Hello Seemant

Convey a bad news to your friend. Actually it will be tough for him to get into NIT's (the top one's).

This time question was bit too easy but tell your friend that do not get disheartened and apply in each and every NIT's and wait for the spot counsellling round.

For more info follow these links below:

Https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff

Https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-iits

Https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-nits

Visit the GATE predictor which can be helpful to predict the colleges you might get:

Https://engineering.careers360.com/gate-college-predictor