Appeared in GATE 2020 Mechanical exam on February 1? Check GATE 2020 Mechanical paper analysis, students reaction and review on this page.
GATE 2020 Mechanical paper analysis is available now. The coaching institutes like Made Easy, Ace Academy, Gateforum, etc. will also release GATE Mechanical Paper Analysis 2020 soon. It will help students to get a fair idea about the difficulty level of the question paper as it is also a factor that is considered while determining the GATE cutoff score.
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The paper analysis is also helpful for the candidates preparing for the exam in upcoming years. The exam for ME is scheduled to be conducted in both forenoon (9:30 am-12:30 pm) and afternoon (2:30 pm-5:30 pm) shifts on February 1. Over one lakh students appeared for the GATE Mechanical Engineering exam. Read the article below to know the GATE 2020 Mechanical exam paper analysis.
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GATE 2020 Mechanical paper analysis below will also help candidates identify the topics covered and the number of questions asked from specific chapters.
GATE 2020 Mechanical Paper Analysis: Highlights
Mechanical Engineering is the most preferred and popular stream amongst engineering aspirants. As mentioned above, GATE 2020 Mechanical exam was conducted for three hours in two shifts. There were 65 (multiple choice and numerical answer type) questions in the exam paper for a total of 100 marks. Now let us take a look at the highlights of the GATE Mechanical paper analysis:
GATE 2020 ME Paper Analysis - Forenoon
- Timings: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Difficulty Level: Moderate
- The General Aptitude section had easy and direct questions.
- The Mathematics section had Tough questions
- In the question paper, conceptual questions were asked from design
GATE 2020 Mechanical exam analysis and student review
Candidates appeared in the GATE 2020 Mechanical exam can check the chapter-wise analysis and student reviews below:
| Chapter/Topic |
No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Mechanism |
1 question |
| Flywheel |
1 question |
| Vibration |
2 questions |
| Complex Stress Mohr’s circle |
1 question |
| Brakes |
1 question |
| Clutches |
1 question |
| Fluid Kinematics |
2 questions |
| Dimensional Analysis |
1 question |
| First Law |
2 questions |
| Fluid Mechanics |
10 marks’ questions |
| Trusses |
2 questions |
| Metrology |
1 question |
| Forming |
2 question |
| Sheet Metal |
1 question |
| Convection |
1 question |
| Radiation |
1 question |
| Counter Flow |
1 question |
GATE 2020 Exam analysis by Gate Academy
Candidates appeared in the GATE 2020 Mechanical exam conducted on February 1 can check the exam analysis by GATE Academy below:
Forenoon Session:
Afternoon Session:
Student Review
As per most of the students who appeared in the forenoon shift of the exam, the difficulty level of the question paper was moderate. Though few of the questions were difficult and few were tricky but overall the paper was of moderate level. If students have studied the subject well then they can attempt the paper well and score good marks.
Students also said that the number of numerical and theoretical are almost equal in numbers. For theoretical questions, students must have very clear concepts about it and they must be able to apply them with proper understanding.
GATE 2020 Mechanical Paper Analysis - Afternoon
Timings: 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Difficulty Level:
As per the students, the General Aptitude section had some direct and some difficult questions.
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There was 25 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions as well carrying 1 and 2 marks in the GATE 2020 Mechanical paper.
The questions from the General Aptitude Section were moderate.
Now that you have knowledge of the detailed GATE Mechanical paper analysis 2020, we advise you to go through this article carefully to analyse your performance. The GATE paper analysis for Mechanical will also help the aspirants to have a better understanding of the exam.
GATE 2020 Mechanical Exam paper analysis: Overview
Let us first have an overview of GATE 2020 Mechanical exam:
| Paper Code |
ME – Mechanical Engineering |
| Date of the exam |
February 2, 2020 |
| Shift |
2:30 pm-5:30 pm |
| Total Questions |
65 |
| Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions |
25 |
| Maximum Marks |
100 |
| Sections |
Engineering Mathematics, General Aptitude Questions, and Subject-specific |
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