The GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering (AG) paper has been concluded on 7th February from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

The AG paper analysis will be based on feedback from candidates, the memory-based paper, and expert reviews from different coaching institutes and collegedunia.com.

The Paper Analysis will cover the overall difficulty, subject-wise trends, topic-weightage, good attempts, and cutoff to help candidates check the performance and prepare for the next shifts.

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GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering Paper Analysis

GATE 2026: Subject Wise Agricultural Engineering Paper Analysis

Based on the previous year's analysis and the expert predictions from various coaching institutes, the Agricultural Engineering paper is expected to be moderately difficult.

Core subjects are expected to be more conceptually based rather than just theoretical. We can expect more calculation-based NAT questions, which are a typical pattern followed by IIT Guwahati.

In the GATE 2025 AG paper, students found MSQs questions tricky, especially the soil mechanics and food engineering questions.

Subjects Expected Difficulty Level Expected Key Topics and High Weightage
Engineering Mathematics Moderate Linear algebraCalculusDifferential equationsProbability
General Aptitude Easy VocabularyNumerical ReasoningLogical Reasoning
Farm Machinery and Power Moderate Tractor Systems, tillage mechanics, Engine cycles
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Moderate-tough HydrologyOpen channel flowSoil erosion controlSprinkler irrigation
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Easy-Moderate EvapotranspirationPump hydraulicsDrainage coefficient calculations
Agricultural Process Engineering Moderate Rice millingDrying kineticsFood preservation
Dairy and Food Engineering Easy-Moderate Heat transferPasteurizationProperty measurements of food materials.

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Expected Good Attempts and Cutoff for GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering Paper

GATE Paper Expected Good Attempts Expected Cutoff Marks (General) Expected Cutoff marks (OBC/EWS) Expected Cutoff Marks (SC/ST)
Agricultural Engineering (AG) 45-50 25-26 23-24 17-18

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