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GATE Civil Engineering (CE) - Previous Year Papers Previous Year Paper Trends & Analysis

Explore year-wise question trends, subject weightage, difficulty and paper coverage for GATE Civil Engineering (CE) - Previous Year Papers.

26Papers
20Years
1,725Questions
14Topics

Historical question trend

Compare question volume by year and subject.

Questions by year

Compare question counts across years.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 933 54.1%
Medium 741 43%
Hard 51 3%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 1,189 68.9%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 417 24.2%
MSQ 63 3.7%
Fill in the blanks 56 3.2%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Civil Engineering
1468 Qs
General Aptitude (GA)
234 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Structural Engineering
293 Qs
Engineering Mathematics
256 Qs
Geotechnical Engineering
235 Qs
Water Resources Engineering
216 Qs
Environmental Engineering
167 Qs
Transportation Engineering
149 Qs
General Aptitude
140 Qs
Construction Materials and Management
78 Qs
Geomatics Engineering
74 Qs
Verbal Ability
47 Qs
Logic
23 Qs
Geometry
15 Qs
Probability
5 Qs
Numerical Methods
4 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Water and Waste Water Quality and Treatment
110 Qs
Structural Analysis
104 Qs
Calculus
82 Qs
Hydraulics
75 Qs
Traffic Engineering
74 Qs
Solid Mechanics
66 Qs
Concrete Structures
66 Qs
Surveying, Levelling and Measurement Adjustment
66 Qs
Probability and Statistics
65 Qs
Hydrology
62 Qs
Fluid Mechanics
55 Qs
Linear Algebra
53 Qs
Soil Properties and Classification
53 Qs
Shallow and Deep Foundations
50 Qs
Highway Pavements
47 Qs
Steel Structures
45 Qs
Construction Materials
45 Qs
Numerical Computation and Estimation
42 Qs
Air Pollution
40 Qs
Seepage and Effective Stress
38 Qs
Site Investigation, Earth Pressure and Slope Stability
36 Qs
Construction Management
33 Qs
Soil Shear Strength and Stress Distribution
29 Qs
Compaction and Consolidation
29 Qs
Transportation Infrastructure
28 Qs
Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE)
26 Qs
Irrigation
24 Qs
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
21 Qs
Numerical Methods
18 Qs
Vocabulary and Idioms in Context
18 Qs
Municipal Solid Wastes
17 Qs
English Grammar
15 Qs
Engineering Mechanics
12 Qs
Partial Differential Equation (PDE)
12 Qs
Data Interpretation
11 Qs
Spatial Transformations and Paper Folding
11 Qs
Proportionality
9 Qs
Reading Comprehension
7 Qs
Geometry
7 Qs
Numerical Relations and Analogies
7 Qs
Percentage
7 Qs
Photogrammetry
7 Qs
Elementary Statistics
5 Qs
Vocabulary and Idioms in Context
5 Qs
Triangles
5 Qs
Permutations, Combinations and Series
5 Qs
Logic
5 Qs
Circles
5 Qs
Matrix Algebra
4 Qs
Work and Time
4 Qs
Logarithms
4 Qs
Analogies
3 Qs
Synonyms
3 Qs
Set Theory
3 Qs
Limits
3 Qs
Numerical Relations and Analogies
2 Qs
Numerical Integration
2 Qs
Root Finding
2 Qs
Complex Analysis
2 Qs
Elasticity
2 Qs
Polynomials
2 Qs
Number Puzzles
2 Qs
Symmetry
2 Qs
Quadratic Equations
2 Qs
Differential Equations
1 Qs
Cubes
1 Qs
Logic
1 Qs
Mapping, GNSS and Total Station
1 Qs
Pyramids
1 Qs
Lines
1 Qs
Spheres
1 Qs
Symmetry
1 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2023 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2021 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2013
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2012
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2011
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
65 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2009
60 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
85 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2007
85 Qs

Included previous year papers

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Civil Engineering (CE) 20262026
65 questions in this view		2026
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20262026
65 questions in this view		2026
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]2025
65 questions in this view		2025
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]2025
65 questions in this view		2025
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]2024
65 questions in this view		2024
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]2024
65 questions in this view		2024
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2023 [Session 2]2023
65 questions in this view		2023
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]2022
65 questions in this view		2022
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2021 [Session 2]2021
65 questions in this view		2021
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]2020
65 questions in this view		2020
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]2019
65 questions in this view		2019
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]2018
65 questions in this view		2018
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]2017
65 questions in this view		2017
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]2016
65 questions in this view		2016
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]2016
65 questions in this view		2016
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]2015
65 questions in this view		2015
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]2015
65 questions in this view		2015
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]2014
65 questions in this view		2014
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]2014
65 questions in this view		2014
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20132013
65 questions in this view		2013
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20122012
65 questions in this view		2012
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20112011
65 questions in this view		2011
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20102010
65 questions in this view		2010
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20092009
60 questions in this view		2009
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20082008
85 questions in this view		2008
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20072007
85 questions in this view		2007
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