GATE 2022: Check Previous Years' Mechanical Engineering Difficulty Level & Weightage
Check out the previous year session-wise GATE mechanical engineering paper analysis along with the topic-wise difficulty level from the brief piece given below. The GATE 2022 mechanical engineering examination will be conducted on 13 February across two sessions.
IIT Kharagpur will conduct the GATE 2022 examination on 05th, 06th, 12th and 13th February for aspirants seeking admission into various postgraduate engineering and science programmes offered at IITs, IISc etc. In this piece, we will discuss the previous year GATE mechanical engineering examination, including its difficulty level and weightage. Last year, the GATE mechanical engineering examination was conducted on 06th October across two sessions - Morning and Afternoon. This year, the GATE mechanical engineering examination is scheduled to take place on 13th February - again in two different shifts.
Previous Year GATE Mechanical Engineering Difficulty Level and Weightage
In this section, we will discuss the session-wise mechanical engineering difficulty level and weightage of the GATE examination conducted in October last year -
GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering Exam Analysis (Session 1)
Overall the GATE mechanical engineering question paper (session 1) was moderate to easy in the difficulty level
The difficulty level of General Aptitude was easy
The difficulty level of the subject was easy to moderate
There were no MSQ questions
There were a total of 35 MCQ and 30 NAT questions
Topics that received the highest weightage were Thermodynamics & Application and Manufacturing
Candidates who attempted 40-45 questions fell into the “Good Attempt” category
Detailed GATE 2021 mechanical engineering (shift 1) paper analysis, question paper & answer key
GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering Topic-Wise Weightage (Session 1)
The topic-wise weightage of the previous year GATE mechanical engineering exam (session 1) has been discussed in the table below -
Topic | Difficulty Level | Weightage |
Machine Design | Difficult | 07 |
Engineering Mechanics | Easy | 02 |
Fluid Mechanics | Easy | 03 |
Engineering Materials | Moderate | 04 |
Heat Transfer | Difficult | 04 |
Industrial Engineering | Moderate | 05 |
Strength of Materials & Machine Design | Easy | 07 |
Engineering Mathematics | Moderate | 08 |
Manufacturing | Difficult | 09 |
General Aptitude | Easy | 10 |
GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering Exam Analysis (Session 2)
Overall the GATE mechanical engineering question paper (session 2) was moderate to easy in the difficulty level
The difficulty level of General Aptitude was easy
The difficulty level of the subject was moderate
There were a total of 25 to 30 NAT questions
Topics that received the highest weightage were Thermodynamics & Application, Manufacturing and Theory of Machine (ToM)
Candidates who attempted 40-44 questions fell into the “Good Attempt” category
Detailed GATE 2021 mechanical engineering (shift 2) paper analysis, question paper and answer key
GATE 2021 Mechanical Engineering Topic-Wise Weightage (Session 2)
The topic-wise weightage of the previous year GATE mechanical engineering exam (session 2) has been discussed in the table below -
Topic | Marks Weightage (%) |
Machine Design | 2% |
Engineering Mechanics | 5% |
Fluid Mechanics | 9% |
Heat Transfer | 5% |
Industrial Engineering | 7% |
Engineering Mathematics | 13% |
Manufacturing | 17% |
General Aptitude | 15% |
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