GATE 2024 Mechanical Engineering (ME): Exam Date, Pattern, Analysis, Cutoff
The GATE 2024 ME exam date is February 3, 2024. Check the GATE Mechanical Engineering 2024 exam date, pattern, syllabus, old question papers, exam analysis, and cutoff here.
GATE 2024 Mechanical Engineering (ME) -
The GATE ME 2024 exam will be conducted on
February 3, 2024
. On this page, you can check all the important details about GATE ME 2024 such as exam date,
GATE Syllabus 2024
, pattern, exam analysis, and cutoff. You can also download the PDF of GATE ME question papers and answer keys for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 here.
Latest:
- GATE 2024 Admit Card Released: Download link activated at gate2024.iisc.ac.in
- GATE 2024 Paper-Wise Exam Schedule Released
Also read:
GATE 2024 Admit Card
GATE ME 2024 Exam Date
The important dates pertaining to GATE ME 2024 exam are as follows -| Event | Date |
| GATE ME 2024 Exam Date | February 3, 2024 |
| GATE ME 2024 Results | March 16, 2024 |
GATE ME Exam Pattern & Weightage 2024
The ME exam pattern of GATE is divided into two sections, i.e. General Aptitude and subject-specific, i.e. Mechanical Engineering. Check the detailed ME exam pattern of GATE 2024 here -
Subject | Total No. Of Questions | Questions Division | Marks |
General Aptitude | 10 Questions | Question No: - 1 to 5 | 05 Marks (One Mark for Each Question) |
Question No: - 6 to 10 | 10 Marks (2 Marks for Each Question) | ||
Physics (Subject) | 55 Questions | Question No: - 1 to 25 | 25 Marks (1 Mark for Each Question) |
Question No: - 26 to 55 | 60 Marks (2 Marks for Each Question) | ||
Total Number of Questions | 65 Questions | - | 100 Marks |
GATE 2024 ME Qualifying Cutoff Marks
GATE Paper 2024 | GATE Qualifying Marks | ||
General | OBC-NCL/ EWS | SC/ST/PwD | |
Mechanical Engineering Cutoff | To Be Updated | To Be Updated | To Be Updated |
Also read: GATE Syllabus 2024
GATE 2024 ME Cutoff
The cutoff for GATE ME 2024 will be updated here once officially released by IISc Bangalore.
| Category | GATE 2024 ME Cutoff |
| General | To be released |
| OBC-NCL/EWS | To be released |
| SC/ST/PwD | To be released |
GATE 2023 ME Paper Analysis
The GATE ME 2023 paper analysis has been listed below -
- The Difficulty level of GATE ME 2023 was Moderate.
- The 2 marks questions were lengthy compared to the GATE 2022 ME exam.
- 1 marks questions were easy.
- A total of 8 MSQs, 32 MCQs, and 25 NATs were asked in the GATE 2023 ME exam.
GATE 2023 ME Cutoff
Candidates can check the ME Cutoff of GATE 2023 from the table below. We have mentioned the category wise cutoffs.| Paper Code | For General | For OBC- (NCL)/ EWS | For SC/ ST/ PwD |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATE 2023 ME: Mechanical Engineering | 28.4 | 25.5 | 18.9 |
GATE 2023 ME Topic Wise Weightage
Candidates can check the previous year's GATE 2023 ME Topic Wise Weightage from the table below.Subjects | 1-mark questions | 2-mark questions | Total |
General Aptitude | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Engineering Mathematics | 5 | 4 | 13 |
IC Engine | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Theory of Machines & Vibrations | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Heat Transfer | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Manufacturing & Engineering Materials | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Thermodynamics | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Industrial Engineering | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Power Plant | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Engineering Mechanics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Machine Design | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Strength of Materials | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fluid Mechanics & Machinery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10 | ||
GATE 2022 ME Cutoff
The cutoff of GATE ME 2022 is given below -
| Category | 2022 Cutoff |
| General | 33 |
| OBC-NCL/EWS | 29.7 |
| SC/ST/PwD | 21 |
GATE 2022 ME Question Paper and Answer Key
| GATE 2022 ME-1 Question Paper | GATE 2022 ME-1 Answer Key |
| GATE 2022 ME-2 Question Paper | GATE 2022 ME-2 Answer Key |
GATE 2021 ME Question Paper and Answer Key
| GATE 2021 ME-1 Question Paper | GATE 2021 ME-1 Answer Key |
| GATE 2021 ME-2 Question Paper | GATE 2021 ME-2 Answer Key |
GATE ME Cutoff 2020
The cutoff for GATE ME 2020 is as follows -
| Name of the Category | Cutoff |
| General | 34.0 |
| OBC | 30.6 |
| SC/ ST PH | 22.6 |
GATE ME 2020 Question Paper & Answer Key
GATE ME 2022 Exam Analysis for Session 2
GATE ME 2022 Session 2 exam has been completed, and the candidates can check the detailed analysis here. According to the initial reports, GATE 2022 ME Session 1 and 2 papers were difficult and compared to the last five years, the 2022 paper turned out to be difficult.
