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GATE 2025 Qualifying Marks for OBC: Know Subject-wise Detailed Cutoffs
This year, approx. 8 lakh candidates applied for GATE 2025, which is much higher than last year. It may lead to pushing the GATE 2025 cut-off higher for candidates. Check following article for qualifying cut-off list.
Kolkata: GATE 2025 marksheet is expected to be announced on March 19, 2025, along with qualifying cut-offs, the exam conducting body will release the category-wise cut-off marks. These cut-offs determine eligibility for postgraduate admissions such as: ME, MTech, PhD and public sector job opportunities.
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GATE cut-off is determined based on several factors, like available seats, total number of candidates who appeared for the exam and difficulty level of GATE 2025 exam.
OBC candidates receive a relaxation of 10% in cut-off scores compared to the general category. For example, if the general cutoff is 32 out of 100, the OBC cutoff would be 28.8.
IISc will declare Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 qualifying cut-offs for OBC candidates along with GATE 2025 result. Only those who score above the minimum cut-off will be considered for admissions or recruitment. In this article, we have shared the expected GATE 2025 cut-off marks based on previous year trends, difficulty level of the exam and subject-wise analysis.
Candidates can check the section-wise GATE 2025 cut-off (expected) from the listed table.
| GATE 2025 Subject-Wise Cutoffs (Expected) | ||
| Exam Date | GATE Paper Name | Cut-off (OBC-NCL/EWS) |
| February 01, 2025 | Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) | 26-30 |
| Agricultural Engineering (AG) | 23-26 | |
| Mathematics (MA) | 23-26 | |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) | 23-28 | |
| Metallurgical Engineering (MT) | 38-42 | |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) | 26-30 | |
| Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 30-35 | |
| February 02, 2025 | Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 27-32 |
| Petroleum Engineering (PE) | 38-42 | |
| Architecture and Planning (AR) | 37-40 | |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | 24-27 | |
| February 15, 2025 | Chemistry (CY) | 21-24 |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) | 28-32 | |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) | 32-35 | |
| Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) | 34-37 | |
| Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) | 27-30 | |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 22-25 | |
| Geomatics Engineering (GE) | 35-38 | |
| Biomedical Engineering (BM) | 21-25 | |
| Ecology and Evolution (EY) | 32-35 | |
| February 16, 2025 | Civil Engineering (CE) | 25-27 |
| Chemical Engineering (CH) | 22-25 | |
| Physics (PH) | 28-31 | |
| Biotechnology (BT) | 34-37 | |
| Statistics (ST) | 22-25 | |
| Engineering Sciences (XE) | 32-35 | |
| Life Sciences (XL) | 26-30 | |
| Mining Engineering (MN) | 22-25 | |
Ans: Qualifying cutoff is minimum score to pass GATE 2025 exam and admission cutoff is required to get into top colleges like IITs, NITs, or PSUs. Admission cutoffs depend on the colleges where you want to get admission.
Ans: If you score below GATE 2025 qualifying cutoff, you will not qualify for admissions or PSU jobs. However, you can re-appear for GATE exam.
Ans: No, GATE 2025 cutoffs are different for each subject. High-demand subjects like Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Computer Science (CS) etc. usually have higher cutoffs compared to others like Textile Engineering (TF) or Humanities (XH) etc.
Ans: Cutoff is the minimum marks required to qualify GATE 2025 exam. However, Percentiles is your performance compared to other candidates.
Ans: Yes, PSUs set their own cutoffs based on job requirements factors like job post, candidate's category etc. These cutoffs are usually higher than GATE 2025 qualifying cutoff.
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