GATE 2025 XH Qualifying Cutoff Marks (Out)

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Updated On: April 17, 2025 07:01 PM

The GATE 2025 XH qualifying marks have been announced by IIT Roorkee. As per the details released, the GATE XH qualifying cutoff marks vary from 40 for General, 36 for OBC NCL/ EWS, and 26.6 for SC/ ST/ PwD.
GATE 2025 XH Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE 2025 XH Qualifying Marks: IIT Roorkee announced the GATE 2025 Humanities and Social Sciences (XH) paper on its website. If you wish to qualify the exams, then you must secure as many marks as the GATE XH qualifying cutoff. After qualifying the GATE 2025 exam , you will be eligible for counselling and admission. Talking about the GATE 2025 qualifying cutoff marks, it ranges from 40 for General, 36 for OBC NCL/ EWS, and 26.6 for SC/ ST/ PwD categories. The GATE 2025 XH qualifying cutoff marks are decided based on various factors such as the exam difficulty level, total number of exam takers, seat availability, and the previous year trends.

Around 4,000 students sit for the GATE Humanities and Social Sciences paper every year. In the year 2025, a total of 4161, 5665, 378, 702, 5709, and 2147 students registered for Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology papers. In 2024, the maximum number of takers were for English (3,900) and Pyschology (3,415). Talking about the previous year cutoffs, it varied based on the subjects, i.e. 37 for Economics, 48 for English, 49.7 for Linguistics, 39.3 for Philosophy, 52.7 for Psychology, and 36 for Sociology. To get more details about GATE 2025 XH qualifying cutoff marks, read here.

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GATE 2025 XH General Category Qualifying Marks

The GATE Humanities and Social Sciences qualifying cutoff marks have been announced by IIT Roorkee. Find details about GATE XH 2025 qualifying cutoff marks along with the previous year cutoff trends below:-

GATE Exam Year

GATE XH Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Economics (XH-C1) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE English (XH-C2) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Linguistics (XH-C3) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Philosophy (XH-C4) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Psychology (XH-C5) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Sociology (XH-C6) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE XH 2025 General Category Cutoff Marks

40 40 40 40 40 40

40

GATE XH 2024 General Category Cutoff Marks

-

37

48

49.7

39.7

52.7

36

GATE XH 2023 General Category Cutoff Marks

-

47.3

52.4

46.4

38

54.9

50

GATE XH 2022 General Category Cutoff Marks

-

55.5

51.9

53.1

50.7

62.1

59.7

GATE XH 2021 General Category Cutoff Marks

-

29.4

41.7

35.3

37.9

48.5

34.3

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GATE 2025 XH SC/ST Category Qualifying Marks

IIT Roorkee has announced the GATE XH cutoff marks 2025 for SC/ST categories. This cutoff is set keeping in mind the previous year trends. Going by the previous year cutoff, it ranged from 24.6, 32, 33.1, 26.1, 35.1, and 24 for Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology, respectively. Let’s take a look at the GATE 2025 XH qualifying cutoff marks for the SC/ST category below:-

GATE Exam Year

GATE XH Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Economics (XH-C1) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE English (XH-C2) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Linguistics (XH-C3) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Philosophy (XH-C4) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Psychology (XH-C5) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Sociology (XH-C6) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE XH 2025 SC/ST Category Cutoff Marks

26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.6

GATE XH 2024 SC/ ST Category Cutoff Marks

-

26.4

32

33.1

26.1

35.1

24

GATE XH 2023 SC/ST Category Cutoff Marks

-

31.5

34.9

30.9

25.3

36.6

33.3

GATE XH 2022 SC/ST Category Cutoff Marks

-

34.5

37

35.4

33.8

41.4

39.8

GATE XH 2021 SC/ST Category Cutoff Marks

-

19.5

27.8

23.5

25.2

32.3

22.8

GATE 2025 XH EWS/OBC Category Qualifying Marks

In the recent years, the highest GATE XH cutoff has been recorded for Psychology (47.4), Linguistics (44.7) and English (43.2) subjects. The table below outlines the GATE 2025 XH qualifying cutoff marks for the EWS/OBC category:-

GATE Exam Year

GATE XH Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Economics (XH-C1) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE English (XH-C2) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Linguistics (XH-C3) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Philosophy (XH-C4) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Psychology (XH-C5) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE Sociology (XH-C6) Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE XH 2025 EWS/ OBC Category Cutoff Marks

36 36 36 36 36 36 36

GATE XH 2024 EWS/ OBC Category Cutoff Marks

-

33.3

43.2

44.7

35.3

47.4

32.4

GATE XH 2023 EWS/ OBC Category Cutoff Marks

42.5

47.1

41.7

34.5

49.7

45

GATE XH 2022 EWS/ OBC Category Cutoff Marks

-

49.9

46.7

47.7

45.6

55.8

53.7

GATE XH 2021 EWS/ OBC Category Cutoff Marks

-

19.5

27.8

23.5

25.2

32.3

22.8

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