Overall Difficulty: Tough (Moderate to Difficult to be Precise). There were a total number of 30 NAT questions.
Topic with Highest Weightage: Production, Thermodynamics, and SOM major subjects. There were fewer questions from TOM
Students Response & Questions:
- Mathematics and GA sections were easy.
Topic Wise Weightage in GATE ME 2022 (Session 2)
| Name of the Topic | Weightage (Marks) |
| Engineering Mechanics | 04 |
| Strength of Materials and Machine Design | 08 |
| Theory of Machines and Vibrations | 04 |
| Machine Design | 08 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 08 |
| Heat Transfer | 06 |
| Thermodynamics and Applications | 13 |
| Engineering Materials and Manufacturing | 17 |
| Industrial Engineering | 04 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 13 |
| General Aptitude | 15 |
Subject Wise Analysis for GATE ME 2022
The subject wise analysis for GATE ME 2022 is as follows -
| Name of the Subject | Total Marks in Shift 1 | Total Marks in Shift 2 |
| General Aptitude | 13 | 15 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 15 | 13 |
| Theory of Machines and Vibration | 08 | 04 |
| Manufacturing | 18 | 17 |
| SOM & MD | 12 | 09 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 08 | 08 |
GATE ME 2022 Exam Analysis for Session 1
GATE ME exam 2022 for the morning session has been concluded, and the question paper was tough compared to the last five years. Candidates appearing for the afternoon session can check the detailed analysis of the morning session so that the candidates will have an idea of the types of questions that are featured in the exam. The expected cutoff for the morning session exam of GATE 2022 ME is updated here.
Overall Difficulty: The overall difficulty level of the GATE ME was difficult.
Topic with Highest Weightage: Manufacturing and Thermodynamics
Students Response & Questions:
From Industrial Engineering, there were two questions, and there was one from line assembly and the second from linear programming. These questions were not only lengthy but tough.\
There was one mark question to find the Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference from Heat Transfer.
There was one question from Compressor, One from Baryton, and One from Otto Cycle
The was a question on Brake Power and Flywheel.
There were questions on Inertia and Gravity
Froud Number is the Ratio of..............................
Build: Building Grow
Structure of Austenite
Jofra Archer, England's fast bowler is...............than accurate
Match the column - tempering, quenching, annealing, normalizing
Basic questions from Laplace and Matrices
There were many numerical-based questions.
There were questions on Temperature also
In English, there were questions on sentence correction, tenses, and paragraph
There was one question from Machine Drawing
There was a question on the Production
The questions were application-based this year.
There were questions about Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning.
Topic Wise Weightage in GATE ME 2020 (Session 1)
| Name of the Topic | Weightage (Marks) |
| Engineering Mechanics | 05 |
| Strength of Materials and Machine Design | 12 |
| Theory of Machines and Vibrations | 08 |
| Machine Design | 05 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 8 Marks |
| Heat Transfer | 6 to 7 Marks |
| Thermodynamics and Applications | 08 to 11 Marks |
| Engineering Materials | 18 Marks (Approximately) |
| Manufacturing | 18 |
| Industrial Engineering | 04 - 05 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 13 - 15 |
| General Aptitude | 15 |
Subject Wise Analysis for GATE ME Session 1 (2020)
The subject wise analysis for GATE ME 2020 is as follows -
| Name of the Subject | 1 Mark Questions | 2 Mark Questions |
| General Aptitude | 05 | 05 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 07 | 04 |
| Theory of Machines and Vibration | 04 | 02 |
| Manufacturing | 04 | 07 |
| SOM & MD | 02 | 05 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 02 | 03 |
Related Links
GATE ME 2019 Question Paper & Answer Key
The difficulty level of the GATE ME exam 2019 was easy to moderate. The NAT-based questions last year were lengthy. There were more questions from Manufacturing and Thermodynamics. Among the two sections, General Aptitude was easy. You can check the question paper and answer key here -
GATE ME 2018 Question Paper and Answer Key
You can also check and download the 2018 question papers and answer keys of GATE ME 2018 here -
GATE ME 2017 Question Paper and Answer Key
You can check and download the 2017 question paper and answer key of GATE ME 2017 here -
GATE Paper Wise Links
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