GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Mechanical Engineering Core Mechanical Engineering syllabus
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- Manufacturing Engineering(Theory of Machines and Manufacturing)
The single highest-weighted core ME subject across multiple real, dated GATE ME papers, 19 of 100 marks in the actual GATE 2025 paper (MADE EASY's table), and independently corroborated at 15.5 marks in a separate multi-year (2015-2023) trend analysis, consistently the largest or near-largest core subject by marks.
- Theory of Machines(Theory of Machines and Manufacturing)
MADE EASY's actual GATE 2025 paper table gives this 8 of 100 marks, among the higher-weighted core ME subjects (tied with Strength of Materials and Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines).