GATE XL Predicted Minimum Qualifying Cutoff Marks 2026: What to expect?
For GATE XL 2026, expected minimum qualifying cutoff marks are predicted based on 2024 and 2025 trends. CollegeDekho experts estimate General category cutoffs to be 29-32 (out of 100) and 350-352 (out of 1000). Predictions for OBC/EWS and SC/ST/PwD are also provided.
GATE XL Predicted Minimum Qualifying Cutoff Marks 2026:Candidates who have appeared for the GATE Life Science (XL) exam 2026 are often curious to know the expected cutoff marks before the result. For the same, the past two years’ trends of GATE XL cutoff marks out of 100 and 1000 have been analyzed. So that they can make an assumption regarding the expected cutoff marks for GATE XL 2026 can be done. Along with this, the candidates can also find out our CollegeDekho expert’s assumption on this. As per the analysis, the expected GATE XL cutoff 2026 for the general category candidates will be varied between 29 and 32 (out of 100).
GATE XL Predicted Minimum Qualifying Cutoff Marks 2026
Based on the past two years’ analysis, it is assumed that the expected minimum qualifying cutoff marks for GATE XL 2026 will likely be increased for the categories.
Categories | Qualifying Marks (Out of 100) | Qualifying Score (Out of 1000) |
General | 29 to 32 | 350 to 352 |
OBC/EWS | 26 to 29 | 300 to 302 |
SC/ST/PwD | 19 to 22 | 185 to 215 |
The expected cutoff analysis has been made by S Balakrishna, who is a retired Govt School Science Teacher of Andhra Pradesh and also an expert in analysing the expected cutoff marks analysis of the GATE exam.Note that the expected GATE XL cutoff marks can be varied from the actual ones, since the same will depend on some other external determinants, such as the number of candidates for this year, the difficulty level of the paper, etc.
GATE XL Previous Years Qualifying Cutoff Marks
Check out the GATE XL previous years' qualifying cutoff marks both for 2025 and 2024 here in the following table:
For Year 2025:
Particulars | Details |
Number of Candidates Appeared | 41086 |
Number of Candidates Qualified | 8761 |
Highest Marks Score Out of 100 | 78.67 |
Cutoff Score Out of 100 |
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Highest Marks Score Out of 1000 | 1000 |
Cutoff Score Out of 1000 |
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For Year 2024:
Particulars | Details |
Number of Candidates Appeared | 36275 |
Number of Candidates Qualified | 7787 |
Highest Marks Score Out of 100 | 77.33 |
Cutoff Score Out of 100 |
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Highest Marks Score Out of 1000 | 1000 |
Cutoff Score Out of 1000 |
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