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The competition is growing day by day for mechanical students its very important
to competition among within the mechanical group. Gradeup readers get an
opportunity to get the details of important topics to be covered which will be
analysed from previous GATE papers. In this article we will be explaining the
important topics which help the student to focus on these topics to get good score
and stand ahead in GATE exam.
In GATE Mechanical Engineering Paper, few subjects are having more weightage of
marks than other subjects. So it is necessary for you to know the important topics
where the questions have been asked regularly in the previous GATE papers.
Based on the analysis of previous GATE exam papers, most important topics are
provided below.

Manufacturing

Maximum weightage topics in previous GATE: Orthogonal cutting, Tool life

equation problems.
Regularly covered topics in previous GATE: Casting types and design of
castings, Riser and Gate design of casting, Resistance welding, Problems on
welding.
Easy level topics in GATE: Limits ts and tolerances, Metrology measuring,
Non traditional machining, CNC programming.

 Thermal Sciences

Di cult level topics in GATE: Second law and First law problems, Steam
turbines, Availability.
Maximum weightage topics in previous GATE: Laws of TD, Properties.

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Regularly covered topics in previous GATE: Problems on Diesel, Otto, Dual

cycle, Detonation and Knocking, turbo machinery

Fluid Mechanics

Maximum weightage topics in previous GATE: Velocity potential, Flow through

Pipes, Boundary layer theory.
Easy level topics in GATE: Buoyancy, Surface tension, Capillary, Applications
of Bernoulli equation.
Di cult level topics in GATE: Centrifugal pumps, Speci c speeds of turbine
and pumps, Unit quantities of turbines and pumps.

 Heat Transfer

Maximum weightage topics in previous GATE: Numbers in convection like Pr

No, Gr No, Re No, etc.
Regularly covered topics in previous GATE: Problems on conduction, Critical
thickness, Shape factor in radiation, Problem in Heat exchangers like Ntu.

Theory of Machines & Vibration

Regularly covered topics in previous GATE: Pairs and its applications,

Linkages, Inversions of single and double slider crank, Free damped vibrations
Di cult level topics in GATE: Planetary gear train, Gears LOC, POC.
Easy level topics in GATE: Shafts problems, Governors and Fly wheel.

Industrial Engineering

Di cult level topics in GATE: LPP.

Maximum weightage topics in previous GATE: Queuing theory, EOQ problems,
Inventory control.

Engineering Mechanics

Important topics & Regularly covered topics in GATE: Structural analysis,

Work and Energy, Law of Restitution

Engineering Materials

Regularly covered topics in previous GATE: Effect of Alloying elements,

Defects in crystal structure.
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Easy level topics in GATE: Heat treatment.

 Strength of materials

 Important topics & Regularly covered topics in GATE: Stress and

strain, De ections, SF & BM, Bending stress.

Machine Design

Important topics & Regularly covered topics in GATE: Joints, Design of gears,

and bearings

Engineering Mathematics

Every topic from this subject is very important.

This subject is a scoring one.
One should not leave any topic from this subject as all the questions asked
from this subject are having the same level.
Engineering Mathematics by Grewal textbook covers all the topics. Solve all
the examples of the book along with previous GATE papers.

General Aptitude

Important topics covered in GATE:

Sentence completion and word analogies
Numerical computation and data interpretation

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