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ESE Mains Civil Exam Analysis 2021: Check Good Attempts, Difficulty Level, Topic-Wise Weightage

By BYJU'S Exam Prep

Updated on: September 25th, 2023

ESE Civil Mains Exam Analysis 2021: The UPSC ESE IES mains exam for civil engineering is scheduled for 21st November 2021, Sunday. In this article, we are providing you with a detailed exam analysis for the ESE Civil Mains exam. The ESE Mains Civil exam analysis will be done here for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in great detail.

The ESE IES Civil Mains exam review for Paper 1 and Paper 2 will cover the difficulty level, good attempts, paper response, weightage marks analysis from Civil engineering subjects. Having known the detailed ESE Mains Civil exam analysis will give you an idea of the possibility of getting a good rank in the ESE IES Mains Civil exam 2021. BYJU’S Exam prep is sharing the ESE Mains questions paper and solutions for ESE mains examination 2021 for the Civil engineering branch.

The exam review for the ESE IES Mains exam for civil engineering will further include the expected cut off marks as well as the question paper pdf with solutions. Read on to get more information about the UPSC ESE Mains exam analysis in this article. 

ESE Civil Mains Exam Analysis 2021: The UPSC ESE IES mains exam for Civil engineering is scheduled for 21st November 2021, Sunday. In this article, we are providing you with a detailed exam analysis for the ESE Civil Mains exam. The ESE Mains Civil exam analysis will be done here for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in great detail.

The ESE IES Civil Mains exam review for Paper 1 and Paper 2 will cover the difficulty level, good attempts, paper response, weightage marks analysis from Civil engineering subjects. Having known the detailed ESE Mains Civil exam analysis will give you an idea of the possibility of getting a good rank in the ESE IES Mains Civil exam 2021. BYJU’S Exam prep is sharing the ESE Mains questions paper and solutions for ESE mains examination 2021 for the Civil engineering branch.

The exam review for the ESE IES Mains exam for Civil engineering will further include the expected cut off marks as well as the question paper pdf with solutions. Read on to get more information about the UPSC ESE Mains exam analysis in this article.

ESE IES Mains Exam Pattern for Civil

Let us first give you a brief idea of the ESE IES Mains exam pattern

ESE IES Civil Mains Exam Paper

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration of exam

Paper 1: Civil engineering subject

6-8 Questions

300

3 Hours

Paper 2: Civil engineering

subject

6-8 Questions

300

3 Hours

ESE IES Civil Mains Exam Analysis 2021: Live Youtube Session 

BYJU’S Exam Prep Civil Engineering expert Ex IES Ankit Sharma Sir & Abhinav Negi Sir will be live in this video session for ESE mains paper analysis. These teachers will answer all the questions being asked by the students about the exam, through the most detailed and accurate analysis of the exam regarding the difficulty level of questions and the new pattern of questions in the ESE Mains 2021.

This video will help the aspirants better understand the difficulty level of the paper and the estimation of Cut-Offs. A must watch the video to get answers to all your doubts and difficulties regarding ESE Mains 2021, which will help you predict your score and plan for the further method.

ESE Civil Mains Exam Analysis Highlights 21 November 2021

The major highlights for the ESE IES mains exam for the Civil engineering papers are provided below. Check out the important points for both paper 1 and paper 2.

 Paper 1
 Building Materials
  • Questions are as usual more theoretical hence scoring becomes tough
 Strength of Materials
  • Little difficult to understand the FBD of torsion question
  • Transformation of stress is moderate
  • elastic constant and deformation very simple problem
 Structural Analysis
  • Two questions from ILD was easy to score.
  • The question from the Slope deflection and method of consistent deformation method were conceptually straight but calculative hence chances are there for calculation mistake.
  • One question asked from Structural dynamics was also normal but derivation requires understanding of Differential equation.  
 Design of Steel Structures
  • The eccentric connection question was tricky and lengthy
  • Column question is easy
  • Beam question is of Low shear case can be solved in time limit. 
 Design of Concrete & Masonry structures
  • Wide range of topics are covered.
  • Questions require good practice and accuracy.
  • Good level of questions.  
 Construction Practice, Planning and Mgmt.
  • One question is very easy and the rest questions are from unconventional topics.
 Paper 2
 Fluid Mechanics
  • Lengthy and Conceptual questions 
 Open Channel flow
  • Direct formula based Question of Hydraulic Jump 
 Hydraulic Machines
  • Straight forward question from Reaction turbine 
 Geotechnical Engineering
  • Mainly Foundation eng. and Consolidation dominated. 
  • Question from the Property of soil is easy but questions from foundation eng are conceptual.
 Highway Engineering
  • Focused more on theory rather than numerical questions 
 Railway, Airport and Tunnelling
  • More theoretical questions are asked hence it will be a little uneasy to grab more marks
 Environmental Engineering
  • Maximum questions are from wastewater engineering.
  • Some numericals are very simple.
 Surveying
  •  Some unconventional topics are asked
 Engineering Hydrology
  • One question of infiltration is very difficult to solve.
  • No questions from the hydrograph

ESE IES Civil Mains Paper -1 Subject Wise Analysis

The detailed subject wise analysis for the ESE IES mains exam for paper 1 is provided below. 

