GATE 2020 Civil Engineering (CE) Answer Key – IIT Delhi publishes GATE 2020 answer key on gate.iitd.ac.in. The conducting body releases GATE CE1 and CE2 answer key with quesition paper in PDF Format. Candidates can use GATE CE answer key with marking scheme to calculate their estimated scores in the exam. Test takers can match answers from the official GATE 2020 CE answer key for session 1 and 2 to know the correct answers and calculate their probable score in GATE 2020. Reuslts are released after final answer key is published. To know more about GATE 2020 Civil Engineering (CE) answer key, scroll down the article.
GATE 2020 Civil Engineering (CE) Answer Key
- Exam Date –09 February 2020 (Sunday)
- Session – S7 & S8
- Time – 09:30 – 12:30 hrs (Forenoon Session) & 02.30 – 05.30 hrs (Afternoon Session)
- Subject Paper – CE ( 1 & 2 )
Question Paper | Cut Off | Result
How To Calculate Marks Using GATE 2020 CE Answer Key
To calculate the score using GATE 2020 answer key for Civil Engineering (CE), candidates must know GATE 2020 marking scheme. Following is the marking scheme to be followed for calculation.
| Type of questions | Marks for correct ans | Marks for wrong ans |
| NAT carrying 1 marks | 1 | 0 |
| NAT carrying 2 marks | 2 | 0 |
| MCQ carrying 1 marks | 1 | -1/3 |
| MCQ carrying 2 marks | 2 | -2/3 |
There is NO negative marking for a wrong answer in NAT questions.
Test takers must follow below given steps to use GATE 2020 asnwser key for calculating probable scores using above marking scheme.
Step 1: Visit the official website of GATE 2020.
Step 2: Find the link for GATE 2020 answer key
Step 3: There, you shall find a link for GATE 2020 answer key with question paper.
Step 4: Once you click on the link, question paper and answer keys of different session codes are displayed in the form of list.
Step 5: Select you question paper and answer key for your respective paper.
Step 6: Answer key shall be shall be displayed in PDF format.
Step 7: Now, check your answers against the official GATE 2020 civil engineering (CE) session 1 and 2 answer key.
Step 8: Follow the marking scheme, i.e,
For Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
- For correct answers, add 1 mark for MCQ carrying 1 mark and 2 marks for MCQ carrying 1 mark
- For wrong answers, deduct -1/3 for MCQ carrying 1 mark and -2/3 for MCQ carrying 2 marks.
For Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
- For correct answers, add 1 mark for NAT carrying 1 mark and 2 marks for NAT carrying 1 mark
- For wrong answers, there is NO negative marking.
Step 7: Keep evaluating the score using the GATE 2020 marking scheme.
Step 8: Sum up all your marks obtained in each answer and you are ready with your probable score for GATE 2020.
GATE Civil Engineering 2020 Cut Off
The cutoff of GATE 2020 is released with the result. However, until then test takers can check the cutoff marks of civil engineering from last year to get an estimation on how much they need to score approximately to pass the exam:
| Year | CE cutoff marks (GN) | CE cutoff marks (OBC-NCL) | CE cutoff marks (SC/ST/PwD) |
| 2019 | 28.2 | 25.4 | 18.8 |
| 2018 | 26.9 | 24.2 | 17.9 |
GATE 2020 Civil Engineering Question Paper
The question paper and answer key for GATE 2020 is displayed in pdf format on the official website for separate subject papers. The candidates must make sure that they download it for their subject paper and session only. The question paper pattern of Civil Engineering (CE) paper is as follows:
- Sections: Three sections
- Total numbe of questions: 65
- Total marks: 100
The question paper for Civil Engineering (CE) is divided into three sections as follows.
| Sections | Weighate |
| Engineering Mathematics | 15% |
| General Aptitude | 15% |
| Civil Engineering (CE) | 70% |
GATE 2020 Result
After evaluation of GATE 2020 papers are concluded, GATE results (Score) are published on the official website. The candidates can claim against the answer key of GATE 2020. If the challenges are accepted and any modification is made in the answer key, a final answer key is released. Based on the final answer key of GATE 2020, the actual (raw) marks secured by a candidate will be considered for calculating the GATE Score.
All the candidates who qualify the exam are given a scorecard based on their relative performance in the exam. GATE 2020 result is then declared in the form of a scorecard. Candidates can download their result using enrollment id and password. The scorecard also has the passing cutoff marks of the subject candidate has appeared for.
About GATE 2020
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 is conducted on the complete understanding of the candidates in various undergraduate subjects in engineering/technology/ architecture and post-graduate level subjects in Science. It is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the seven Indian Institutes of Technology. GATE 2020 is conducted for 25 subjects (also referred to as “papers”) distributed for different dates and sessions. Successful candidates get admission in M.E / M.Tech / M.Arch / Ph.D courses. GATE scores is also used for various PSU recruitments.
About IIT Delhi
IIT Delhi or Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is an institute of eminence. The organizing Institute for GATE 2020 is the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD). The institute administers various courses in undergraduate, masters, doctoral, QIP/CEP/TEQIP and interdisciplinary level. The admission in the UG courses is based on JEE Advanced and the admission in the master’s courses is based on GATE. IIT Delhi has 15 departments in all.
GATE Civil Engineering Answer Key Archives
The candidates can download the previous question paper and answer key for GATE CE for both the shifts from the table below.
| GATE CE 2019 | CE1 | CE2 |
| GATE 2019 Final Answer Key | Click Here | Click Here |
| GATE 2019 Question Paper | Click Here | Click Here |
| GATE 2019 Answer Key | Click Here | Click Here |
| GATE CE 2018 | Get Here |
|---|---|
| Question Paper for Shift 1 | Click Here |
| Answer Key for Shift 1 | Click Here |
| Question Paper for Shift 2 | Click Here |
| Answer Key for Shift 2 | Click Here |
GATE 2020 Civil Engineering Answer Key 2020 FAQS
Ans. Answer key for GATE 2020 Civil Engineering (CE) is released for two sessions i.e, CE1 and CE2 on the official webiste.
Ans. Yes, if the exam conducting body finds adequate proof against any wrong question, a corrected answer key is then released and the result is made on the basis of the corrections made.
Ans. To know how to calculate estimated score, candidates can follow the steps given on this page in how to calculate score section.
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