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Inventory Control PYQs (previous year questions) for GATE ME: Inventory Control (Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering) had 8 questions across the 11 official GATE ME papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 8 of them. Asked in 8 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: EOQ Model, Quantity Discounts, Inventory Basics.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 8 of 11 years.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| GATE ME 2026 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2025 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2024 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2023 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2022 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2021 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2020 | 1 |
| GATE ME 2019 | Not asked |
| GATE ME 2018 | Not asked |
| GATE ME 2017 | Not asked |
| GATE ME 2016 | 1 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOQ Model | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2024, 2023 |
| EOQ | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| EOQ with Backorders | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Inventory Basics | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Quantity Discounts | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Safety Stock | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
How to practise Inventory Control PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Inventory Control 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.61 · NAT · EOQ Model: Optimal lot size using classical EOQ (official answer: 1353–1355) PDF
GATE ME2025
- Q.64 · NAT · Quantity Discounts: Minimum annual cost with price breaks (official answer: 26000.0–26100.0) PDF
GATE ME2024
- Q.38 · MCQ · EOQ Model: Cost increase when ordering 25% above EOQ (official answer: A) PDF
GATE ME2023
- Q.13 · MCQ · EOQ Model: Match cost curves in the EOQ model to their names (official answer: A) PDF
GATE ME2022
- Q.22 · MCQ · Inventory Basics: Item that is not a form of inventory (official answer: D) PDF
GATE ME2021
- Q.20 · NAT · Safety Stock: Safety stock for 95% service level over lead time (official answer: 331–333) PDF
GATE ME2020
- Q.47 · NAT · EOQ with Backorders: Maximum inventory under backordering model (official answer: 1130–1140) PDF
GATE ME2016
- Q.54 · NAT · EOQ: Time between orders under EOQ (official answer: 1.9–2.1) PDF
Other Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering topics
- Engineering Materials PYQs
- Casting, Forming and Joining PYQs
- Machining and Machine Tools PYQs
- Metrology and Inspection PYQs
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing PYQs
- Production Planning and Control PYQs
- Operations Research PYQs
FAQ
How many Inventory Control questions come in GATE ME?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020 and 1 in 2016. Not asked in the other 3 years. That is 8 questions in all, about 5% of Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering.
Which Inventory Control topics repeat in GATE ME?
Asked in the most papers: EOQ Model, Quantity Discounts, Inventory Basics. 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.