GATE 2023 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Paper Analysis is available. IIT Kanpur conducted GATE 2023 Mechanical paper in the Afternoon Session on Feb 4 from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Students reported GATE 2023 Mechanical Engineering question paper to be moderately challenging and easier than the previous year.
Details | Paper Analysis |
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Overall Difficulty | Moderate |
Number of MCQs | 30 |
Number of MSQs | 7 |
Number of NATs | 27 |
Paper Code | ME |
Shift/Session | Afternoon Session |
No. of Questions | 65 |
Maximum Marks | 100 |
Types of Questions | Objective (MCQs, MSQ, NATs) |
Sections | Engineering Mathematics, General Aptitude & Subject Specific |
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GATE 2023 ME Answer Key will be available on February 21, 2023. You will be able to download the official GATE 2023 ME Answer Keys along with the Question Paper from the official website. GATE 2023 ME Answer Key can be used to calculate scores as per the marking scheme.
Previous Year GATE ME Answer Keys are also available in PDFs. Candidates can download the same for free using the links below.
Year | GATE ME Question Paper | GATE ME Answer Key |
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2022 | Check Here | Check Here |
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2021 | Check Here | Check Here |
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2020 | Check Here | Check Here |
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2019 | Check Here | Check Here |
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Particulars | GATE ME Paper Analysis |
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Overall Difficulty Level | Moderate to Difficult |
Difficulty Level of General Aptitude | Easy to Moderate |
Difficulty Level of Engineering Mathematics | Easy to Moderate |
Difficulty Level of Core Discipline Section | Moderate to Difficult |
Topics with Highest Weightage | Manufacturing and Heat Transfer |
Number of NATs | 25 |
Number of MSQs | 5 |
Number of MCQs | 35 |
Good Score | 65-70 |
ME-1 Paper Topics | Number of Questions (1 Mark) | Number of Questions (2 Marks) | Total Marks |
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Thermodynamics | 2 | 1 | 4 |
IC Engine | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Fluid Mechanics + Hydraulic Machines | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Engineering Mechanics (Rolling, Truss, Equilibrium of rigid body) | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Power Plant | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Heat Transfer | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Strength of Materials | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Theory of Machines & vibrations | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Machine Design | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Manufacturing & Engineering Materials | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Industrial Engineering | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Engineering Mathematics | 7 | 4 | 15 |
General Aptitude | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Total | 30 | 35 | 100 |
GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering (ME) paper was conducted in two sessions- Forenoon and Afternoon. The overall difficulty level of the paper was reported to be easy to moderate. Candidates can check the detailed GATE 2021 ME Paper Analysis in the section below for both the forenoon and afternoon session. In 2021, the overall difficulty level of GATE ME paper was rated easy to moderate. There were no MSQs.
GATE 2021 ME Weightage of Topics (Forenoon Session)
Topics | Total Marks | Total Questions (Approx.) | Difficulty Level | Sub Topics |
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Manufacturing | 15 marks | 9 | Difficult | Casting, CNC Machine, Grinding, Metal Cutting, Resistance Welding, Machine in Process |
Thermodynamics | 12 marks | 9 | Moderate | Psychometric Process, Ideal Gas, Thermodynamic Relation, Air Conditioning |
Industrial Engineering | 9 marks | 5 | Moderate | Queuing Theory, Line Balancing |
TOM | 9 Marks | 6 | Difficult | Two Degree of Freedom, Free Vibrations |
Heat Transfer | 6 Marks | 4 | Difficult | Fins, Shape Factor, Composite Cylinder |
Maths | 12 marks | 8 | Difficult | Complex Integration, Differential Equation, Limit, Probability Density Function, Derivative |
Engineering Mechanics | 2 Marks | 2 | Easy | Equilibrium |
SOM | 8 Marks | 7 | Easy | ---- |
Fluid Mechanics | 6 Marks | 3 | Easy | Pressure Measurement, Laminar Flow |
Topics | Total Questions (Approx.) |
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Thermodynamics | 7 |
Fluid Mechanics | 6 |
Manufacturing | 8 |
Maths | 8 |
TOM | 5 |
Industrial Engineering | 3 |
Engineering Mechanics | 3 |
SOM | 4 |
Machine Design | 1 |
Heat Transfer | 2 |
GATE 2020 Mechanical Engineering (ME) paper was held in two sessions. Candidates can check the previous year paper analysis from the section below.
