GATE 2024 Civil Engineering (CE): Exam Date, Syllabus, Pattern, Question Papers, Analysis, Cutoff
GATE Civil Engineering exam 2024 date is February 4, 2024. Check the GATE CE 2024 exam date, pattern, syllabus, old question papers, analysis, and cutoff details.
GATE 2024 Civil Engineering (CE) - IISC Bangalore will conduct the GATE 2024 Exam on February 4, 2024. The GATE CS Syllabus 2024 is released on gate2024.iisc.ac.in along with the notification. Candidates can check the GATE CE Syllabus PDF from the official website.
Latest: GATE Admit Card 2024 released at gate2024.iisc.ac.in
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Students who qualify for the GATE CE exam will be able to get admission to the Civil Engineering branch in various IITs, NITs, or PSU jobs. This page covers all the details about GATE Civil Engineering 2024 such as exam dates, patterns, GATE Syllabus 2024, and much more. You can check the 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 question papers of GATE here.
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GATE CE 2024 Exam Date
The dates of GATE 2024 CE are as follows -
| Event | Date |
| GATE 2024 Civil Engineering Exam Date | Either of the dates - February 4, 2024 |
| GATE Civil Engineering Results Date 2024 | March 16, 2024 |
GATE CE 2024 Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme
The exam paper for GATE CE will be conducted for two subjects: General Aptitude and subject-specific. The subject-specific paper will consist of the concepts related to Civil Engineering. The below table demonstrates the exam pattern for GATE CE paper 2024 -
Subject | Total Question | Section Division | Marking Scheme | Total Marks |
General Aptitude | 10 | Section 1: Question 1-5 | 1 marks | 5 |
Section 2: Question 6-10 | 2 marks | 10 | ||
Civil Engineering | 55 | Section 1: Question 1-25 | 1 marks | 25 |
Section 2: Question 26-55 | 2 marks | 60 | ||
Total Marks | 100 | |||
Important Topics for GATE Civil Engineering 2024 Exam (Based on subject wise weightage)
The table below highlights the important topics that can be asked in the GATE 2024 Civil Engineering Exam based on the subject wise weightage as given that has been made out of previous years' question papers.
| Important Topics for GATE Civil Engineering 2024 | |
| Subject | Sub-Topics |
| Structural Engineering | Engineering Mechanics Structural Analysis Solid Mechanics Concrete Structures Construction Materials and Management Steel Structures |
| General Aptitude | Quantitative Aptitude Verbal Aptitude Spatial Aptitude Analytical Aptitude |
| Engineering Mathematics | Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) Linear Algebra Calculus Statistics Partial Differential Equation (P.D.E.) Probability Numerical Methods |
| Environmental Engineering | Air Pollution Water and Waste-Water Quality and Treatment Municipal Solid Wastes |
| Geotechnical Engineering | Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering |
| Water Resources Engineering | Hydraulics Fluid Mechanics Irrigation Hydrology |
| Geomatics Engineering | Photogrammetry Principles of Surveying Remote Sensing |
| Transportation Engineering | Traffic Engineering Transportation Infrastructure Highway Pavements |
GATE Subject Wise Weightage (Year Wise)
Subjects | GATE 2015 | GATE 2016 | GATE 2017 | GATE 2018 | GATE 2019 | GATE 2020 | GATE 2021 | GATE 2022 | GATE 2023 |
Irrigation & Hydrology | 5% | 4% | 5.5% | 5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4% | 3% | 7% |
Engineering Mathematics | 13% | 15% | 12.5% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 11.5% | 13% | 13% | 13% |
Environmental Engineering | 8% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 11% |
Fluid Mechanics | 5% | 7% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9% | 7.5% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Geotechnical Engineering | 15% | 15% | 12.5% | 14% | 16% | 14.5% | 15% | 13% | 16% |
Structural Analysis | 4.5% | 3% | 6.5% | 1.5% | 4.5% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 5% |
