GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering (ME-1) Question Paper, Answer Key, Paper Analysis
Check & download the GATE 2021 ME-1 official question paper and answer key here. The overall difficulty level of the Mechanical Engineering exam was moderate to easy.
GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering (ME-1)was conducted on February 14 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. As per the feedback received by the applicants, the GATE ME-1 paper was moderate to easy. The question paper of Mechanical Engineering inGATE 2021had no MSQ type questions. The General Aptitude had only MCQ type questions with no NAT type questions. The question paper had a total number of 65 questions out of which 55 questions were related to the subject and 10 were from General Aptitude. There was no sequence followed with regard to 1 mark and 2 mark questions in the question paper. You can check the detailedGATE 2021 exam analysisfor Mechanical Engineering along with questions and solutions. Theresults of GATE 2021were released on March 22, andGATE 2021 answer key(official) was released on March 2.
GATE 2021 ME-1 Official Question Paper & Answer Key
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GATE 2021 ME-1 Exam Analysis
The detailed exam analysis of GATE ME-1 has been updated here. This analysis is based on the students’ feedback.
Aspect | Analysis |
Overall Difficulty Level | Moderate to Easy |
Difficulty Level of General Aptitude | Easy |
Difficulty Level of Subject | Moderate to Easy |
Total No. of MSQs | 0 (No MSQs) |
| Total No. of MCQs | 35 |
Total No. of NAT Questions | 30 |
Topics with High Weightage | Manufacturing, Thermodynamics & Applications |
Expected No. of Good Attempts | 45-50 |
Analysis of Topic Wise Weightage for GATE 2021 ME-1
The topic-wise weightage of GATE 2021 ME-1 is as follows –
Name of the Topic | Difficulty Level | Weightage (Marks) |
General Aptitude | Easy | 10 |
Engineering Mathematics | Moderate | 8 |
Engineering Mechanics | Easy | 2 |
Strength of Materials & Machine Design | Easy | 7 |
Machine Design | Difficult | 2 |
Fluid Mechanics | Easy | 3 |
Heat Transfer | Difficult | 4 |
Thermodynamics & Applications | Moderate | 9 |
Engineering Materials | Moderate | 4 |
Manufacturing | Difficult | 9 |
Industrial Engineering | Moderate | 5 |
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