NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, the organising institute for GATE 2026, has released the sample question paper for Energy Science (XE-I), along with downloadable soft-copies of previous years’ GATE question papers from 2007 till 2025.
Candidates can access both the previous year question papers and the sample paper from the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in.
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026 is scheduled to be conducted on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026.
How to download GATE 2026 sample and previous year papers
Step 1: Go to the official website of IIT Guwahati, gate2026.iitg.ac.in.
Step 2: On the homepage top banner, go to ‘Downloads’ section
Step 3: You will be redirected to the downloads page where you can access sample question paper for Energy Science (XE-I) and previous year’s papers.
Step 4: Click on the “Question papers of previous years” option for bulk download; or, scroll down to find the “Year-wise download of question papers 2021-2025”.
Step 5: On the first link, candidates will get the option to download from a google drive, or the second link will give them a year-wise breakdown of the subjects and subsequent question paper links.
GATE 2026: Direct link to download previous year question papers
GATE is a national-level Computer-Based Test (CBT) administered jointly by the Department of Higher Education and several IITs, with IIT Guwahati being the organizing institute for 2026.
GATE scores are used for admissions to postgraduate engineering and science programs and for PSU recruitment.
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This year IIT Guwahati announced the introduction of a new optional sectional paper ‘Energy Science (XE-I)’. This will come under the Engineering Sciences (XE) category.