Where is the official GATE CE 2021 question paper?

IIT Bombay publishes it as a public PDF — the link above opens it on the official site. placd does not host or reproduce it.

Is placd's 2021 set the real GATE CE 2021 paper?

No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2021 paper's distribution — the same shape, section split, question types and mark weighting, scored the way the paper scores — with placd's own solutions. Past-paper text is not reproduced.

What was the GATE CE 2021 cutoff?

General: 29.2, OBC-NCL / EWS: 26.2, SC / ST / PwD: 19.4 (as reported; confirm on the official site).

GATE Civil 2021 Question Paper — Pattern, Cutoff, Official PDF & Practice Set

GATE Civil 2021

Published by IIT Bombay as a public PDF. Below: the paper’s shape, where the marks sat, the cutoff, and placd’s own set built to this year’s distribution.

The paper

Questions: 65
Marks: 100
Duration: 180 min
Types: MCQ, MSQ, NAT
Negative: 1/3 mark on a wrong 1-mark MCQ, 2/3 on a wrong 2-mark MCQ; none on MSQ or NAT
Official paper: Official paper on gate2026.iitg.ac.in
Answer key: Official key

The year

Registered: Not published
Appeared: Not published
Vacancies: Not applicable / not published

Qualifying cutoff (as reported)

General29.2
OBC-NCL / EWS26.2
SC / ST / PwD19.4

Practise this year’s pattern

GATE CE 2021 pattern set: an original set assembled to the 2021 distribution — same shape, section split and question types, timed and scored exactly as the paper scores.

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Where the marks sat

General Aptitude
10 questions · 15 marks
Engineering Mathematics
13 marks
CE subject
72 marks

The 2021 paper ran in 2 sessions; the link opens session 1 — every session's paper and key is on the archive page. IIT Bombay's GATE 2021 site is no longer online; the qualifying marks are as reported by exam portals from the official release. Sources: Master question papers & keys, IIT Guwahati archive · GATE 2021 qualifying marks as reported (the organising institute's page is no longer online). Verified 15 Sept 2026.

Frequently asked

Where is the official GATE CE 2021 question paper?: IIT Bombay publishes it as a public PDF — the link above opens it on the official site. placd does not host or reproduce it.
Is placd's 2021 set the real GATE CE 2021 paper?: No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2021 paper's distribution — the same shape, section split, question types and mark weighting, scored the way the paper scores — with placd's own solutions. Past-paper text is not reproduced.
What was the GATE CE 2021 cutoff?: General: 29.2, OBC-NCL / EWS: 26.2, SC / ST / PwD: 19.4 (as reported; confirm on the official site).