GATE 2020 Exam Pattern for Mechanical Engineering - IIT Guwahati will hold the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 on February 03, 04, 10 & 11, 2020 (Saturdays & Sundays). This entrance examination is conducted to grant admission in various post-graduate programmes in various engineering disciplines. Aspirants who want to get admission in M.Tech/ PhDs in Mechanical Engineering need to check the complete details of GATE 2020 Exam Pattern for Mechanical Engineering to prepare well for the examination.

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISC) conduct Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) every year for students seeking admission in Engineering PG programmes at GATE accepting colleges across the country.

GATE is conducted for various streams of engineering like:

• Mechanical
• Computer Science
• Aerospace
• Agriculture
• Mathematics
• Instrumental
• Architecture
• Biotechnology
• Civil
• Mining
• Metallurgical
• Chemical
• Petroleum
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Electrical
• Electronic
• Textile
• Life Science
• Geology

GATE 2020 Exam Pattern for Mechanical Engineering

GATE question paper will be divided into two parts i.e. Part I - General Aptitude (GA) which is common for all the GATE papers and Part II that is based on the specialisation.

Given below are a few important points regarding the GATE 2020 exam pattern-

1. There are total 65 questions in the paper carrying 100 marks.
2. The duration of the examination is three hours.
3. Paper will be divided into two parts – Paper I and Paper II.
4. The question paper will consist of both Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
5. The paper is conducted as a Computer Based Test (CBT-online mode).
6. Sections including Engineering Mathematics and General Aptitude carry 15% of the total marks each. Remaining 70% of the total marks are devoted to the instrumentation paper.
7. For one mark MCQs, one-third mark is deducted for every wrong answer.
8. For two marks MCQs, two-third marks are deducted for every wrong answer.
9. There is no negative marking for numerical answer type questions.
10. The part 1 of the paper is compulsory for all, which consists of Engineering Mathematics and General Aptitude.
11. Multiple-choice questions will carry 1 or 2 marks each. These questions are objective in nature and each will have a choice of four answers.
12. Numerical Answer Type questions carry 1 or 2 marks each. For these questions, the answer is a real number, to be entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be given in this type.

Paper Codes

For papers having the codes AE, CE, BT, AG, CS, EC, CH, EE, ME, IN, MN, PE, MT, PI, TF and XE, 15% of the overall marks will be for General Aptitude section, 15% of the overall marks will be for Engineering Mathematics and the rest 70% of the marks will be for the chosen paper.

For papers having the codes EY, AR, CY, PH, MA, GG and XL, 15% of the overall marks will be for General Aptitude section and the rest 85% of the marks will be for the chosen paper.

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