GATE 2021 Civil Engineering (CE-2) Question Paper, Answer Key, Paper Analysis

Sakunth Kumar

Updated On: October 06, 2021 09:02 am IST

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 (CE-2) Question Paper, Answer Key, Paper Analysis

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

You can download the PDF of the GATE 2021 CE-2 official question paper & answer key by clicking on the links below -

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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 MSQs1-2

Difficulty Level of General Aptitude

Easy

Difficulty Level of MathematicsEasy

Easy Scoring Topic

  • General Aptitude
  • Geo-Techn

Difficult Scoring Topic

  • Environment

Topic with Maximum Weightage/ Marks

  • Environment 
  • Geotech

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 Mechanics5%
Mechanics of Material6%

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 Mechanics125
Mechanics of Material036

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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