GATE CE / Official papers
GATE Civil Engineering (CE): official papers 2023–2026 as tests
Every question paper and answer key below is the file the GATE organising institute published on its own site. Shishya links the papers and does not copy them. Take a paper with a 3-hour timer, mark each answer the way GATE asks for it (one option, any options, or a number), and see your raw marks under GATE's own marking. Your first test is free without an account; sign up free to keep using it.
65 questions, 100 marks, 3 hours, as GATE prints them. Open the paper in a new tab (and GATE's own calculator if you want the exam-day one), then start the timer.
Papers and keys by year
| Year | Paper | Question paper | Answer key |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CE-1 | PDF ↗ | Key ↗ |
| 2026 | CE-2 | PDF ↗ | Key ↗ |
| 2025 | CE-1 | PDF ↗ | Final key ↗ |
| 2025 | CE-2 | PDF ↗ | Final key ↗ |
| 2024 | CE-1 | PDF ↗ | Final key ↗ |
| 2024 | CE-2 | PDF ↗ | Final key ↗ |
| 2023 | CE-1 | PDF ↗ | Key ↗ |
| 2023 | CE-2 | PDF ↗ | Key ↗ |
Sources (read 2026-10-27): gate2026.iitg.ac.in · gate2025.iitr.ac.in · gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Years before 2022 are not offered: their keys are scanned images or have no separate key file.
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Copy the answers from your GOAPS response sheet into the GATE response sheet → marks tool, then compare with the qualifying marks.
Why these six branches: they had the most candidates registered for GATE 2026 on the organiser's cut-off page (CE: 97,486 registered).