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GATE Civil 2023

Published by IIT Kanpur 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)

  • General26.6
  • OBC-NCL / EWS23.9
  • SC / ST / PwD17.7

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GATE CE 2023 pattern set: an original set assembled to the 2023 distribution — same shape, section split and question types, timed and scored exactly as the paper scores.

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Where the marks sat

  1. General Aptitude
    10 questions · 15 marks
  2. Engineering Mathematics
    13 marks
  3. CE subject
    72 marks

Topic weightage (as reported by exam analyses)

TopicMarksPractise it
General Aptitude15Aptitude
Engineering Mathematics13Engineering Mathematics bank
Structural Engineering20Subject bank
Geotechnical Engineering16Subject bank
Water Resources Engineering13Subject bank
Environmental Engineering13Subject bank
Transportation Engineering6Subject bank
Geomatics Engineering4Subject bank

The 2023 paper ran in 2 sessions; the link opens session 1 — every session's paper and key is on the archive page. Topic weightage is as reported by exam-analysis sites, not by the organising institute. IIT Kanpur's GATE 2023 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 2023 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 2023 question paper?
IIT Kanpur 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 2023 set the real GATE CE 2023 paper?
No. It is an original pattern set assembled to the 2023 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 2023 cutoff?
General: 26.6, OBC-NCL / EWS: 23.9, SC / ST / PwD: 17.7 (as reported; confirm on the official site).

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