# General Aptitude GATE CSE PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> General Aptitude GATE CSE PYQs: all 110 questions from the official papers 2016–2026, by concept with marks and official key. 15 marks a year.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/gate/cs/topics/general-aptitude/

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## Answer first

General Aptitude is the fixed 15-mark block of every GATE CS paper: 110 questions across 11 official papers. The last three papers gave it 15 (2026), 15 (2025), 15 (2024).

The concepts that came back most often are Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning. Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning, Spatial Reasoning appeared in at least 7 of the 11 years. None of the questions were NAT, so option elimination works here.

## Marks per year

One official set per year (set 1 where GATE CS ran two sessions). Marks are as printed in the official answer key.

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by how many years a concept appeared in, then by marks.

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## How to practise General Aptitude from these PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table above. They repeat, so they pay off first.
2. Open the official PDF for a year, solve only that year's GA questions against the clock (about 1.5 minutes a mark), then check the official key listed below.
3. Log each miss by concept and type (MCQ, MSQ, NAT). An MSQ with one extra option scores zero, so log those separately.
4. Once a concept is clean across two or three years, move on to the next one.
5. Then sit a full year paper from the [GATE CS hub](/gate/cs/) so the subject drill turns into exam timing.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the official question number, marks, type and concept, our one-line summary and the official key. The full question is in the official PDF linked under each year.

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## Other GATE CS subjects

- [Engineering Mathematics](/gate/cs/topics/engineering-maths/)
- [Discrete Mathematics](/gate/cs/topics/discrete-maths/)
- [Digital Logic](/gate/cs/topics/digital-logic/)
- [Computer Organization & Architecture](/gate/cs/topics/coa/)
- [Programming & Data Structures](/gate/cs/topics/programming-ds/)
- [Algorithms](/gate/cs/topics/algorithms/)
- [Theory of Computation](/gate/cs/topics/toc/)
- [Compiler Design](/gate/cs/topics/compiler-design/)
- [Operating Systems](/gate/cs/topics/os/)
- [Databases (DBMS)](/gate/cs/topics/dbms/)
- [Computer Networks](/gate/cs/topics/computer-networks/)

## FAQ

### How many marks does General Aptitude carry in GATE CS?
Across the official GATE CS papers from 2016–2026 (one set per year), General Aptitude carried 15 marks a year on average, from 15 in 2026 to 15 in 2026.

### Which General Aptitude topics repeat most in GATE CS?
By the number of years they appeared in: Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning. The concept table on this page lists every concept with its question count and years.

### Are these the official GATE CS General Aptitude questions?
Yes. Each question comes from the official GATE CS question paper for that year, and the key, marks and question type come from the official answer key. Summaries are ours; open the official PDF for the full question.

### What question types does General Aptitude use in GATE CS?
Of 110 questions: 110 MCQ, 0 MSQ and 0 NAT. MSQ only appears from 2021 onwards. 55 of the 110 questions carry 2 marks.