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Engineering Materials PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE ME: Engineering Materials (Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering) had 17 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: Stress-Strain Curve, Crystal Structure, Heat Treatment.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| GATE ME 2026 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2025 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2024 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2023 | 3 |
| GATE ME 2022 | 2 |
| GATE ME 2021 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2020 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2019 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2018 | 3 |
| GATE ME 2017 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2016 | 2 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stress-Strain Curve | 4 | 4 | 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016 |
| Crystal Structure | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2023, 2018 |
| Heat Treatment | 3 | 3 | 2025, 2022, 2016 |
| Iron-Carbon Diagram | 3 | 3 | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| Phase Diagrams | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plastic Deformation | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Strain Hardening | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Stress-Strain Behaviour | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
How to practise Engineering Materials PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Engineering Materials questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- 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.62 · NAT · Crystal Structure: Atomic radius of an FCC metal from density (official answer: 0.12–0.16) PDF
GATE ME2025
- Q.20 · MCQ · Heat Treatment: Surface hardening process done at the lowest temperature (official answer: C) PDF
GATE ME2024
- Q.28 · MCQ · Iron-Carbon Diagram: Phases that make up pearlite (official answer: C) PDF
GATE ME2023
- Q.51 · NAT · Crystal Structure: Density of an FCC metal from atomic radius (official answer: 2490–2510) PDF
- Q.52 · NAT · Iron-Carbon Diagram: Ratio of pro-eutectoid to total cementite in 1.5% C steel (official answer: 0.53–0.55) PDF
- Q.57 · NAT · Stress-Strain Behaviour: Engineering UTS from a power-law flow curve (official answer: 206.0–207.0) PDF
GATE ME2022
GATE ME2021
- Q.6 · MCQ · Stress-Strain Curve: Elastic and plastic strains from a loading-unloading curve (official answer: B) PDF
GATE ME2020
- Q.11 · MCQ · Phase Diagrams: Incorrect statement about phase diagrams (official answer: C) PDF
GATE ME2019
- Q.25 · NAT · Strain Hardening: Reyield stress after unloading a hardened specimen (official answer: 210) PDF
GATE ME2018
- Q.11 · MCQ · Plastic Deformation: True stress behaviour in a linear hardening material (official answer: A) PDF
- Q.17 · MCQ · Crystal Structure: Atoms per unit cell and slip systems in FCC (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.48 · NAT · Stress-Strain Curve: Natural strain after elastic unloading (official answer: 0.498) PDF
GATE ME2017
- Q.25 · MCQ · Stress-Strain Curve: Meaning of ultimate tensile strength on the curve (official answer: C) PDF
GATE ME2016
Other Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering topics
- Casting, Forming and Joining PYQs
- Machining and Machine Tools PYQs
- Metrology and Inspection PYQs
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing PYQs
- Production Planning and Control PYQs
- Inventory Control PYQs
- Operations Research PYQs
FAQ
How many Engineering Materials questions come in GATE ME?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 3 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. That is 17 questions in all, about 10% of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering.
Which Engineering Materials topics repeat in GATE ME?
Asked in the most papers: Stress-Strain Curve, Crystal Structure, Heat Treatment. 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.