Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a National-Level postgraduate engineering

entrance exam for engineering graduate students. Usually, this is conducted by Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore and 7 other Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) located across India.

Conducted every year in the month of February, the next GATE entrance exam is expected to

take place in the month of February 2022. This time it is conducted by IIT Delhi and Biomedical

Engineering is added as a new subject paper.

The syllabus for GATE Mechanical Engineering Exam 2022 has been released by IIT Delhi.

Candidates who are appearing for GATE from mechanical engineering discipline can refer the

syllabus before they start their preparation.

Given below is the list of topics and sub-topics that must be covered for the GATE Mechanical

Engineering Exam 2022. Make sure the candidates get to know about the following sections

present in Mechanical Engineering paper:

 General Aptitude
 Engineering Mathematics
 Applied Mechanics & Design
 Engineering Mathematics
 Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences and Materials
 Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

Candidates who are preparing for GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering Exam can check the

syllabus given below for effective exam preparation.

GENERAL APTITUDE (Mandatory)
Verbal Ability: English Grammar, Sentence Completion, Verbal Analogies, World Groups

Instructions, Critical Reasoning, and Verbal Deduction, etc.

Numerical Ability: Numerical Computation, Numerical Estimation, Numerical Reasoning and

Data Interpretation, etc.

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Mandatory)
Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.

Calculus: Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value

theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative,

Maxima and Minima, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives,

Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems.

Differential Equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear

differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations, Initial and
boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, Solutions of one-dimensional heat and wave

equations and Laplace equation.

Complex Variables: Analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral theorem, Taylor and Laurent series.

Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems, Conditional

probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal

and Binomial distributions.

Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations

Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, single and multi-step methods for differential

equations.
APPLIED MECHANICS & DESIGN
Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work;

kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and

momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.

Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr’s

circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment

diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler’s

theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.

Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms;

dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.

Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping;

vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.

Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N

diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints,

shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.
FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SCIENCES
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis

of mass, momentum, and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and

momentum; Bernoulli’s equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer;

elementary turbulent flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends, etc.

Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept,

electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced

convective heat transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through

pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and grey
surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU

methods.

Thermodynamics: Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system

and processes; Carnot cycle irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases,

properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of

thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion.

Applications: Power Engineering: Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration and

reheat. I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour

refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air:

psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbomachinery: Pelton-wheel, Francis and

Kaplan turbines — impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams.

MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment,

stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.

Metal Casting: Design of patterns, moulds, and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating

design, design considerations.

Forming: Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes;

load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing,

bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy.

Joining: Physics of welding, brazing, and soldering; adhesive bonding; design considerations in

welding.

Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of machining, single and multi-point

cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles

of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of design of jigs and

fixtures.

Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements;

comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing

methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools.

Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production planning,

scheduling, materials requirement planning.

Inventory Control: Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory control

systems.
Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex, and duplex method, transportation,

assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.

Below listed are some handpicked Mechanical Engineering referral books that might
serve you as a strong source.

General Aptitude
1. Objective English for Competitive Examinations – Hari Mohan Prasad, Uma Rani Sinha

2. How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT – Arun Sharma,

Meenakshi Upadhyay

3. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT – Arun Sharma

4. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT – Arun Sharma
Engineering Mathematics
1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig and Michael Greenberg

2. Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal and Bandaru Ramana

Applied Mechanics & Design
1. Engineering Mechanics – S. Timoshenko, Sukumar Pati, D. H. Young, J.V. Rao

2. Strength of Materials – S. S. Ratan

3. Theory of Machines – R. S. Khurmi

4. Mechanical Vibrations – G. K. Grover

5. Design of Machine Elements – V. B. Bhandari

Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
1. A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines – R. K. Bansal

2. Heat and Mass Transfer – P. K. Nag

3. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach – Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

4. Internal Combustion Engines – V. Ganesan

5. Textbook of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning – R. S. Khurmi. J. K. Gupta

6. Gas Turbines and Propulsive Systems – P. R. Khajuria, S. P. Dubey

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
1. A Text-Book of Material Science and Metallurgy – O. P. Khanna

2. Production Engineering – Amitabh Ghosh, A. K. Malik

3. Industrial Engineering – O. P. Khanna

4. Introduction to Management Science Operations Research – Man Mohan P. K. Gupta Kanti

Swarup
Below listed are some handpicked Mechanical Engineering referral books that might
serve you as a strong source.

