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GATE 2012 Civil Engineering (CE) Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs (Offline) (February 12- Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2012 Civil Engineering (CE) Question paper with Answer Key PDfs are now available for download. GATE 2012 CE was held on February 12, 2012 by IIT Delhi. The session of this paper was forenoon and in the offline medium. GATE 2012 CE Question Paper consists of two sections that are, General Aptitude for 15 marks and 85 marks are allotted to core subjects.

GATE 2012 Civil Engineering (CE) Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs (Offline) (February 12 – Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2012 CE Answer Key Details

Question No. Answer Question No. Answer
1 D 34 D
2 A 35 B
3 B 36 A
4 B 37 D
5 C 38 A
6 A 39 C
7 D 40 C
8 C 41 A
9 A 42 C
10 D 43 B
11 A 44 Marks to All
12 B 45 Marks to All
13 B 46 C
14 B 47 B
15 A 48 B
16 D 49 C
17 A 50 Marks to All
18 B 51 C
19 C 52 C
20 B 53 B
21 B 54 B
22 Marks to All 55 D
23 C 56 B
24 B 57 A
25 A 58 Marks to All
26 D 59 D
27 D 60 A
28 B 61 B
29 A 62 D
30 D 63 A
31 B 64 C
32 C 65 B
33 B

GATE 2012 Civil Engineering (CE) Question Paper Analysis

GATE 2012 CE question paper consisted of 65 questions in total. The paper got further broadened into two sections one is the core subject other is general aptitude.

The below table is a brief description of the divisions of questions in GATE CE 2012.

Type of Questions General Aptitude Core Discipline
Number of Questions Marks Number of Questions Marks
No. of 1 mark MCQs 5 5 25 25
No. of 2 marks MCQs 5 10 30 60

Below mentioned is the marks distribution of the paper in detail.

Name of Subject Number of Questions
Geo-Technical Engineering 15
Engineering Mathematics 13
Environmental Engineering 10
Transportation Engineering 9
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics 7
Concrete Structures 9
Hydrology and Irrigation 8
Mechanics 2
Structural Mechanics 7
Steel Structures 3
Surveying 2
General Aptitude 15

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