Operating Systems - GATE CSE Previous Year Questions Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes 83 Likes Like Report The Operating System(OS) subject has high importance in GATE CSE exam because:large number of questions nearly 10-12% of the total asked significant weightage (9-11 marks) across multiple years which can also be seen in the below given table:YearApprox. Marks from OSNumber of QuestionsDifficulty LevelGATE 202410–11 marks4–5ModerateGATE 20239 marks4Moderate-HardGATE 202211–12 marks5ModerateGATE 202110.5 marks3-4Easy-ModerateTopic-Wise Quizzes to Practice Previous Year's QuestionsQuestions are usually well-defined and direct from this section. It is easier to score full marks by practicing questions from PYQs and from important high-weightage topics such as CPU Scheduling, Memory Management, Disk Scheduling etc. The links to quiz of these topics are given below:Process ManagementCPU SchedulingDeadlocksMemory ManagementInput Output SystemsWe have selected questions of Operating System from GATE previous year questions and compiled for you. Below mentioned are the links to such sets of questions. On each page, you will get the questions asked in OS along with their respective years.GATE OS Previous Year QuestionsOperating Systems | Set 1, 2, 3 Operating Systems | Set 4Operating Systems | Set 5Operating Systems | Set 6Operating Systems | Set 7Operating Systems | Set 8 Operating Systems | Set 9Operating Systems | Set 10Operating Systems | Set 11Operating Systems | Set 12Operating Systems | Set 13Operating Systems | Set 14Operating Systems | Set 15Operating Systems | Set 16GATE CSE Previous Year Question PapersThese previous year’s questions help you understand the question patterns followed by GATE that directly help a student in scoring good marks in GATE. Given below is the link to year-wise GATE Previous Question Papers:GATE CSE Previous Year Question PapersThese GATE CSE question papers span over 25+ years, along with their official answer keys. We’ve also provided Quiz tests to help you practice key topics, improve speed, track your progress, and build confidence for the GATE exam 2026. Create Quiz Operating System for GATE 2.0 in Operating System Comment K kartik Follow 83 Improve K kartik Follow 83 Improve Article Tags : Operating Systems GATE CS MCQ Explore OS BasicsIntroduction to Operating System5 min readTypes of Operating Systems9 min readKernel in Operating System3 min readSystem Call2 min readWhat happens when we turn on computer?3 min readProcess ManagementIntroduction of Process Management4 min readCPU Scheduling in Operating Systems7 min readIntroduction to Process Synchronization4 min readSolutions to Process Synchronization Problems4 min readClassical IPC Problems2 min readIntroduction of Deadlock in Operating System3 min readHandling Deadlocks2 min readMultithreading in OS - Different Models4 min readMemory ManagementIntroduction to memory and memory units2 min readMemory Management in Operating System5 min readBuddy System - Memory Allocation Technique4 min readOverlays in Memory Management4 min readVirtual Memory in Operating System7 min readPage Replacement Algorithms in Operating Systems5 min readOperating system based Virtualization5 min readI/O ManagementFile Systems in Operating System4 min readImplementing Directory Management using Shell Script3 min readSecondary Memory7 min readDisk Scheduling Algorithms9 min readDifference between Spooling and Buffering5 min readImportant LinksLast Minute Notes – Operating Systems15+ min readOperating System Interview Questions15+ min read Like