GATE ME Exam 2020 was conducted in the first shift. There were 65 (multiple choice and numerical answer type) questions in the exam paper for a total of 100 marks in the first shift. The exam was conducted in two shifts. This article will give you complete information regarding the GATE ME Paper Analysis 2020.
GATE ME Paper Analysis 2020
Forenoon Session
- The difficulty level of the examination was Medium
- The General Aptitude Section was fairly easy.
- Maths section was difficult as compared to last year.
- Conceptual questions were asked from Design Topics
- 10 Marks questions were asked from Fluid Mechanics
- 20+ time taking and lengthy questions were asked from Numerical Ability.
- 2 questions from Vibration Section were confusing.
- 2 or 1 questions from Trusses, Metrology, Forming, Sheet Metal, Convention, Radiation, Heat Exchanger and LMTD.
Afternoon Session
- The difficulty level of this exam of GATE 2020 was Medium to Tough
- General Aptitude Section was comparatively very easy from previous year
- The thermal section was very easy.
- Questions from SOM and Production were very tough and took a lot of time to solve.
- There were more than twenty-five questions from NAT
- There were 16 marks questions from Manufacturing
- There were 12 marks questions from Thermodynamics
- There were fewer questions from TOM as compared to last year.
Previous Year’s Analysis
2019
After Noon Session
| SUBJECT | No. of Ques. | Topics Asked in Paper(Memory Based) | Level of Ques | Total Marks |
| Engineering Mathematics | 1 Marks: 5 2 Marks: 4 |
Random Variable, Complex Variable, Divergence, Complementary Function, Determinant, Variable Separable Method, Fourier Series | Easy | 13 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 Marks:1 2 Marks: 1 | Slider Crank Mechanism, Collision | Medium | 3 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 | Columns, Simple Stress and Strain | Medium | 8 |
| Theory Of Machines | 1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 | Gear Strain, Vibration, Torsion, Cams | Medium | 8 |
| Machine Design | 1 Marks: 1 2 Marks: 2 | Bearing Capacity, Breaks | Easy | 3 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 | Fluid Properties, Flow through pipes | Medium | 8 |
| Heat Transfer | 1 Marks: 1 2 Marks: 2 | Radiation, Convection | Easy | 5 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 5 | Ideal Gas, IC Engine, Vapour compression cycle, Refrigeration | Medium | 12 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 1 Marks: 7 2 Marks: 6 | Milling, Metal Cutting, Forming, EDM | Tough | 19 |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 2 | Inventory Management, Linear Programming | Tough | 6 |
| General Aptitude | 1 Marks: 5 2 Marks: 5 | Geometry, TSD, Functions, Grammar, Numbers, Work, inference | Easy | 15 |
The GATE ME paper analysis by GATE Academy has been provided here for both sessions.
Analysis by GATE Academy – Afternoon Session
 Subject |
Number of Question |
Topics Asked in Paper (Memory Based) |
Level of Questions |
Total Marks |
|
Engineering Mathematics |
1 Marks: 5 2 Marks: 4 |
Random Variable, Complex Variable, Divergence, Complementary Function, Determinant, Variable Separable Method, Fourier Series |
Easy |
13 |
|
Engineering Mechanics |
1 Marks:1 2 Marks: 1 |
Slider Crank Mechanism, Collision |
Medium |
3 |
|
Mechanics of Materials |
1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 |
Columns, Simple Stress and Strain |
Medium |
8 |
|
Theory Of Machines |
1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 |
Gear Strain, Vibration, Torsion, Cams |
Medium |
8 |
|
Machine Design |
1 Marks: 1 2 Marks: 2 |
Bearing Capacity, Breaks |
Easy |
3 |
|
Fluid Mechanics |
1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 3 |
Fluid Properties, Flow through pipes |
Medium |
8 |
|
Heat Transfer |
1 Marks: 1 2 Marks: 2 |
Radiation, Convection |
Easy |
5 |
|
Thermodynamics |
1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 5 |
Ideal Gas, IC Engine, Vapour compression cycle, Refrigeration |
Medium |
12 |
|
Manufacturing Engineering |
1 Marks: 7 2 Marks: 6 |
Milling, Metal Cutting, Forming, EDM |
Tough |
19 |
|
Industrial Engineering |
1 Marks: 2 2 Marks: 2 |
Inventory Management, Linear Programming |
Tough |
6 |
|
General Aptitude |
1 Marks: 5 2 Marks: 5 |
Geometry, TSD, Functions, Grammar, Numbers, Work, inference |
Easy |
15 |
|
Total |
65 |
|
|
100 |
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Faculty Feedback |
Majority of the question were concept based. General Aptitude And Mathematics is Very Easy. Core Subject Questions were 50% easy, 30% medium and 20% tough. |
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GATE ME Paper Analysis by GATE Academy – Forenoon Session
