GATE 2026 Answer Key for Civil Engineering (CE) - Download PDF Here!

GATE 2026 Answer Key for Civil Engineering (CE) - Download PDF Here!

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Team Careers360Updated on 23 Aug 2025, 05:03 PM IST

GATE Answer Key 2026 for CE (Civil Engineering) - IIT Guwahati will publish the final GATE 2026 Civil Engineering answer key tentatively in April 2026. Candidates can access the GATE CE answer key 2026 on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must refer to the final GATE answer key to know what questions have been dropped based on the challenges received. The authority will conduct the GATE 2026 exam for Civil Engineering on February 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2025. Along with the answer key, the authority will release the GATE response sheet. In case of any discrepancies, candidates can also challenge the answer key.

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  1. GATE 2026 Answer Key Date for Civil Engineering
  2. GATE 2026 Civil Engineering Answer Key
  3. How to download GATE 2026 Answer Key for CE?
  4. GATE 2026 CE Answer Key Challenge
  5. How to calculate scores using the GATE 2026 answer key for Civil Engineering?
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GATE 2026 Answer Key for Civil Engineering (CE) - Download PDF Here!
GATE 2026 Answer Key for CE

GATE 2026 Answer Key Date for Civil Engineering

The authority will announce the GATE CE answer key 2026 release date on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates can check the important dates for GATE answer key for civil engineering from the table below.

Event

Dates

GATE exam date 2026

February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026

GATE CE exam date

Any one of dates from (February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026.) Tentative

Availability of GATE 2026 response sheet

February 2026 Tentative

Release of provisional GATE CE answer key

February 2026 Tentative

Challenging answer key of GATE CE 2026

February 2026 Tentative

GATE 2026 CE answer key (Final)

April 2026 Tentative

GATE 2026 Civil Engineering Answer Key

IIT Guwahati will release the final GATE CE answer key 2026 tentatively in April 2026. The GATE 2026 CE answer key pdf will be available in online mode. Candidates must access the GATE CE answer key 2026 to know what questions have been dropped and learn the correct answers to the questions asked in the exam.

How to download GATE 2026 Answer Key for CE?

The authority will release the GATE 2026 answer key with a solution for Civil Engineering online. Candidates appearing for the GATE 2026 exam can download the answer key in a few simple steps. Below is the step to download the GATE answer key 2026.

  • Visit the GATE 2026 official website

  • Log in to the GOAPS portal

  • Click on the ‘GATE answer key’ link.

  • GATE question papers and answer keys will be displayed on the screen.

  • Download the GATE answer key for CE

GATE 2026 CE Answer Key Challenge

Candidates can challenge the GATE answer key in case of any error. To challenge the answer key candidates have to upload the error and supporting documents. This is a chargeable process. Candidates must submit their challenge and the fee within the specific time.

How to challenge the GATE Answer Key for CE 2026?

Candidates can object to the provisional answer key of GATE Civil Engineering. The final answer key of GATE will be released after considering the objections. Refer to the given steps to challenge the answer key of GATE for CE-

  • Visit the GATE 2026 official website

  • Access the GOAP login portal using the enrolment ID and password.

  • Click on “Contest Answer Key".

  • A payment gateway appeared on the screen.

  • Candidates had to make a payment of Rs. 500 per question in online mode. For NRI candidates, the fee was US $ 10.

  • Next, candidates had to enter the question number that they wanted to challenge. Candidates had to enter the correct question number.

  • Candidates had to ensure to attach the necessary supporting documents in the prescribed format before submission.

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How to calculate scores using the GATE 2026 answer key for Civil Engineering?

Calculating the GATE score using the answer key is quite simple. To calculate the marks candidates must be aware of the GATE exam pattern for CE. The official marking scheme of GATE- All the questions are of either 1 or 2 marks. There is a negative marking for multiple-choice questions and no negative marking for NAT questions. For a 1 marker MCQ, there is a negative marking of ⅓ marks and for a 2 marker MCQ, the negative marking is ⅔ marks.

GATE 2026 scores calculation method

Candidates have to follow the given formula to calculate their GATE scores-

Total marks of the candidate = Total marks secured for correct response – Negative marks for wrong response

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GATE Previous Year Question Paper's
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GATE CE Answer Key for Previous Years

Here, we have compiled the previous year GATE Civil Engineering answer key 2022. Candidates can refer to the following table to check the previous year answer keys along with the question papers.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Who will release the GATE CE answer key 2026?
A:

IIT Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 CE answer key.

Q: In what mode the GATE CE 2026 answer key will be released?
A:

IIT Guwahati has released the GATE CE answer key 2026 in online mode on the official website.

Q: What shall GATE 2026answer key contains?
A:

The GATE 2026 answer key for CE contains correct answers to the questions framed in the exam.

Q: What is the fee of GATE CE answer key challenge?
A:

Candidates can challenge the provisional GATE CE answer keys 2026 by paying a fee of Rs 500/- for each question.

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Hello dear candidate,

You will not receive another rectification mail unless and until there is still an error in your reuploaded signature. if everything is okay your status will change to accepted on the GATE portal.

My advice is that you should keep checking your application status on the official website of GATE 2026.

Thank you.

Hello,

Visit the below website to download the previous 15 years question paper of GATE exam.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/last-15-years-gate-papers-solutions

You'll also get the solutions from it. These question papers will help you a lot in your preparation.

All the best.

This is likely a temporary portal or validation issue, not something you did wrong. When candidates try to change category from GEN to OBC-NCL during the GATE correction window, the system checks required fields and sometimes a supporting certificate or fee is needed. If any required data or document is missing, or the server is busy, the portal can show Something went wrong, please try again. Explain to them that first they should log into the GATE portal, open the Correction tab and confirm which fields are editable and whether a payment or document upload is required for category change. Tell them to clear browser cache or try a different browser/device and retry. If the error persists, advise contacting GATE support or the zonal office with a screenshot and timing of the error so officials can check server logs.

Hello,

The GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering (AG) paper will have a total of 100 marks. Out of this, 15 marks are for General Aptitude and 85 marks are for core Agricultural Engineering subjects.

The marks are generally distributed among major topics like Engineering Mathematics (12–13 marks), Farm Machinery (10–11), Farm Power (14–15), Soil & Water Conservation (12–13), Irrigation & Drainage (10–12), Agricultural Process Engineering (10–12), and Dairy & Food Engineering (9–10 marks).

The official qualifying marks for GATE 2026 are not yet released. However, based on previous years, the cutoff for the Agricultural Engineering paper is expected to be around 25 marks for General, 22.5 for OBC/EWS, and 16.6 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Hope it helps !

Hello dear candidate,

No, you application of GATE 2026 will not get rejected.

Under scrutiny, rectification done means they have got your correction and are checking it. If everything matches your application will be accepted soon.

I hope you find thie helpful. Thank you.