The Mechanical Engineering paper of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2022) held on the last day of the aptitude test had a tough paper. The question paper comprised objective-type questions with three patterns -- multiple-choice questions (MCQs), multiple select questions (MSQs), and numerical answer type (NAT) questions. The questions in the Mechanical Engineering paper in both the GATE sessions held today, as per expert analysis, were “tough”. READ MORE| How Was GATE 2022? Check Shift-Wise Paper Analysis In Detail
For every wrong answer marked in an MCQ, negative marks will be cut, while for MSQs and NATs, there will be no negative marking for a wrong answer.
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GATE 2022 paper was conducted for a total of 100 marks. While General Aptitude (GA) was common for all papers (15 marks), the rest of the paper covered the respective syllabus (85 marks).
GATE 2022: Analysis of Mechanical Engineering (ME) Paper
The GATE 2022 Mechanical Engineering (ME) paper in both the sessions, as per Umesh Dhande, Director, GATE Academy had the toughest level of questions.
“If we compare the difficulty level of ME paper with the question papers of last six years, today's paper had the toughest questions,” the Director added.
The ME paper comprised three sections with MCQs, MSQs and NAT questions. While the GATE 2022 ME paper held on the first shift today had 35 MCQs, six MSQs and 24 NATs, the ME paper conducted on the afternoon session today had 35 MCQs, seven MSQs and 23 NATs.