GATE XE 2026 Question Paper (07-Feb-2026) (Shift 1)

Question 1

Suresh said, "I did it yesterday."Which one of the following options is the correct form of this sentence in indirect speech?

Accepted Answer

Suresh said that he had done it the day before.

Answer

Suresh said that I did it yesterday.

Answer

Suresh says I did it yesterday.

Answer

Suresh says that he did it the day before.

Question 2

To continue the sequence of tiles shown, the tile indicated by the question mark should be

Accepted Answer

""

Answer

Answer

Answer

Question 3

Consider an art gallery whose walkways are shown as lines in the diagram. A black dot represents a junction of two walkways. A guard may be placed at a junction to watch over the walkways that join at that junction. The minimum number of guards needed to watch all the walkways is ________.

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 4

The $2^{	ext{nd}}$ of June is a Thursday in a certain year. Which day of the week is the $3^{	ext{rd}}$ of July in that year?

Accepted Answer

Sunday

Answer

Thursday

Answer

Friday

Answer

Saturday

Question 5

A coin with heads facing up is shown as

and a coin with tails facing up is shown as

.
Six coins are placed in the Starting Arrangement, as shown in the figure below. A “step” is defined as interchanging a pair of adjacent coins without flipping them. The minimum number of steps needed to go from the Starting Arrangement to the Final Arrangement, as shown in the figure, is ________.

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

3

Answer

6

Answer

12