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43 real GATE CS questions on Operating Systems from 2022–2026, with the official answer to each. Try them here, or practise this topic free on Student AI Hub with instant checking and your score.

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Operating Systems in GATE at a glance

Questions
43
1-mark / 2-mark
16 / 27
Numerical (NAT)
20
Multiple select (MSQ)
13

Questions per year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6.

Operating Systems questions

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GATE 2026 Set 1 · Q.29 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.29
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Answer: A, C · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 1 · Q.35 · 1 mark · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.35
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Answer: 6 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 1 · Q.59 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.59
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Answer: 77.3 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 1 · Q.63 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.63
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Answer: 4 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 1 · Q.64 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.64
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Answer: 9.5 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 2 · Q.23 · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.23
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Answer: B · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 2 · Q.51 · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.51
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Answer: A, B, C · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 2 · Q.53 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.53
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Answer: 16417 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 2 · Q.54 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.54
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Answer: 1536 · see the full paper

GATE 2026 Set 2 · Q.55 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2026 Q.55
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Answer: 3 · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 1 · Q.14 · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.14
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Answer: A · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 1 · Q.29 · 1 mark · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.29
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Answer: 21 · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 1 · Q.38 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.38
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Answer: A · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 1 · Q.51 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.51
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Answer: 65468 · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 1 · Q.54 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.54
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Answer: 6 · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 2 · Q.26 · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.26
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Answer: D · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 2 · Q.47 · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.47
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Answer: D · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 2 · Q.48 · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.48
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Answer: C, D · see the full paper

GATE 2025 Set 2 · Q.58 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2025 Q.58
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Answer: 11 · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 1 · Q.24 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.24
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Answer: D · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 1 · Q.25 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.25
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Answer: B, C · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 1 · Q.40 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.40
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Answer: A · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 1 · Q.57 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.57
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Answer: 14 · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 1 · Q.62 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.62
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Answer: 6596 · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.24 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.24
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Answer: B, C, D · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.25 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.25
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Answer: A, B · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.37 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.37
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Answer: B · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.46 · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.46
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Answer: B, C · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.53 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.53
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Answer: 29.5 to 30.5 · see the full paper

GATE 2024 Set 2 · Q.64 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2024 Q.64
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Answer: 1028 · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.22 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.22
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Answer: B, C, D · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.23 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.23
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Answer: C, D · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.27 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.27
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Answer: A, C, D or C, D · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.34 · 1 mark · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.34
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Answer: 10.2 · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.38 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.38
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Answer: C · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.57 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.57
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Answer: 4096 · see the full paper

GATE 2023 · Q.58 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2023 Q.58
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Answer: 5 · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.19 · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.19
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Answer: C · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.26 · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.26
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Answer: A, D · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.38 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.38
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Answer: C · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.42 · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.42
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Answer: D · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.63 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.63
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Answer: 153 · see the full paper

GATE 2022 · Q.64 · 2 marks · NAT

GATE CS Operating Systems question, GATE 2022 Q.64
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Answer: 0.6 · see the full paper

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