hello,

As per current year i.e. 2020 GATE cutoff for Physics paper :-

1. General category:- 37.2

2. OBC-NCL :- 33.4

3. ST/SC/PwD :- 24.8

if you score above the cutoff they you will qualify gate exam.  GATE cutoff for MTech in Physics is not available. to get assured for admission , you have to score above 90 percentile in GATE which will make you eligible for majority of the IIT campus.

Based on previous year data, around 15k students apply for GATE physics and 75-80% of total applied strength appears the exam.

for more details, please visit the link :- https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff

Hope it helps!