Just like the previous years’ GATE 2019 ME Paper Analysis was conducted in two slots- Forenoon and Afternoon Session. Check the detailed GATE 2019 ME Paper Analysis in the section below.
Tabulated below is the section-wise important topics asked in GATE 2019 ME paper:
Subject | Topics | Ques. (1mark | 2marks) | Total Marks |
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General Aptitude | English + Reasoning | 10 (5 | 5) | 15 |
Engg. Math | Integration, Limits, Eigenvalues, Trapezoidal Method | 8 (4 | 4) | 12 |
Manufacturing | Non-Conventional, Defects of casting, orthogonal turning, Slab milling, Clearance Fit | 8 (2 | 6) | 14 |
Theory of Machine & Vibration | Vibrations, Cam follower, Gyroscope, Angular Velocity | 6 (3 | 3) | 9 |
Strength of Materials | Thermal Stress, Stress & Starin, Twisting moment | 6 (2 | 4) | 10 |
Fluid Mechanics | Kinematics, Viscosity btw. layers, total acceleration | 3 (2 | 1) | 4 |
Thermodynamics & Applications | Entropy, Ideal gas, VCRs, Brayton cycle, Rankine with regeneration | 7 (3 | 4) | 11 |
Industrial Engineering | Weightage moving average, forecast, assignment | 4 (2 | 2) | 6 |
Head Transfer | Convection (Nusselt no.), Conduction with heat generation | 4 (2 | 2) | 6 |
Machine Design | Grar, Breaks, Fluctuating Stress, Factor of Safety | 5 (3 | 2) | 7 |
Engineering Mechanics | Position Vector, Friction Force, Truss, FBD | 4 (2 | 2) | 6 |
Tabulated below is the section-wise important topics asked in GATE ME paper:
Subject | Questions |
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General Aptitude | 10 |
Engineering Math | 8 |
Theory of Machine & Vibration | 7 |
Manufacturing | 11 |
Strength of Materials | 7 |
Fluid Mechanics | 6 |
Thermodynamics & Applications | 5 – 7 |
Industrial Engineering | 2 – 4 |
Heat Transfer | 2 |
Machine Design | 2 – 3 |
Engineering Mechanics | 1 |
Subject Topics | No. Of Questions | Topics – Questions were asked from | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
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Strength of Materials (SOM) | 1 marks- 4 | 2 marks- 3 | Poisson's Ratio, Columns, | Easy | 10 |
Mechanical Precision Engineering | 1 marks -5 | 2 marks - 6 | Slab Milling, non-traditional machining, Casting, Welding | Easy to Moderate | 17 |
Theory of Machines (TOM) and Vibration | 1 marks- 1 | 2 marks- 3 | Natural Frequency, Dynamics of Slider Crank Mechanism, Epicyclic Gear Trains | Easy | 7 |
Thermo Dynamics & Applied Thermo Dynamics | 1 marks -1 | 2 marks- 4 | Brayton Cycle, Entropy | Moderate | 9 |
Heat & Mass Transfer | 1 marks - 1 | 2 marks - 2 | Conduction, Heat Exchanger | Easy to Moderate | 5 |
Fluid Mechanics | 1 marks - 4 | 2 marks - 3 | Flow-through Pipes, Kinematics | Easy to Moderate | 10 |
Engineering Mechanics | 1 marks - 1 | 2 marks - 2 | - | - | - |
General Aptitude | 1 marks - 5 | 2 marks - 5 | Family Relations, Grammar, Inference, Co-ordinate Geometry | Tough | 15 |
Machine Design | 1 marks - 2 | 2 marks - 1 | S-N Curve, Theories of Failure | Easy to Moderate | 4 |
Industrial Engineering | 1 marks - 0 | 2 marks - 2 | Scheduling | Moderate | 4 |
Engineering Mathematics | 1 marks - 5 | 2 marks - 2 | Differential Equations, Probability, Rank of the Matrix, Eigen Values | Moderate | 14 |
Total | 65 | 100 |
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Category | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
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2022 | 28.1 | 25.2 | 18.7 |
2021 | 33 | 29.7 | 22 |
2020 | 34.0 | 30.6 | 22.6 |
2019 | 34.1 | 30.7 | 22.7 |
2018 | 34.7 | 31.2 | 23.1 |
2017 | 32.87 | 29 | 21 |
2016 | 29.6 | 26.6 | 19.7 |
2015 | 32.73 | 29.46 | 21.82 |
2014 | 28.86 | 25.97 | 19.24 |
2013 | 25 | 22.25 | 16.67 |
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