Civil Engineering Paper-1
Subjects Difficulty Level % Marks in 2021 Marks in 2021 Marks in 2020 % Marks in 2020
Building Materials Easy  10.83  52 52 10.83
Strength of Materials Moderate  13.34  64 84 17.50
Structural Analysis Moderate  20  96 104 21.67
Design of Steel Structures Moderate  10.83  52 84 17.50
Design of Concrete & Masonry structures Moderate  30  144 104 21.67
Construction Practice, Planning and Mgmt. Moderate  10.83  52 52 10.83
Engineering Mechanics** Moderate  4.17  20
Total  100  480 480 100.00

Note: The question asked in Engineering Mechanics is not in the ESE Civil Engineering Syllabus.

ESE Civil Mains Paper Review for Paper 1: Difficulty Level

The overall difficulty level of ESE Mains Civil Paper 1 is moderate. Some Questions are quite tricky & from unconventional areas.

ESE Civil Mains Paper 1 Solutions 2021: Download Detailed Solutions 

The detailed solutions for the ESE IES Paper 1 2021 for Civil engineering paper are provided below. Meanwhile, you can refer to the previous year solutions for the ESE IES Mains exam for the Civil engineering exam. 

ESE Mains 2021 CE Paper-1 Detailed Analysis PDF

IES ESE Mains 2021 Paper -2 Civil Topic Wise Analysis: 21 November 2021

ESE Mains 2021 for Civil Engineering has been successfully conducted in the evening shift i.e from 2 PM to 5 PM and this time the major subjects  & their weightage was : 

Civil Engineering Paper-2

Subjects Difficulty Level Marks in 2021 % Marks in 2021 % Marks in 2020 % Marks in 2019
Fluid Mechanics Hard  76  15.83 5.40 6.67
Open Channel flow Easy  10  2.08 1.3 6.25
Hydraulic Machines Easy  20  4.17 7.3
Geotechnical Engineering Moderate  104  21.67 20.6 20.63
Highway Engineering Moderate  52  10.83 7.7 13.54
Railway, Airport and Tunnelling Moderate  52  10.83 10.80 5.0
Environmental Engineering Moderate  84  17.50 24.20 14.38
Surveying Hard  52  10.83 8.8 10.83
Irrigation Engineering  –  – 6.0 11.87
Engineering Hydrology Hard  30  6.25 7.9 10.83
Total   480  100 100 100

ESE Civil Mains Paper 2 Difficulty Level 

The overall difficulty level of ESE Mains Civil Paper 2 is moderate. Questions are conceptual.

Download ESE Civil Mains Solutions for Paper 2 

We are providing you with the detailed solutions for the ESE IES mains exam for paper 2 as the exam is concluded successfully. Meanwhile, you can download previous year ESE Mains Paper 2 detailed solutions by clicking the link below.

ESE Mains 2021 CE Paper-2 Detailed Analysis PDF

ESE Civil Mains Question Papers 2021

The UPSC ESE Civil mains exam question paper pdf is provided. You can download the ESE Mains question paper pdf by clicking the link below. 

ESE Mains 2021 CE Paper-1 Question PDF

ESE Mains 2021 CE Paper-2 Question PDF

ESE Civil Mains Exam Expected Cut Off 2021

The expected cut off for the ESE IES Mains exam for the Civil engineering exam is provided below after we get reviews from the students & experts. Meanwhile, you can check out the previous year cut off for ESE IES Civil engineering below. 

Check: ESE Mains Expected & Previous Year Cut Off

  Civil (out of 1100)
  2019 2020* 2021*
General 541 625 640
OBC 500 586 590
SC 453 485 545
ST 482 500 506
EWS  – 600 580

Download ESE Civil Mains Previous Year Papers PDF: Download Question Paper PDF 

The ESE IES Civil question paper for Paper 1 and Paper 2 is given below for your convenience. Click on the download link given below to download the ESE IES Mains question paper of the previous year for Civil engineering paper. We will update the ESE IES latest question paper pdf i.e. ESE Mains Civil question paper 2021 once the exam gets over.

IES Civil Engineering Mains Previous Year Papers PDF

The download link for the ESE IES Civil engineering previous year question paper is given below.

 

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