GATE AR 2026: Exam Date, Syllabus, Question Paper, Answer Key, Response Sheet

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Updated On: September 03, 2025 10:01 AM

GATE AR 2026 exam is tentatively scheduled for February 2026. Around 8000-9000 students take the GATE Architecture & Planning exam each year. Read details about GATE AR exam date, syllabus, question paper, answer key etc. here.
GATE AR 2026

GATE AR 2026: The GATE Architecture & Planning 2026 exam will be conducted by IIT Guwahati. The GATE AR exam 2026 date is yet to be announced by the authority. However, the exam is expected to be conducted in the month of February 2026. There will be a total of 3 sections in the exam, namely Part A, Part B1, and Part B2. A few days after the exam is concluded, the authority will release the question paper on its website, followed by the answer key and response sheet. The answer key & response sheet will play a prime role in the calculation of the estimated score of the GATE 2026 exam .

The GATE AR exam does not see many participants each year, and therefore, the exam does not have much competition, with a highest score of 75-85 varying each year. While an average of 10,000 registrations submitted for the GATE AR paper each year, only about 8000 students turn up to take the exam. Of these, merely 2800 students qualify the test, making it one of the hardest GATE papers to pass. In this article, we will be discussing all crucial details related to GATE AR 2026, such as the exam date, answer key, response sheet etc.

GATE AR 2026 Exam Dates

IIT Guwahati is yet to announce the exam dates of GATE AR 2026. If you are interested in participating in the exam, then you should make sure to be aware of the GATE 2026 exam dates . As per the official schedule released and the previous year trends, the GATE AR 2026 exam is going to be held in the month of February 2026. The table below details the GATE AR exam dates 2026:

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GATE Exam Dates for All Papers

February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026

GATE AR 2026 Exam

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GATE AR 2026 Syllabus

The GATE AR syllabus has been released on the official website of IIT Guwahati. There are a total of 3 parts in the GATE 2026 Architecture & Planning Syllabus , i.e. Part A - Common, Part B1 - Architecture, and Part B2 - Planning. You can find the direct link to access the GATE AR 2026 syllabus PDF below:-

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GATE AR 2026 Question Paper

IIT Guwahati will release the GATE AR 2026 question paper officially after the conclusion of the exam. During the course of previous years, the difficulty level of the GATE AR exam has been moderate to difficult. The question paper includes a total of 2 sections and includes questions from GA and the core subject. In order to get a good grasp of the syllabus, you are recommended to practice the GATE previous year question papers on a regular basis. As soon as the GATE AR question paper 2026 is released, we will update it here. Until then, you can access the previous year's exam papers and practice them so as to get a good overview of the upcoming exam:-

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GATE AR 2026 Answer Key

IIT Guwahati will be releasing the GATE AR 2026 answer key PDF after the exam is over. The GATE 2026 answer key is a helpful resource in getting an idea about the estimated exam marks. The authority will release the GATE AR provisional answer key, which will be available for objections. A few days after receiving the objections, IIT Guwahati will release the final key. In the table below, we have mentioned the GATE AR answer key for the past 3 years for reference:-

GATE AR 2026 Response Sheet

The GATE AR response sheet 2026 will be released along with the answer key on the official website of IIT Guwahati. The response sheet will include all the answers to the questions in the GATE AR 2026 exam. With the help of the response sheet, you will be able to get an idea about your exam scores by matching the answers in the response sheet with the ones you marked in the exam.

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