GATE CSE Algorithms syllabus

Searching, sorting, hashing, complexity, design techniques and graph algorithms.

About Algorithms in GATE CSE

The GATE CSE 2027 syllabus lists 4 topics under Algorithms.

It is one of the 9 subjects that together carry 72 of the 100 marks (Computer Science subjects). General Aptitude adds 15 marks and is common to every paper. The exam has 65 questions (MCQ, MSQ and NAT) in 3 hours.

See the full GATE CSE syllabus for every subject and the marks distribution.

Same material in another paper

GATE DA: Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms →

Algorithms topics

Searching, sorting and hashing
Asymptotic worst-case time and space complexity
Algorithm design techniques: greedy, dynamic programming and divide-and-conquer
Graph traversals, minimum spanning trees and shortest paths

Algorithms PYQs & weightage

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GATE CSE previous year questions (PYQs) on Algorithms, with answers, solutions and topic-wise weightage, will appear here as they are published.