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GATE 2026 Civil Engineering Paper Analysis by APSEd

The GATE 2026 Civil Engineering (CE) exam was conducted in two sessions. The GATE 2026 Civil Engineering (CE) paper analysis by APSEd is provided below. This analysis is prepared by experts.

GATE CE 2026 Paper 1 Analysis

1. . The GATE 2026 Civil Engineering Exam was moderate.
2. The GATE 2026 CE 1 paper was a mix of conceptual and numerical questions.
3. Questions were asked from core Civil Engineering subjects, Engineering Mathematics, and General Aptitude.
4. GATE General Aptitude section for CE was easy to moderate.
5. Engineering mathematics was moderate.

GATE CE 2026 Paper 2 Analysis

1. The difficulty level of GATE CE Paper 2 was moderate and similar to Shift 1.

2. Questions were asked from topics like Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Transportation Engineering, and Environmental Engineering received good weightage.

3. Questions from General Aptitude and Engineering Mathematics were simple and scoring.

GATE 2026 CE Topic-wise Weightage

Refer to the table given below for GATE CE 2026 topic-wise weightage. This table helps students to identify the most asked topics:

Previous Year GATE Civil Engineering Analysis

Candidates can check the previous year civil engineering for GATE CE Analysis by APSEd below.

GATE 2022 Civil Engineering Forenoon Session Analysis

GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Paper Analysis

APSEd has analysed the GATE 2021 paper. The key highlights of the CE papers are-

• Both the forenoon and afternoon papers were more of concepts. The numerical part was more but those were completely conceptual.

• Multiple select questions(MSQ) was a newly added question type in GATE 2021. But. in both the papers, they asked 2 to 3 multiple select questions. MSQs were of ESE standards and not at all lengthy. These questions were of 'are Correct' and 'are Not Correct' types.

• There were more NATs as compared to the previous year. On average 16 NATs were asked in the exam.

• Structural analysis, SOM, MOM and Steel Structures questions were a bit lengthy and tricky in both papers. The students who solved these questions will have a high chance to score higher, as other subjects' questions can be solved by anyone.

• GATE 2021 taught us one important thing we can not ignore any subject. This time they asked 4 to 5 questions from construction technology. This was not at all expected, keeping an eye on the previous years' papers.

• The difficulty level of both papers was more or less the same as last year's paper. But, unlike the previous year papers, the one and two-mark questions were mixed and jumbled. This is a new trend observed in GATE 2021.

GATE 2021 CE Paper 1 Vs Paper 2

Overall, both the GATE 2021 CE papers were moderate. And taking the students' opinions on paper 2 was relatively lengthy, so time time-consuming as compared to paper 1.

• In both the papers, 4-5 construction materials and management(building materials inclusive) questions were asked. Every year they used to ask a maximum of 2 questions from this subject. So, this time the trend was lost. We can never ignore a subject in GATE, they change the trend every year. The question on 'network system', asked in paper 1 was not easy.

• Transportation engineering questions were easy, these were even easier than the previous year papers.

• RCC questions were balanced in both papers. In both the papers, there was no one-mark question. There were 2, two marks questions in both papers. Out of these two, one was damn easy, and the other was a standard one.

• In paper 1 there were no questions from hydrology and there were 1-2 questions from irrigation. Whereas in paper 2, there were questions from infiltration, phi-index, hydrographs, duty and delta.

• Structural analysis and steel were lengthy in paper 2 as compared to paper 1.

GATE 2026 CE Cutoff

The GATE 2026 CE Cutoff is provided in the table given below. Using this table students will be able to check the qualifying marks that need to be scored for higher chances of admission or PSU recruitment through the GATE cut-off. The previous years’ GATE cutoff for Civil Engineering can be checked by the candidates below: