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Computer Integrated Manufacturing GATE ME PYQ Topic Wise

Computer Integrated Manufacturing GATE ME PYQs: 16 questions from 11 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers.

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Full name
GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Conducted by
IISc / IITs (rotating)
Frequency
Once a year (February window)
Sections
General Aptitude · Engineering Mathematics · ME core
Official site
gate2027.iitm.ac.in ↗

Explore: All GATE ME topics · GATE ME Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering PYQs · GATE ME hub · Syllabus & pattern · GATE ME 2026

Answer first

Computer Integrated Manufacturing PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE ME: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering) had 16 questions across the 11 official GATE ME papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 11 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: CNC Machines, Additive Manufacturing, CNC Programming.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

ConceptQuestionsPapersYears
CNC Machines552023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018
Additive Manufacturing442026, 2025, 2023, 2022
CNC Programming222024, 2017
Geometric Transformation222019, 2016
CAD112025
NC Machines112021
Solid Modeling112026

How to practise Computer Integrated Manufacturing PYQs

  1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
  2. Solve one year’s Computer Integrated Manufacturing questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
  3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
  4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

Questions by year

Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

GATE ME2026

  • Q.31 · MCQ · Additive Manufacturing: Item that is not an STL file error (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.45 · MCQ · Solid Modeling: Polyhedron that fails the Euler-Poincare check (official answer: A) PDF

GATE ME2025

  • Q.23 · MCQ · CAD: Method used to construct solid models in CAD (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.40 · MCQ · Additive Manufacturing: Match AM processes with layer method and material (official answer: B) PDF

GATE ME2024

  • Q.33 · MCQ · CNC Programming: Letter code for preparatory functions in CNC programs (official answer: A) PDF

GATE ME2023

  • Q.45 · MCQ · CNC Machines: Number of addressable table positions on a stepper-driven axis (official answer: C) PDF
  • Q.55 · NAT · Additive Manufacturing: Build time for a polymer part by serpentine extrusion (official answer: Marks to all) PDF

GATE ME2022

  • Q.19 · MCQ · CNC Machines: Stepper motor pulse rate for a lead-screw driven CNC table (official answer: B) PDF
  • Q.28 · MSQ · Additive Manufacturing: Additive manufacturing methods that can use wire feedstock (official answer: B, D) PDF

GATE ME2021

  • Q.9 · MCQ · CNC Machines: Means of eliminating backlash in CNC machines (official answer: A) PDF
  • Q.41 · NAT · NC Machines: Backlash in table travel of an NC drive (official answer: 0.20–0.30) PDF

GATE ME2020

  • Q.46 · NAT · CNC Machines: Time for rapid positioning of a CNC XY stage (official answer: 1.40–1.60) PDF

GATE ME2019

  • Q.16 · MCQ · Geometric Transformation: Coordinates after rotating a point by 30 degrees (official answer: C) PDF

GATE ME2018

  • Q.15 · MCQ · CNC Machines: Function of an interpolator in a CNC machine (official answer: B) PDF

GATE ME2017

  • Q.49 · MCQ · CNC Programming: Centre of a circular arc from a CNC part program (official answer: D) PDF

GATE ME2016

  • Q.53 · MCQ · Geometric Transformation: New coordinates after rotating a triangle about a vertex (official answer: A) PDF

Other Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering topics

FAQ

How many Computer Integrated Manufacturing questions come in GATE ME?

In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 1 in 2016. That is 16 questions in all, about 10% of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering.

Which Computer Integrated Manufacturing topics repeat in GATE ME?

Asked in the most papers: CNC Machines, Additive Manufacturing, CNC Programming. The concept table lists every one with its count.

Are these official GATE ME questions?

Yes. Every question is from an official GATE ME paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.