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Why GATE?

GATE is the standard and one of the most difficult examinations conducted not only for admission in post graduate(like M.Tech) but

it also provides a gateway to several public sector enterprises.

GATE exam is important because of below mentioned factors:

Campus placement in National and International private or public companies. Many PSUs base their selection criteria as GATE Scores. Some such PSUs are: IOCL, NTPC, BHEL, PGCIL, BARC etc. Teaching: Professor, Asst. Professor at IITs, NITs etc. Junior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, IITs etc. Senior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, IITs etc. Junior Research Associates/ Senior Project Associates Scientists C grade jobs Research & Development Wing etc.

GATE 2014 Exam Pattern

GATE2014 Exam Pattern

Questions Questions Type No ofQuestions Marks TotalMarks

NegativeMarking

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1 to 25 Multiple Choice Question

and Numerical Data Type25 1 marks 25 0.33

26 to 47Multiple Choice Question

and Numerical Data Type22 2 marks 44 0.66

48 to 51

Common Data

Multiple Choice

Question/Numerical Data

Type

04 2 marks 08 0.66

52 to 55

Linked Questions

Multiple Choice

Question/Numerical Data

Type

04 2 marks 08 0.66

56 to 60

General AptitudeMultiple Choice Question 05 1 mark 05 0.33

61 to 65

General AptitudeMultiple Choice Question 05 2 marks 10 0.66

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Carrying 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have a choice of four

answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer(s).

Numerical Answer Question

There will be questions of 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. For these questions the answer is a real number, to be

entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this type of questions.

Common Data Questions

Question number 48, 49, 50, 51 are common data questions.

Linked Answer Questions

Question 52, 53 and 54, 55 are linked answer questions.

If first question is answered correctly only then second question will be evaluated.

If first question is unanswered then second question will not be evaluated.

If first question is wrongly answered then second question will not be evaluated

Note on Negative Marking for Wrong Answers

For a wrong answer chosen for the multiple choice questions, there would be negative marking. For1-mark multiple choice

questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-mark multiple choice questions, 2/3 mark will be

deducted for a wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking for a wrong answer in numerical answer type

questions

Mechanical Engineering

Total Questions : 65 Total Marks : 100 Duration : 3 hours

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1 Strength of Materials

Strength of Materials B.C. Punamia

Strength of Materials Timoshenko

Strength of Materials Rama Murtham

2 Operations Research Operations Research KantiSwarup3 Industrial Engg. Industrial Engg. Buffa&Sarin

4 Production Engg. Production Engg.Kalpika Jain, Amitabh Ghosh &

A.K. Malik

5 Material Science Material ScienceUC. Jindal,W.D. Callister, I.P.

Singh

6 Machine Design Machine Design Shigley, V.B. Bhandari

7 Mechanical Vibration Mechanical Vibration Grover

8 Theory of Machines Theory of Machines R.S. Khurmi, Malik &Ghosh

9 Fluid Machinery Fluid Machinery D.S. Kumar, R.K. Bansal

10 Refrigeration & Air

ConditioningRefrigeration & Air Conditioning C.P. Arora, Domkundwar

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11 Heat & Mass Transfer Heat & Mass Transfer J.P. Hollman& R.C. Sachdeva

12 Fluid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics Modi& Seth, R.K. Bansal

13 Engg. Thermodynamics Engg. Thermodynamics P.K. Nag

14 I.C. Engine I.C. Engine M.L. Mathur, R.P. Sharma

15 Engg. Mathematics Engg. Mathematics MADE EASY Publications

16 Verbal & Numerical Ability Verbal & Numerical Ability MADE EASY Publications

17 Previous GATE Solved Papers Previous GATE Solved Papers MADE EASY Publications

18 Production EngineeringA text book on

Production EngineeringDr. Swadesh Singh

19 Engineering Mechanics A text book on Engineering Mechanics Dr. U.C.Jindal

20 Engineering Materials Material Science & Metallurgy Dr. U.C.Jindal

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21 Strength of Materials A text book on Strength of Materials Dr. U.C.Jindal

Fee Structure (Delhi)< < Back

Classroom Study Course - Regular

Exam Stream Fee

IES+GATE+PSUsCivil Engineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering

52500.00

GATE Computer Sci. & IT , Instrumentation Engg. 43500.00

Classroom Study Course - Weekend

Exam Stream Fee

IES+GATE+PSUsCivil Engineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering

51500.00

GATEInstrumentation Engineering , ComputerScience/IT

42500.00

Postal Study Course - Correspondence

Exam Stream Fee

IES+GATE+PSUs (2013 - 2014)Civil Engineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering

9000.00

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GATE (2013 -2014)

Civil Engineering , Computer Science & ITEngineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering , Instrumentation Engineering

7000.00

GATE+PSUs (2013 -2014)

Civil Engineering , Computer Science & ITEngineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering , Instrumentation Engineering

8000.00

IES (2013 -2014)Civil Engineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering

8500.00

PSUs (2013 -2014)

Civil Engineering , Computer Science & ITEngineering , Electrical Engineering ,Electronics Engineering , MechanicalEngineering , Instrumentation Engineering

7500.00