GATE 2017 Exam Analysis for ME Session 1 & 2

GATE 2017 was held on February 4 in two slots ME as the major dicipline. It covered 5 Streams viz. ME,AR,TF,AG,GG. As known already, earlier ME used to be conducted in 3 Slots, but this year it was conducted in 2 Slots only. The exam went off smoothly with no major issues being reported from students across cities.

As per the usual format of GATE exam, the online exam consisting of questions on Technical Stream-wise Concepts, Engineering Maths & General Aptitude, was to be completed in a total time of 180 minutes. There was no problem reported as such for the online portal and the exam interface as everything went on smoothly.

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GATE 2017 Brief Analysis by Mohit Goel, CEO, Thinkcell Learning Solutions(GATE Forum)

(Based on student test experiences in the stream of ME - Forenoon session)

Type of Questions asked from each section:

Engineering Mechanics	Kinematics of Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion
Strength of Materials	Thin Cylindrical Shells, Principle Stresses and Strains in Plane Stresses, torsion, Axial load, theory of failure
Design of Machine Elements	Shafts, Gears and Bearings
Theory of Machines	Cam, Gear and Gear trains
Vibrations	Forced vibrations, vibration of body
Fluid mechanics	Flow through pipes, Boundary layer theory, fluid kinematics, pump
Thermal Science	Entropy and availability, second law of thermo dynamics, stoichiometry
Heat Transfer	Heat Exchangers, Conduction, Radiation
Manufacturing Science	Machining, Engineering materials, welding, lathe and meteorology, casting
Industrial Engineering	Production Planning and Control, LPP

Comments of Paper:

• ME paper I had more concept based questions than only formula based questions.
• Compared to last year, Engineering Mechanics weightage has come down while it is increased in Strength of Materials, Thermal Science and manufacturing Science.
• In remaining topics IIT Roorkee has followed almost the same weightage compared to last year.
• In general the overall difficulty level of the paper is higher than last year.

• In remaining topics IIT Roorkee has followed almost the same weightage compared to last year.
• In general the overall difficulty level of the paper is moderate than last year.

GATE 2017 Exam Analysis by MV Reddy, President, TIME Education

Question Pattern

A higher proportion of Numerical Questions appeared in ME Stream and it was also observed that there were more Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions in comparison to last year. Both the above factors made the exam slightly tricky as there were lesser number of direct Theoretical questions and Multiple-Choice-Questions(MCQ's), which are usually easier to attempt than Fill-in-the-blank questions.

Exam Interface

The exam interface for GATE’17 was similar to last year. With the Virtual Calculator already being put on GATE 2017 website, students who had had sufficient practice of the calculator on the website were at a slight advantage.

Overall the user interface of GATE’17 was mostly similar to the one provided in the Mock GATE exams provided by T.I.M.E. where a student gets a complete view of his attempted questions along with questions marked for review.

Exam Analysis

Mechanical Engg.

(a) Forenoon Slot: There were good no.of questions from Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics &Fluid Mechanics, but substantial weightage was given to Manufacturing Technology. Questions from Design Part were moderate in number as well as the complexity.Level of questions in Engg. Maths & Aptitude was easy and most of the questions could be easily answered.

Overall, the paper was between Moderate to Difficult as compared to that of last year.

Distribution of Marks:

(b) Afternoon Slot: More or Less Equal weightage has been given for core subjects in the exam conducted in the Noon Slot. The no.of MCQ's and NAT Questions are approximately equal in number. However in terms of marks wise NAT Questions has little more weightage compared to MCQ's.This time answers for NAT type questions can be typed from computer keyboard also.Overall the paper was found to be Moderate.

Distribution of Marks:

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Pre - Exam Analysis:

According to M V Reddy, President, T.I.M.E Education, there are no surprises expected in the exam this year. He said, “ We are not expecting any kind of surprises in the exam this year. GATE is a pretty stable exam and unlike other exams, the exam pattern is not expected to change with every passing year. The papers would be similar to what it was last year”.

“At this hour, aspirants should not start a new topic, remain calm and do what they like doing the most. Eating well and sleeping on time is very important too”, he said sharing his views on last minute exam preparation.

GATE 2017 will be further held on February 5, 11 and 12 (Saturdays and Sundays only) by IIT Roorkee, the organizing institute of the exam.

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