GATE Examination 2021 is out and it has parents and students growing tense day by day as to how to prepare and tackle the extremely competitive examination. IES Master Academy is one of the best GATE Examination coaching centres in India offering flexible batches, affordable teaching and smart strategies to ace the exam. In this article, you will get to know the basic details of GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Syllabus and how to make clever use of ate civil engineering syllabus and weightage.
GATE Examination 2021 is a computer-based test having 3 hours duration covering sections such as General Aptitude (GA) and Candidate Selected Subject. It consists of if Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MCQs) and Numerical Aptitude Type (NATs) Questions (NAT).
Speaking of the Design of Questions, these are designed to test the listed abilities:
- Application
- Analysis
- Comprehension
- Recall
- Synthesis
Now let’s get to know the details of gate civil engineering syllabus and weightage for the GATE 2021 Examinations Syllabus for Civil Engineering. Subject Questions, as you would’ve guessed carry the maximum weightage of 72 marks. General Aptitude carries 15 marks. Engineering Mathematics has an adequate weightage with 13 marks. Thus the examination is of 100 marks in total.
Other than that the examination also tests your skills and aptitude for the following:
Verbal Aptitude
Basic English grammar: tenses, articles, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, verb-noun agreement, and other parts of speech Basic vocabulary: words, idioms, and phrases in context Reading and comprehension Narrative sequencing.
Quantitative Aptitude
Data interpretation: data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing data), 2- and 3-dimensional plots, maps, and tables Numerical computation and estimation: ratios, percentages, powers, exponents and logarithms, permutations and combinations, and series Mensuration and geometry Elementary statistics and probability.
Analytical Aptitude
Logic: deduction and induction
Analogy
Numerical relations and reasoning
Spatial Aptitude
Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions.
GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Syllabus covers subjects like:
- Structural Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Trandsooratation Engineering
- Geomatics Engineering
Here is the marks distribution for each section
Som – 7.75
FM & Hydraulic Machine – 6.75
Irrigation and Hydrology – 6.75
Geo-Technical – 15.25
RCC & Prestressed Concrete – 6.65
Design of Steel Structures – 4.25
Structural Analysis – 3.5
Environmental Engineering – 9.00
At present, as per GATE 2020 estimation, the tentative Cut off for the General Quota is 32.9 while OBC should score a minimum of 29.6 while SC/ST/ PH have an estimated cut-off of 21.9 marks.
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