General Aptitude
1. Objective English for Competitive Examinations – Hari Mohan Prasad, Uma Rani Sinha

2. How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT – Arun Sharma,

Meenakshi Upadhyay

3. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT – Arun Sharma

4. How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT – Arun Sharma
Engineering Mathematics
1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig and Michael Greenberg

2. Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal and Bandaru Ramana

Applied Mechanics & Design
1. Engineering Mechanics – S. Timoshenko, Sukumar Pati, D. H. Young, J.V. Rao

2. Strength of Materials – S. S. Ratan

3. Theory of Machines – R. S. Khurmi

4. Mechanical Vibrations – G. K. Grover

5. Design of Machine Elements – V. B. Bhandari

Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
1. A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines – R. K. Bansal

2. Heat and Mass Transfer – P. K. Nag

3. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach – Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

4. Internal Combustion Engines – V. Ganesan

5. Textbook of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning – R. S. Khurmi. J. K. Gupta

6. Gas Turbines and Propulsive Systems – P. R. Khajuria, S. P. Dubey

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
1. A Text-Book of Material Science and Metallurgy – O. P. Khanna

2. Production Engineering – Amitabh Ghosh, A. K. Malik

3. Industrial Engineering – O. P. Khanna

4. Introduction to Management Science Operations Research – Man Mohan P. K. Gupta Kanti

Swarup
GATE 2022 EXAM PATTERN
The GATE 2022 exam will be conducted for 3 hours and it’s a computer-based test. This online

test consists of a total of 65 questions – both objective type and numerical answer type (NAT)

questions. The total mark is 100 and is divided into 3 sections, namely Aptitude Engineering,

Mathematics, and Subject-Specific Questions.

All candidates who are appearing for GATE 2022 must answer the general aptitude section. No

negative marking for numerical answer type section; no marks will be deducted for unanswered

questions. All disciplines in GATE exam consist of 3 sections except for AR, CY, GG, EY, XL,

PH, and MA.

The paper code for mechanical engineering is ME and below is the marks distribution for each

section.

1. General Aptitude – 15% of the total marks

2. Engineering Mathematics – 15% of the total marks

3. Subject Questions (Mechanical Engineering) – 70% of the total marks

TYPES OF QUESTIONS
As mentioned above, the first 2 sections in the GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering exam

consists of multiple choice and numerical answer type questions. The multiple-choice questions

come with 4 options – out of which only one option is right. In numerical type questions sections,

candidates must enter a numerical value as the answer.

Candidates must make use of the mouse and virtual and keyboard to answer these kinds of

questions. Here are the different types of questions that candidates are supposed to answer:

1. Recall - These types of questions are generally based on well-known facts, principles, proven

facts, formulae or laws of the mechanical engineering discipline. The candidates are expected to

answer the questions either by recollecting the answers from his/her memory or from a one-line

computation.

2. Comprehension – These questions test the candidate’s knowledge and understanding of the

mechanical engineering subjects. Candidates are expected to derive simple conclusions in this

section based on fundamental ideas.

3. Application – This section covers the questions where the candidates must apply their

knowledge either through logical reasoning or by computation.

4. Analysis and Synthesis – This section consists of questions that can be in a linked format,

means the 1st question of the pair is mandatory to answer its sequence or successor question.
Candidates can also expect some common data questions, where 2 questions share the same

data but are independent of each other.

5. Common Data Questions – Questions in this section consists of multiple questions that

would be linked to a common data problem or a passage. Multiple questions can be formed, say

2 or 3, based on the given input data. Each question in this section carries 2 marks and is

independent and solution for the question can be derived separately.

6. Linked Answer Questions – This section consists of problem-solving questions, where

candidates are given with a problem statement followed by 2 questions. These questions are

linked with each other, means the 2nd question completely depends on the 1st questions

answer. Each question in this section carries 2 marks.

PAPER WEIGHTAGE
General Aptitude
Topics Paper 2019 Paper 2018 Paper 2017
(Weightage) (Weightage) (Weightage)
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
English Grammar 7 7 6 8 6 9
Sentence Completion
Verbal Analogies
Word Groups
Instructions
Critical reasoning and verbal
deduction
Numerical Ability
Topics Paper 2019 Paper 2018 Paper 2017
(Weightage) (Weightage) (Weightage)
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
Numerical computation 8 8 9 7 9 6
Numerical estimation
Numerical reasoning and data
interpretation
SECTION 1: Engineering Mathematics
Topics Paper 2019 (Weightage) Paper 2018 (Weightage) Paper 2017 (Weightag
Numerical Methods

SECTION 2: Applied Mechanics and Design

Topics Paper 2019 Paper 2018 Paper 2017
(Weightage) (Weightage) (Weightage)
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
Engineering Mechanics 5 3 4 7 4 6
Strength of Materials 8 9 14 10 11 8
Theory of Machines & 9 11 8 4 7 8
Vibration
Machine Design 5 4 5 4 3 7
SECTION 3: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Topics Paper 2019 Paper 2018 Paper 2017
(Weightage) (Weightage) (Weightage)
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
Fluid Mechanics 5 8 11 8 10 10
Heat-Transfer 6 7 2 5 5 6
Thermodynamics & 11 8 8 10 13 10
Applications
SECTION 4: Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
Topics Paper 2019 (Weightage) Paper 2018 (Weightage) Paper 2017 (Weightage
Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 1 Set 2
Engineering Materials 18 18 - 1 1 2
Manufacturing - - 14 17 16 13
Industrial Engineering 5 4 6 6 4 7
MARKING SCHEME
Stream Subject No. of Question Mark

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Engineering Mathematics 10 15

General Aptitude 10 15

Mechanical Engg. Subjects 45 70

 Total 65 100

In Objective Type questions:

 1 & 2 marks for each correct answer according to the assigned marks.
 -1/3 & -2/3 mark for each incorrect answer according to the assigned marks.

There is no negative marking for Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions.