Cutoffs

GATE Statistics (ST): Paper, Cut-offs, Score & Syllabus

The most numerical-answer questions of any of these papers, the fewest multiple-select, and the lowest turnout in all of GATE — 62.6%. Three years of official cut-offs and candidate numbers, and what the 2027 syllabus reorganisation signals.

GATE Computer Science (CS): Paper, Cut-offs, Score & Syllabus

259,922 candidates registered for GATE 2026 CS — one in four of everyone who registered for GATE, and 70% growth in two years. It is also the only one of these papers run in two sessions, which means your score is computed from normalised marks, not raw ones.

GATE Chemistry (CY): Paper, Cut-offs, Score & Syllabus

Fifty-three of the eighty-five subject marks carried no penalty in GATE 2025 — the friendliest marking of these five papers. And a qualifying mark that has sat on the statutory floor two years running. Here is what that actually tells you.

GATE Physics (PH): Paper, Cut-offs, Score & the 2027 Syllabus Change

The GATE 2027 Physics syllabus has been restructured from nine sections to eleven, with two areas that did not exist as sections before. Plus three years of official cut-offs, what the qualifying formula really measures, and how the score is built.

GATE Mathematics (MA): Paper, Cut-offs, Score & Syllabus

One of six GATE papers with no engineering mathematics section — all 85 subject marks are mathematics. Three years of official cut-offs and candidate numbers, what the qualifying formula really measures, and what changes in GATE 2027.

CSIR NET Earth Sciences: Paper, Cutoffs & Syllabus

The biggest paper in CSIR NET, the highest bar of the five subjects, and the only Part C penalised at 33%. Eight sessions of official cutoffs, the common core, and the five streams you choose between.

10 Sep 202613 min read

CSIR NET Life Sciences: Paper, Cutoffs, Syllabus & the 2026 DBT Merger

The only CSIR NET subject whose cutoff was published as a percentile — and the only one being merged with another exam. Eight sessions of official data, thirteen units, and exactly what changes from December 2026.

10 Sep 202612 min read

CSIR NET Chemical Sciences: Paper, Cutoffs & Syllabus

Part B prints 40 questions and asks you to attempt 35 — five skips across the whole of chemistry. Eight sessions of official cutoffs, the forty-four topics of the syllabus, and what the marking scheme really costs.

10 Sep 202612 min read

CSIR NET Physical Sciences: Paper, Cutoffs & Syllabus

The smallest paper in CSIR NET, and the one that gives you the least room to skip: 75 questions, 55 of them compulsory, 5 marks each in Part C. Eight sessions of official cutoffs and the nine areas of the syllabus.

10 Sep 202612 min read