| Subject | Number of Questions | Topics Asked in Paper (Memory-Based) | Level of Questions | Total Marks |
| Engineering
Mathematics |
1 Marks: 6
2 Marks: 4 |
Mean Value Theorem; Probability, Euler’s Method, Rank, Analytic Function, Laplace Transform |
Easy |
14 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 Marks: 0
2 Marks: 2 |
Slider Crank Mechanism, Collision |
Medium |
4 |
| Mechanics of
Materials |
1 Marks: 4
2 Marks: 5 |
Simple Stress Strains, Analysis of Shear Stress, Stress in Beams, Plain Stress |
Medium |
14 |
| Theory Of Machines | 1 Marks: 3
2 Marks: 2 |
Gear Strain |
Medium |
7 |
| Machine Design | 1 Marks: 1
2 Marks: 2 |
Bearing Capacity, Breaks |
Easy |
5 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 1 Marks: 3
2 Marks: 4 |
Peloton Wheels, |
Medium |
11 |
| Heat Transfer | 1 Marks: 0
2 Marks: 1 |
Conduction, |
Easy |
2 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 Marks: 2
2 Marks: 4 |
Entropy, IC Engines, Steady Flow Energy Equation |
Medium |
10 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 1 Marks: 6
2 Marks: 4 |
ECM, Sheet Metal, Metal cutting |
Tough |
14 |
| Industrial
Engineering |
1 Marks: 0
2 Marks: 2 |
Linear Program |
Medium |
4 |
| General Aptitude | 1 Marks: 5
2 Marks: 5 |
Geometry, TSD, Functions, Grammar, Numbers, Work, inference |
Easy |
15 |
| Total | 65 | 100 | ||
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Faculty Feedback |
Majority of the question were concept based. General Aptitude And Mathematics is Very Easy. Core Subject Questions were 50% easy, 30%
medium and 20% tough. |
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Detailed GATE ME Paper Analysis 2018- Session 1
| S.No | Topics | % wise weightage |
| 1 | Engineering Mathematics | 14% |
| 2 | General Aptitude | 15% |
| 3 | Mechanics of Materials | 14% |
| 4 | Engineering Mechanics | 4% |
| 5 | Theory of Machines | 7% |
| 6 | Machine Design | 5% |
| 7 | Fluid Mechanics | 11% |
| 8 | Heat Transfer | 2% |
| 9 | Thermodynamics | 10% |
| 10 | Manuafacturing Engineering | 14% |
| 11 | Industrial Engineering | 4% |
GATE 2017 ME Paper Analysis by GATE Academy – Session 1
| Subject Topics | No. Of Questions | Topics – Questions were asked from | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
| 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 |
Tough | 5 | |
| 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 | ||
Detailed GATE ME Paper Analysis- Session 1
| S.No | Topics | % wise weightage |
| 1 | Manufacturing Engineering | 17% |
| 2 | General Aptitude | 15% |
| 3 | Maths | 14% |
| 4 | Fluid Mechanics 10 | 10% |
| 5 | Thermo Dynamics | 9% |
| 6 | Theory of Machines | 7% |
| 7 | Engineering Mathematics | 5% |
| 8 | Heat Transfer5 | 5% |
| 9 | Industrial Engineering | 4% |
| 10 | Machine design | 4% |
Detailed GATE ME Paper Analysis by GATE Academy – Session 2
| Subject Topics | No.Of Questions | Topics in detail | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
| Engineering Mathematics | 1 marks – 4
2 marks – 4 |
Mode, Probability, | Moderate | 12 |
| Theory of Machines (TOM) and
Vibration |
1 marks – 2
2 marks – 5 |
Vibrations, | Easy | 12 |
| Mechanical Precision Engineering | 1 marks -4
2 marks – 5 |
Material science, Forming, USM, Crystal structures, Metal cutting, Tool life, | Easy to Moderate | 12 |
| Thermo Dynamics & Applied Thermo Dynamics | 1 marks -2
2 marks – 4 |
Psychometry, | Moderate | 10 |
| Strength of Materials (SOM) | 1 marks – 5
2 marks – 3 |
Maximum shear stress, Fatigue loading,
Thermal stresses, Bending moment |
Easy | 11 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 1 marks – 4
2 marks – 3 |
Divergence, Stability of floating Body, Fluid kinetics, Turbines | Easy to Moderate | 10 |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 marks – 2
2 marks – 3 |
Queuing theory, Standard deviation | Moderate | 8 |
| Heat & Mass Transfer | 1 marks – 2
2 marks – 2 |
Radiation, Fins, Unsteady state heat conduction | Easy to Moderate | 6 |
| Machine Design | 1 marks – 0
2 marks – 2 |
Easy to Moderate | 4 | |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 marks – 0
2 marks – 0 |
– | 0 | |
| General Aptitude | 1 marks – 5
2 marks – 5 |
Family Relations, Grammar, Inference, Co-ordinate Geometry | Tough | 15 |
| Total | 65 | 100 |
Percentage-wise distribution of topics in Session 2
| S.No | Topics | % wise weightage |
| 1 | Engineering Mathematics | 14% |
| 2 | Theory of Machines & Vibrations | 14% |
| 3 | Thermo Dynamics | 12% |
| 4 | MPE | 14% |
| 5 | Strength of Materials | 13% |
| 6 | Fluid Mechanics | 12% |
| 7 | Heat Transfer | 7% |
| 8 | Industrial Engineering | 9% |
Sir,I calculate and my gate score is 26.76..and I am a obc candidate..is there any chance for cut of for this year?
Kindly give me a reply
yes but you need to wait till the declaration of cut off.