Complete ISRO Analysis (ME) -

Previous 10 year Papers

Every year Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Department of Science
invites applications for the post of Scientist/Engineer (SC). This year also ISRO has
invited young Engineering graduates of Mechanical, Electronics and Computer Science
branch for the posts of Scientist/Engineer. Our Experts at Testbook have done a detailed
subject wise ISRO Analysis of Past 10 years papers for Mechanical Exam from
2006 to 2016. You can read below to know about weightage of each subject in the
exam.

ISRO Syllabus

The Scientist/Engineer exam consists of 80 questions, for 240 marks, i.e. 3 marks
for each question. The exam takes place for a duration of 90 minutes. You can read
the detailed Syllabus for ISRO exam. Please note, there is no Official Syllabus for ISRO
exam. Our team our experts have studied past 10 years papers to help you with the
syllabus.

ISRO Detailed Syllabus (SC)

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ISRO Analysis of Previous Papers (ME)

Subject No. of Questions Asked

200 200 200 200 201 201 201 201 201 201 201
6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
MS 2 3 6 7 6 7 3 6 5 6 3
Producti 7 7 14 12 17 11 10 8 6 18 9
on
SOM 9 12 9 11 10 13 10 12 18 12 5
TOM 15 8 5 6 2 5 8 8 10 3 2
Emech 5 9 6 5 8 6 6 4 2 3 12
FM 15 16 11 12 13 14 13 13 21 9 13
MD 1 1 6 6 3 4 3 2 0 6 3
HT 4 7 13 6 12 5 2 11 9 8 10
Thermal 12 7 5 6 4 7 14 7 4 10 17
Maths 10 10 5 9 5 8 11 9 5 5 6
Total 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80

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Let us take a look at a Graph that tells us about weightage of each subject and the
number of questions asked in each subject every year.

With this Table or Graph, you can analyse which subject to prepare more or questions of
which subject are to solved to gain more marks in the exam.

ISRO Previous Year Papers for ME, CS and EC

Here is a link to download Previous Year papers for Mechanical, Computer Science and
Electronics.

ISRO Previous Year Papers (2006 - 2016)

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Predicted Weightage of Qs based on ISRO 2017

Based on the analysis of papers from 2006 to 2016, here is a conclusion which reflects
the numbers of Qs asked from various topics, on an average. Also, we are giving you an
expert expected range about the number of questions that can be asked from each
topic.

Topics Avg. Qs asked Expected No.

(2006-16) of Qs (2017)
MS 5 2-7
Production 11 6-18
SOM 11 5-18
TOM 6 2-15
Emech 6 2-12
FM 14 9-21
MD 3 1-6
HT 8 2-13
Thermal 8 4-17
Maths 8 5-11

ISRO Preparation Tips

To know detailed preparation tips for preparation click on the link below and visit the
article.

ISRO Preparation Tips for Scientists/Engineer Exam

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