GATE marks cut off is dependent upon number of candidates and the entire range of marks. More is the number of students scoring 'low marks', lower will be the cut-off
In order not to admit poorly performing candidates, GATE committee has set a hard cut-off of 25 marks if there is a very large number of students scoring below 25. Over last 6 years, GATE BT cut-off has ranged between 30-40 only.