GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Shift 1 & 2 Solutions and Answer Key

By Himanshu Bajpai|Updated : January 31st, 2023

The GATE 2023 is one of the prominent exams for all aspiring Engineers in the Country. This year many candidates have appeared for GATE 2023 Civil Engineering paper. The Civil Engineering paper was conducted on the 12th of February 2023, for both the sessions, i.e. forenoon session (09:00 AM-12:00 PM) and the afternoon session (2:30 PM-5:30 PM). BYJU'S Exam Prep has conducted the GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis for both shifts.

There are various career opportunities for Civil Engineers in public sector companies and higher studies top colleges like IITs/NITs through the GATE 2023 exam. Therefore, we have provided the GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis in which reasonable attempts, highlights, expected cutoff, and questions asked in GATE 2023 Civil Engineering in the Forenoon and Afternoon sessions are covered.

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GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Youtube Live session

Here we are sharing GATE 2023 Civilpaper analysis, weightage analysis, and questions asked in the 1st and 2nd sessions of the GATE CE 2023 exam in the form Video (Youtube session).

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Highlights of GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis: Shift 1

The highlights of the GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis for the forenoon session (Shift 1) are shared in the points below.

  • There were 35 MCQ,9 MSQ, and 22 NAT in the GATE 2023 Civil Engineering paper.
  • The overall difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate, and the paper was calculative.
  • The GATE 2023 CE paper had very few questions from Fluid Mechanics, CPM, and Railway Airport in the first shift.
  • DSS, Engineering Mechanics Highway had easy questions in the paper.
  • The highest Weightage was given to Geotechnical Engineering(16 marks) and Environment Engineering (13 Marks).

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GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis Shift1: Weightage Difficulty Level

The Subject wise weightage analysis based on the GATE 2023 Civil Engineering paper for shift one is shared below in the table. This GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis will be beneficial for candidates who are preparing for GATE 2024 to understand how many 1 2 marks questions are asked. For example, the Fluid Mechanics (1) and Railway and Airport (0) had very few questions in the examination.

Subjects

Questions

Total Marks

1 Mark

2 Marks

Engineering Mathematics

5

4

13

Strength of Materials

1

3

7

Engineering Hydrology

1

2

5

Engineering Mechanics

1

0

1

Geotechnical Engineering

4

6

16

Structural Analysis

1

2

5

Surveying

2

1

4

Building Materials

1

0

1

Construction Planning Management

0

0

0

Design of Steel Structures

113
Irrigation Engineering012

Highway Engineering

226

Open Channel Flow

125

Environmental Engineering

3411

Fluid Mechanics

012

Railways and Airport

000

General Aptitude

5515

Design of Concrete Structures

214

Subject-wise Marks Comparison with Last Years GATE CE Papers

The subject-wise marks comparison of the GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis with 2022 2021 papers is shared in the table below.

S.No.

Subjects

2023- Shift 1

20222021

Set 1

Set 2

Set 1

Set 2

1

Engineering Mathematics

13

13

12

11

13

2

Strength of Materials

7

2

7

4

6

3

Engineering Hydrology

5

2

4

9

4

4

Engineering Mechanics

1

2

2

2

5

5

Geotechnical Engineering

16

13

12

13

14

6

Structural Analysis

5

8

5

6

2

7

Surveying

4

3

2

4

4

8

Building Materials

1

1

1

1

1

9

Construction Planning Management

0

2

2

2

2

10

Design of Steel Structures

3

2

2

2

1

11

Irrigation Engineering

2

3

2

2

2

12

Highway Engineering

6

11

10

11

9

13

Open Channel Flow

5

3

4

2

1

14

Environmental Engineering

11141385
15

Fluid Mechanics

23345
16

Railways and Airport

00102
17

General Apptitude

1515151515
18

Design of Concrete Structures

43349

Questions and Solutions Shift 1: GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis

The questions asked in the GATE 2023 Civil Engineering paper are shared below. Our students who have given the GATE 2023 exam for Civil Engineering brought these questions. These are memory-based questions brought by our students.

Question 1. Concerning the compaction curve

  • The compaction curve crosses zero air voids line
  • Compactive effort increases OMCL decreases
  • Peak point Compactive curve gives γdmax OMC
  • Compactive effort increases OMCL increases

Question 2. A drained shear test was carried out on san y soil under an average strength of 50 kPa. The specimen failed at 35 kPa. Find the angle of the function.

Question 3.

