71-75

50-56

57-64

45-50

66-72

2,000-5,000

63-71

40-50

50-57

38-45

57-66

5,000-10,000

51-63

32-40

40-50

28-38

46-57

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