List of top Questions asked in GATE CS- 2026

With respect to a TCP connection between a client and a server, which of the following is true?

Let $P, Q, R, S$ be relational schemas. Let ``$\rightarrow$'' indicate a functional dependency (FD) in this context. Which of the following best describes the meaning of a functional dependency?

Let a Non-deterministic Finite Automaton (NFA) have 6 states over a finite alphabet. Which of the following cannot be the number of states in a minimal Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA) that is equivalent to this NFA?

A certain processor uses a fully associative cache of size 16 kB. The cache block size is 16 bytes. Assume that the main memory is byte addressable and uses a 32-bit address. How many bits are required for the Tag and the Index fields respectively in the addresses generated by the processor?

Consider $Z = X - Y$, where $X$, $Y$ and $Z$ are all in sign-magnitude form. $X$ and $Y$ are each represented in $n$ bits. To avoid overflow, the representation of $Z$ would require a minimum of:

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct about the B$^+$ tree data structure used for creating an index of a relational database table?

Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?

An array of 25 distinct elements is to be sorted using quicksort. Assume that the pivot element is chosen uniformly at random. The probability that the pivot element gets placed in the worst possible location in the first round of partitioning (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is __________

Assume that in a certain computer, the virtual addresses are 64 bits long and the physical addresses are 48 bits long. The memory is word addressible. The page size is 8 kB and the word size is 4 bytes. The Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) in the address translation path has 128 valid entries. At most how many distinct virtual addresses can be translated without any TLB miss?

Consider three machines M, N, and P with IP addresses 100.10.5.2, 100.10.5.5, and 100.10.5.6 respectively. The subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.252 for all the three machines. Which one of the following is true?

Bird : Nest :: Bee : _________

If \( P e^{x} = Q e^{-x} \) for all real values of \( x \), which one of the following statements is true?

Let \( p_1 \) and \( p_2 \) denote two arbitrary prime numbers. Which one of the following statements is correct for all values of \( p_1 \) and \( p_2 \)?

Based only on the conversation below, identify the logically correct inference:
``Even if I had known that you were in the hospital, I would not have gone there to see you,'' Ramya told Josephine.

A machine receives an IPv4 datagram. The protocol field of the IPv4 header has the protocol number of a protocol X. Which ONE of the following is NOT a possible candidate for X?

Consider an unordered list of \(N\) distinct integers. What is the minimum number of element comparisons required to find an integer in the list that is NOT the largest in the list?

Consider a network that uses Ethernet and IPv4. Assume that IPv4 headers do not use any options field. Each Ethernet frame can carry a maximum of 1500 bytes in its data field. A UDP segment is transmitted. The payload (data) in the UDP segment is 7488 bytes. Which ONE of the following choices has the CORRECT total number of fragments transmitted and the size of the last fragment including IPv4 header?

Which ONE of the following languages is accepted by a deterministic pushdown automaton?

An audit of a banking transactions system has found that on an earlier occasion, two joint holders of account A attempted simultaneous transfers of Rs. 10000 each from account A to account B. Both transactions read the same value, Rs. 11000, as the initial balance in A and were allowed to go through. B was credited Rs. 10000 twice. A was debited only once and ended up with a balance of Rs. 1000. Which of the following properties is/are certain to have been violated by the system?

For $\Sigma = \{a,b\}$, let us consider the regular language $L = \{x \mid x = a^{2+3k} \text{ or } x = b^{10+12k},\; k \ge 0\}$. Which one of the following can be a pumping length (the constant guaranteed by the pumping lemma) for $L$?

Which one of the following kinds of derivation is used by LR parsers?

The search engine’s business model __________ around the fulcrum of trust.

Despite his initial hesitation, Rehman’s _________ to contribute to the success of the project never wavered.