  1. P - Triaxial comp. test
  2. Q - Triaxial extension test
  3. R - direct shear or box test
  4. S - Vane shear test

Most appropriate shear strength test for the following sample-

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Question 4. Find lateral active earth pressure at B case

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Question 5.With the increase in the w/c ratio, the compressibility workavility_______.

Question 6. Group G friction piles are arranged in a square grid, maintaining equal spacing in all directions. Each pils of lia 300 mm length = 3m. Assume soil content is less with effective friction angle = 32o. What is C - to C spacing of piles mm for the pie group effort box?

Question7.Horton's equation fitted to inflation data for a soi, the infiltration capacity is 10 mm/hr, the final infiltration capacity is 5 mm/hr, a d the exponential decay constant is 0.5 hr. Assuming that infiltration occurs at a capacity rate, the total infiltration (in mm) from a uniform of 12 hr is ____ (round of to one decimal).

[NAT- 2 Mark]

Question8.A hydraulic jump occurs in a wide horizontal-jumpiness, rectangular channel, with a pre-jump depth of 0.2 m and part-jump depth of 1.0 m. The value of maybe takenpre-jumpm/s2—the value of SP. Force at the pre-jump and post-jump sections o the same and equal to (in ms).

[NAT - 2 Marks]

Question9.A canal gates an area of 100 ha for growing wheat. The time between the first and last watering is 120 days, depth of water required is 35 cm. After that, more intense watering is required for 30 day, and the depth of water required is 12 cm. Neglecting all other losses, calculate the minimum discharge required in the anal in m3/sec.

[NAT - 1 Mark]

Question 10. For a horizontal curve, the radius of the curve is 300 m, with a d sign speed of 15 m/s when the jerk is 0.75. Length o transition curve _____.

[NAT]

Question 11. Direct reserve d zenith angle by theodolite is 56o 303o. Find vertical collimation error?

[1 Mark]

Question 12. From two instrument stations, A and B . reading well taken at the top of a Hill at an incl nation of 12o45-1 and 18o45', respectively. From station A, Backsig t reading was 2.340 m at BM of RL 100 00 m. The distance between A and B is 55 m. Find the RL of the top point of Hill.

[2 Mark]

Question 13. Match the following:

  1. Reve e osmosis I. Ponding
  2. Trickling filter II. Freundlich isotherm
  3. Coagulation III. Concentration polarisation
  4. Adsorption IV. Charge neutralisation

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Question 14.

structural analysis GATE 2023 CE question

Question 15.

GATE 2023 CE structural Analysis question 2

Question 16. The probability of occurrence of two independent events is 0.5 and 0.8. Probability o occurrence of atleast A or B.

Question 17. For the differential equation, dy/dx+axy=0

If y = 1 at x = 0, y = as at x = 1, Find x.

 

GATE 2023 Civil Engineering Questions and Answer key: Download PDF

Candidates can download the GATE 2023 Civil Engineering questions and solutions PDF made by BYJU'S Exam Prep experts.

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GATE 2023 Civil Exam Analysis: Good Attempts

Candidates can check the number of reasonable attempts for the GATE 2023 Civil exam. This will boost the confidence of GATE CE aspirants until IIT Kanpur publishes the official GATE response sheet. A candidate who has achieved 80 - 90 marks can be considered a good attempt per GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis.

GATE 2023 Civil Expected Cutoff 

The expected cut-off for both shifts is shared in the table below, per GATE 2023 Civil exam analysis. These are expected Cutoffs as BYJU'S Exam Prep GATE CE faculties.

Expected Ranks - Shift 1 GATE 2023 CE

Marks

1

90

100

82+

200

78+

500

74+

1000

68+

2000

61+

2700

50+

4500

51+

Expected Cutoff

28 to 32

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FAQs About GATE 2023 Civil Paper Analysis

  • GATE Civil paper analysis of 12th February 2023 Shift 1 & Shift 2 covers difficulty level, reasonable attempts, and section-wise review.

  • There were 35 MCQ,9 MSQ, and 22 NAT questions asked on the GATE CE Shift 1 paper of 12th February 2022, and there were ....MCQ, .... MSQ, and ..... NAT questions were asked on the GATE CE Shift 2 paper.

  • The highest Weightage was given to Geotechnical Engineering(16 marks) and Environment Engineering (13 Marks).

  • The overall difficulty level of the exam was Easy to Moderate, and the paper was calculative as per GATE 2023 Civil paper analysis.

  • The GATE 2022 Civil Engineering Shift-2 Paper was of ................ level.

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