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GATE 2023 CE question paper with official answer key (Set 1)

The complete GATE 2023 Civil Engineering (CE) Set 1 paper: 65 questions for 100 marks, with the official answer to every question. Try each question first, then open its answer, or practise the whole paper free with a 3-hour timer and your score.

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GATE 2023 CE paper at a glance

Questions
65
Total marks
100
General Aptitude
10 questions · 15 marks
CE subject
55 questions · 85 marks
Question types
34 MCQ · 10 MSQ · 21 NAT
Duration
3 hours

In GATE, each MCQ carries 1 or 2 marks; a wrong MCQ answer costs one-third of its marks (−1/3 for a 1-mark and −2/3 for a 2-mark question). MSQ (multiple select) and NAT (numerical answer) questions have no negative marking. In this paper, 2 questions were dropped by GATE and given full marks to everyone.

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Q.1 · General Aptitude · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 1
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Answer: C

Q.2 · General Aptitude · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 2
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Answer: C

Q.3 · General Aptitude · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 3
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Answer: A

Q.4 · General Aptitude · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 4
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Answer: D

Q.5 · General Aptitude · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 5
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Answer: B

Q.6 · General Aptitude · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 6
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Answer: D

Q.7 · General Aptitude · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 7
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Answer: A

Q.8 · General Aptitude · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 8
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Answer: D

Q.9 · General Aptitude · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 9
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Answer: A

Q.10 · General Aptitude · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 10
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Answer: A

Q.11 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 11
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Answer: D

Q.12 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 12
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Answer: B

Q.13 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 13
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Answer: A

Q.14 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 14
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Answer: A

Q.15 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 15
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Answer: A

Q.16 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 16
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Answer: B

Q.17 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 17
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Answer: Marks to all (question dropped)

Q.18 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 18
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Answer: A

Q.19 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 19
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Answer: C

Q.20 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 20
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Answer: D

Q.21 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 21
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Answer: A

Q.22 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 22
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Answer: D

Q.23 · CE · 1 mark · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 23
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Answer: C

Q.24 · CE · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 24
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Answer: B, C

Q.25 · CE · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 25
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Answer: B, C

Q.26 · CE · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 26
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Answer: A, B, C

Q.27 · CE · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 27
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Answer: A, C

Q.28 · CE · 1 mark · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 28
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Answer: B

Q.29 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 29
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Answer: 0.9

Q.30 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 30
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Answer: 0.445 to 0.447

Q.31 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 31
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Answer: 134 to 136

Q.32 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 32
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Answer: 35

Q.33 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 33
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Answer: 0.045 to 0.047

Q.34 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 34
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Answer: 3

Q.35 · CE · 1 mark · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 35
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Answer: 15 or 26 to 27

Q.36 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 36
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Answer: A

Q.37 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 37
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Answer: A

Q.38 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 38
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Answer: B

Q.39 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 39
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Answer: B

Q.40 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 40
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Answer: D

Q.41 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 41
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Answer: A

Q.42 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 42
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Answer: A

Q.43 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 43
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Answer: A

Q.44 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 44
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Answer: A

Q.45 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 45
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Answer: D

Q.46 · CE · 2 marks · MCQ

GATE 2023 CE question 46
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Answer: C

Q.47 · CE · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 47
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Answer: A, B, D

Q.48 · CE · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 48
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Answer: A

Q.49 · CE · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 49
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Answer: A, B

Q.50 · CE · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 50
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Answer: B, D

Q.51 · CE · 2 marks · MSQ

GATE 2023 CE question 51
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Answer: B, C

Q.52 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 52
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Answer: -0.152 to -0.149

Q.53 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 53
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Answer: 7

Q.54 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 54
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Answer: 13.5 to 14.5

Q.55 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 55
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Answer: 464000 to 472000

Q.56 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 56
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Answer: 4.8 to 5.2

Q.57 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 57
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Answer: 34 to 37

Q.58 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 58
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Answer: 3.3 to 3.35

Q.59 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 59
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Answer: Marks to all (question dropped)

Q.60 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 60
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Answer: 0.6 to 0.64

Q.61 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 61
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Answer: 69.7 to 70.1

Q.62 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 62
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Answer: 18 to 19

Q.63 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 63
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Answer: 12 to 15

Q.64 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 64
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Answer: 16200

Q.65 · CE · 2 marks · NAT

GATE 2023 CE question 65
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Answer: 137.5 to 137.73

GATE 2023 CE official answer key

From the official GATE answer key ↗. Numerical answers are accepted anywhere in the range shown.

Q.SectionTypeMarksAnswer
1GAMCQ1C
2GAMCQ1C
3GAMCQ1A
4GAMCQ1D
5GAMCQ1B
6GAMCQ2D
7GAMCQ2A
8GAMCQ2D
9GAMCQ2A
10GAMCQ2A
11CEMCQ1D
12CEMCQ1B
13CEMCQ1A
14CEMCQ1A
15CEMCQ1A
16CEMCQ1B
17CEMCQ1Marks to all (question dropped)
18CEMCQ1A
19CEMCQ1C
20CEMCQ1D
21CEMCQ1A
22CEMCQ1D
23CEMCQ1C
24CEMSQ1B, C
25CEMSQ1B, C
26CEMSQ1A, B, C
27CEMSQ1A, C
28CEMSQ1B
29CENAT10.9
30CENAT10.445 to 0.447
31CENAT1134 to 136
32CENAT135
33CENAT10.045 to 0.047
34CENAT13
35CENAT115 or 26 to 27
36CEMCQ2A
37CEMCQ2A
38CEMCQ2B
39CEMCQ2B
40CEMCQ2D
41CEMCQ2A
42CEMCQ2A
43CEMCQ2A
44CEMCQ2A
45CEMCQ2D
46CEMCQ2C
47CEMSQ2A, B, D
48CEMSQ2A
49CEMSQ2A, B
50CEMSQ2B, D
51CEMSQ2B, C
52CENAT2-0.152 to -0.149
53CENAT27
54CENAT213.5 to 14.5
55CENAT2464000 to 472000
56CENAT24.8 to 5.2
57CENAT234 to 37
58CENAT23.3 to 3.35
59CENAT2Marks to all (question dropped)
60CENAT20.6 to 0.64
61CENAT269.7 to 70.1
62CENAT218 to 19
63CENAT212 to 15
64CENAT216200
65CENAT2137.5 to 137.73

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