GATE 2021 Civil Engineering (CE-2) Question Paper, Answer Key, Paper Analysis
Check the detailed exam analysis of GATE Civil Engineering 2021 session 2 along with the official question paper and answer key. The overall difficulty level of the question paper was moderate.
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering (Session 2) was conducted in the Afternoon session on February 06. The exam was conducted from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Civil Engineering is one of the most opted papers in GATE 2021, and this is the reason for the exam being conducted in two sessions. The question paper of GATE CE had 65 questions 55 questions deal with the subject, i.e., Civil Engineering and 10 questions are related to General Aptitude. On this page, you can check the detailed exam analysis of GATE 2021 for CE-2 along with answers and solutions. GATE 2021 result was released on March 22.
GATE 2021 CE-2 Official Question Paper & Answer Key
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Overview of GATE 2021 CE-2 Exam Analysis
The analysis of GATE 2021 CE-2 has been updated here. Compared to the previous year, the question paper is tough. Almost 80% of questions were calculation-based, and 20% were conceptual.Some of the major highlights of the GATE 2021 CE-2 exam analysis are as follows –
Aspect | Analysis |
Overview Difficulty Level of CE-2 | Moderate |
| Total No. of MSQs | 1-2 |
Difficulty Level of General Aptitude | Easy |
| Difficulty Level of Mathematics | Easy |
Easy Scoring Topic |
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Difficult Scoring Topic |
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Topic with Maximum Weightage/ Marks |
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Average Expected No. of Good Attempts | 40-45 |
Average Good Score | 55-70 |
GATE CE-2 Analysis of Topic Wise Weightage
Here is the topic-wise distribution of marks in GATE 2021 CE Session 2 –
Name of the Subject | % of Marks |
General Aptitude | 15% |
Engineering Mathematics | 13% |
| Engineering Mechanics | 5% |
| Mechanics of Material | 6% |
Geotech | 14% |
Environment | 5% |
Transportation | 11% |
Irrigation and Hydrology | 6% |
Fluid Mechanics | 6% |
Surveying | 4% |
Steel Structure | 1% |
CMM | 3% |
RCC | 9% |
Structural Analysis | 2% |
GATE 2021 CE-2 Topic Wise Division of Questions
Here is the topic-wise division of questions for GATE 2021 CE-2 –
Name of the Subject | 1 Mark Questions | 2 Mark Questions | Total Marks |
Transportation | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Fluid Mechanics | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Mechanics of Material | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Environment | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Irrigation | 0 | 3 | 6 |
SOM | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Surveying | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Hydrology | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Geotech Engineering | 4 | 5 | 14 |
Steel Structure | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RCC | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Structural Analysis | 0 | 1 | 2 |
CMM | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Engineering Mathematics | 4 | 5 | 13 |
General Aptitude | 5 | 5 | 15 |
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