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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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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 |
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Year | Question Paper with answer key |
2025 | |
2024 | GATE 2024 Civil Engineering question paper with answer key pdf |
2023 | |
2022 | |
2021 | GATE 2021 Civil Engineering question papers with answer key pdf |
2020 | |
2019 | |
2018 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
IIT Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 CE answer key.
IIT Guwahati has released the GATE CE answer key 2026 in online mode on the official website.
The GATE 2026 answer key for CE contains correct answers to the questions framed in the exam.
Candidates can challenge the provisional GATE CE answer keys 2026 by paying a fee of Rs 500/- for each question.
On Question asked by student community
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.
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