What is the GATE score for OBC category? Paper-wise cut-off trends, qualifying marks
Vagisha Kaushik | February 19, 2025 | 10:57 AM IST | 2 mins read
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GATE OBC cut-off for CS paper has shown an up-and-down trend over the last few years. The minimum GATE scores for the OBC students were 24.8 in case of computer science. As per the expected GATE cut-off 2025 , the qualifying marks will remain the same this year too.
On the other hand, the GATE cut-off marks have increased for papers including statistics, physics, civil engineering over years.
GATE 2025 cut-off will be determined on the basis of difficulty-level of exam, number of candidates, and previous years’ trends. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee held GATE exam 2025 on February 1, 2, 15, and 16 for admission to MTech programmes.
GATE Cut-off 2025: Minimum scores for OBC category
The paper-wise GATE qualifying marks for OBC candidates over the last five years are given below.
GATE cut-off 2024
|
GATE Paper |
Qualifying GATE cut-off 2024 |
|
Aerospace Engineering |
29.9 |
|
Agricultural Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Architecture and Planning |
37.3 |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Biotechnology |
35 |
|
Civil Engineering |
25.4 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Computer Science and Information Technology |
24.8 |
|
Chemistry |
22.6 |
|
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
33.3 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Electrical Engineering |
23.1 |
|
Environmental Science and Engineering |
34.1 |
|
Ecology and Evolution |
32.2 |
|
Geomatics Engineering |
36.9 |
|
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) |
37.8 |
|
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) |
44.1 |
|
Instrumentation Engineering |
29.4 |
|
Mathematics |
22.5 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
25.7 |
|
Mining Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Metallurgical Engineering |
36.9 |
|
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Petroleum Engineering |
38.3 |
|
Physics |
28.8 |
|
Production and Industrial Engineering |
27.4 |
|
Statistics |
23.9 |
|
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
25.2 |
|
Engineering Sciences |
32.5 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) |
33.3 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) |
43.2 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) |
44.7 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) |
35.3 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) |
47.4 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) |
32.4 |
|
Life Sciences |
26.3 |
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GATE cut-off marks 2023
|
GATE Paper Code |
GATE qualifying cut-off 2023 |
|
Statistics |
22.5 |
|
Physics |
27.9 |
|
Computer Science and Information Technology |
29.2 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
26.9 |
|
Civil Engineering |
23.9 |
|
Instrumentation Engineering |
31.3 |
|
Electrical engineering |
22.5 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
25.5 |
|
Engineering Sciences |
34.1 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
- |
GATE qualifying marks 2022
|
GATE Paper |
GATE qualifying cut-off 2022 |
|
Computer Science and Information Technology |
22.5 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
22.5 |
|
Biotechnology |
31.9 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
22.7 |
|
Statistics |
22.5 |
|
Metallurgical engineering |
41.5 |
|
Mathematics |
24.5 |
|
Electrical engineering |
27.6 |
|
Textile engineering and fibre science |
34.9 |
|
Mechanical Engineering (ME) |
25.2 |
|
Physics |
23.8 |
|
Life Science |
30.5 |
|
Ecology and Life Sciences |
30 |
|
Agriculture Engineering |
23.6 |
|
Chemistry |
24.7 |
|
Mining Engineering |
22.9 |
|
Chemistry Engineering |
23.7 |
|
Civil Engineering |
28.3 |
|
Engineering Sciences (Fluid Mechanics/ Thermodynamics) |
36.2 |
GATE cut-off 2021
|
GATE Paper |
GATE qualifying cut-off 2021 |
|
Geology and Geophysics |
40.3 |
|
Civil Engineering |
26.2 |
|
Biotechnology |
27 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
29.7 |
|
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
37.6 |
|
Chemistry |
32.5 |
|
Mathematics |
26.1 |
|
Electrical Engineering |
27.2 |
|
Computer Science |
23.4 |
|
Electronics and Communication |
22.5 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences |
34.1 |
|
Instrumentation Engineering |
32.0 |
GATE cut-off 2020
|
GATE Paper |
GATE qualifying cut-off 2020 |
|
Life Sciences |
28.5 |
|
Civil Engineering |
29.6 |
|
Electrical Engineering |
30.0 |
|
Computer Science and Information Technology |
25.6 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
30.6 |
|
Petroleum Engineering |
35.8 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
25.9 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
32.1 |
|
Chemistry |
24.0 |
|
Biotechnology |
27.6 |
|
Engineering Sciences Minor |
23.4 |
|
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
33.3 |
|
Aerospace Engineering |
24.4 |
|
Agricultural Engineering |
23.6 |
|
Architecture and Planning |
31.3 |
|
Ecology and Evolution |
37.9 |
|
Geology |
34.5 |
|
Geophysics |
46.7 |
|
Instrumentation Engineering |
31.1 |
|
Mathematics |
22.5 |
|
Mining Engineering |
29.4 |
|
Metallurgical Engineering |
44.2 |
|
Physics |
33.4 |
|
Production and Industrial Engineering |
32.9 |
|
Statistics |
22.5 |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
22.5 |
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