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GATE Environmental Science and Engineering Question Papers: GATE 2026 is getting closer and it’s the right time to start preparing seriously for the Environmental Science and Engineering paper. One of the best ways to get ready is by solving previous years’ question papers. These papers help you understand what kind of questions are asked, which topics are important, and how the GATE 2026 pattern works. In this article, we’ll take a close look at past papers to help you plan your preparation better. If you want to study smart and stay ahead, this is the perfect place to begin.
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IIT Roorkee has released the GATE 2025 Environmental Science and Engineering Question Paper on the official website. Candidates can download the GATE EE Question Paper 2025 from the link below:
GATE ES question paper (Year-wise) | GATE ES question paper link |
GATE Environmental science and Engineering Question Papers 2024 | |
GATE Environmental science and Engineering Question Papers 2023 | |
GATE ES Question Papers 2022 | |
GATE Environmental Question Papers 2021 |
Practicing GATE Environmental science and Engineering question papers is a good way to refine your exam preparation, improve subject knowledge, and improve performance in the GATE exam. Solving question papers of GATE Environmental Science offers many benefits for your exam preparation. Here are some key advantages:
GATE question papers provide you with a clear understanding of the exam pattern, including the types of questions, marking scheme, and more.
While solving the GATE question paper, follow the exam duration and try to solve within time. This will improve your time management skills and boost your confidence of completing the paper on time.
Solving GATE Environmental Science question papers helps you know your strengths and weaknesses in different subject areas.
Practicing GATE question papers consist of a variety of complex and challenging problems.
Solving the question paper will help you to understand the marking scheme and high weightage topics asked in the exam.
Also read: How to Prepare for GATE 2026?
To understand the marking scheme of the GATE Environmental science and Engineering question paper , candidates should go through the syllabus carefully and identify their weak and strong topics. Candidates can check the marking scheme of the question papers of GATE Environmental science and Engineering with total marks and subject wise marks and more below:
GATE Paper Code | General Aptitude (GA) Marks | Subject Marks | Total Marks | Total Time (Minutes) |
ES | 15 | 85 | 100 | 180 |
The question paper of GATE environmental science and engineering contains a total of 65 questions including multiple choice questions (MCQs), multiple select questions (MSQs), and numerical answer types (NATs). Candidates can check weightage of marks below:
Particulars | Weightage of Marks |
General Aptitude | 15 |
GATE Environmental science | 72 |
Engineering Mathematics | 13 |
The GATE 2026 exam pattern for ES includes the exam mode, number of questions, negative marking, type of questions and more. Here, we have provided the exam pattern of GATE environmental science question paper below:
Particulars | Specifications |
GATE Exam duration | 3 hours |
GATE Exam mode | Online (Computer-based test) |
Type and total number of Questions | Total 65 Questions MCQs and MCQs and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions |
GATE Environmental Science Total marks | 100 |
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Also Read: GATE Exam syllabus
Candidates who will be appearing for the upcoming exam can opt for any of the paper combination of GATE Environmental science and Engineering question paper as mentioned below.
Code of the First (Primary) Paper | Codes of Papers Allowed as The Second Paper |
ES | CE, CH, GE |
For the exam, it is important to have a good understanding of the basics of environmental science and engineering. There are several books available that can help you to solve the question paper of GATE Environmental Science and engineering. Here are some of the best books for GATE Environmental Science and Engineering. Candidates can check the list of some Important books for GATE ES below:
Subject | Author |
Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry | Manahan, S.E |
Hydraulics & Fluid Mechanics | Modi and Seth |
Water Supply Engineering | SK Garg |
Environmental Pollution Control Engineering | C.S.Rao |
Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice | Diganta Bhusan Das and Ramesha Chandrappa |
Principles of Environmental Science | Cunningham W.P. and Cunningham |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes, GATE previous question papers for all the subjects are available above in the table.
The exam date for GATE 2026 has not been announced yet but the dates will be in February 2026.
GATE is considered difficult, you should focus on speed and accuracy.
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Yes, you can change your category from General to OBC during the GATE 2026 correction window.
GATE always allows candidates to correct details like category. You will need to pay a small correction fee for this change. Make sure you upload a valid OBC certificate as per the format and date mentioned by GATE.
So, wait for the correction window, log in to your application, and update your category to OBC.
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You can download GATE Previous Year Question Papers either from the official website of GATE 2026, or from Careers360. Here are the links for both :
Official Website : Download GATE Previous Papers (https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/download.html)
Careers360 : GATE Question Papers with Solutions
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