Geomatics Engineering | 6% | 5% | 4.5% | 4% | 6% | 14.5% | 5% | 8% | 4% |
Transportation Engineering | 7% | 6% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% |
Steel Structures | 5.5% | 3% | 2% | 4.5% | 5% | 2.5% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
R.C.C. | 7% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
Construction Materials and Management | – | 5% | 3% | 0.5% | 1% | 0.5% | 1% | 3% | 0% |
General Aptitude | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 15% |
Solid Mechanics | 7% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 6% | 3.5% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 7% |
Engineering Mechanics | – | 3.5% | 1% | 3% | 0.5% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
GATE CE Cutoff 2024
The table below highlights the cut off of GATE Civil Engineering (CE):
Category | Cutoff 2024 | Cutoff 2023 | Cutoff 2022 | 2021 Cutoff | 2020 Cutoff | 2019 Cutoff |
General | To be Updated | 26.6 | 30.4 | 29.20 | 32.9 | 28.2 |
OBC-NCL | To be Updated | 23.9 | 27.3 | 26.2 | 29.6 | 25.4 |
EWS | To be Updated | 17.7 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 21.9 | 18.8 |
GATE 2022 CE Question Paper and Answer Key
The GATE 2022 question paper and answer key analysis have been highlighted in the table. Click on the links below to check the following.
GATE 2021 CE Question Paper and Answer Key
GATE CE 2020 Question Paper & Answer Key
GATE 2020 CE Session 1 Exam Analysis
The session 1 exam analysis of GATE CE 2020 has been updated.
Overall Difficulty: According to primary reports, the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate. This year, there were almost 27 NAT questions.
Average Number of Attempts: 42-45
Easy to Moderate Scoring Topics: Environment and Fluid, Aptitude and Mathematics, MTLB
Difficult Topics: Soil Mechanics, Transportation Questions
Syllabus Coverage: Consolidation, Triaxial Tes, Soil Mechanics, Geo-Tech and Environment
Students' Feedback: There was a question on Environment Fluid, Lateral Earth Pressure, Soil Mechanics
GATE 2020 CE Session 2 Exam Analysis
The session 2 exam analysis of GATE CE 2020 has been updated. The difficulty level of GATE CE 2020 session 2 was the same as that of session 1.
Difficulty level: The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate.
Major Topics: Maximum questions were asked from the topics Geotech, Transportation and Environment. There were more than 25 NAT questions. In session 2, the number of questions asked from transportation and hydrology was increased and from fluid mechanics, there were fewer questions as compared to the morning sessions.
Maths and Aptitude: The level of Maths and General Aptitude was easy.
GATE CE 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key
As per analysis for GATE CE paper 2019 by experts, the level of difficulty for the exam was moderate to easy. While the aptitude and mathematics engineering papers were quite easy, the other papers were moderate. Below given are the question paper and answer key for GATE 2019 CE1 and CE2 paper:
GATE CE 2018 Question Paper & Answer Key
Below given are the question paper and answer key for GATE 2018 CE1 and CE2 paper:
GATE 2017 Question Paper & Answer Key
Below given are the question paper and answer key for GATE 2017 CE1 and CE2 paper:
GATE Paper Wise Links
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GATE 2024 Exam Materials
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FAQs
What are the most important topics for the GATE Civil Engineering (CE) Exam?
The important topics for the GATE Civil Engineering (CE) Exam are Strength of Material, Structural Analysis, Reinforced Cement Concrete, Soil Mechanics, Fluid Mechanic, Environmental Engineering, Highway Engineering, Mathematics, Aptitude.
What are some of the factors determining GATE Civil Engineering (CE) Cutoff?
The determining factors of GATE Civil Engineering (CE) cutoff are the total number of Applicants for the GATE exam, Marks secured by the candidates in the GATE exam, Category of the Candidate, Availability of Seats at the participating colleges, Cutoff Trends of previous years.