GATE ME 2025 : Exam Pattern

IIT Roorkee has released the GATE 2025 exam pattern for Mechanical Engineering (ME) on the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. You can easily check the exam pattern for GATE ME 2025 here. If you're preparing for the GATE exam, it’s important to review the Mechanical Engineering exam pattern to help plan your studies better. The GATE ME 2025 exam pattern shares key details like exam sections and the number of questions. IIT Roorkee will conduct the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15, and 16.

The GATE 2025 Mechanical Engineering syllabus includes five sections: General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Design, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, and Materials, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering. The GATE 2025 exam pattern shows three types of questions: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.

GATE Mechanical Engineering Exam Pattern 2025 – Highlights

Here are the important points of the GATE Mechanical Engineering exam pattern 2025:

Particulars	Details
Exam Mode	Online Computer Based Test (CBT)
Duration	3 Hours (180 Minutes)
Question Pattern	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
Number of Sections	General Aptitude Mechanical Engineering
Type of sections	Recall Comprehension Application Analysis and Synthesis
Total Number of Questions	10 (General Aptitude) 55 (Mechanical Engineering) Total- 65 Questions
Total Marks	100 Marks
Marking Scheme	1 and 2 Marks questions
GATE ME Negative Marking	For 1-mark MCQ question, 1/3 mark will be deducted. For 2-mark questions MCQ, 2/3 marks will be deducted. No negative marking in MSQ and NAT questions.