GATE 2018 Exam Analysis
IIT Guwahati successfully conducted the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018. A large number of students took the examination across various centres. All those who appeared for the examination can read the section-wise analysis and get to know the topics from where the questions were asked.
GATE 2018 exams on February 3 and 4 were conducted successfully in 2 sessions on each day – 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. And the exams for remaining papers were also conducted on February 10 & 11, 2018. Test takers across various cities reported no major issues. The examination went off smoothly, and no problem was reported in terms of the functioning of the online portal and the exam interface.
CollegeDekho brings to you a detailed analysis of all 23 GATE 2018 papers, including ME, EY, PE, XE, XL, ME, AE, MA, PI, CS, MN, AG, AR, BT, CH, CY, GG, IN, MT, PH, TF, EC, EE and CE. With the help of GATE 2018 Analysis, candidates can get an in-depth understanding of each section of the paper, different topics and their weightage, as well as the difficulty level of the paper.
GATE Civil Engineering (CE) Paper Analysis 2018 - 11th Feb
The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate. The GATE 2018 Civil Engineering question paper comprised of both numerical and multiple-choice questions. Most of the questions in the paper were conceptual rather than calculation-based. The paper was divided into three sections - Technical, Engineering Mathematics and General Aptitude. Students had to attempt 65 questions in three hours and the maximum marks for students to score were 100. The questions with one mark were easy but the two-mark questions were quite time-consuming. According to the test-takers, qualifying the exam was easy, but scoring was tough. Check out the section-wise analysis of GATE 2018 CE Paper!
| Topics | Sub-Topics | Difficulty Level |
|---|
Environmental Engineering | Sludge Disposal, BOD, Air Pollution, Domestic Wastewater | Moderate |
Structural Analysis | Truss & Strain, Deflection of Beam | Tough |
Water Resources Engineering | Fluid Routing, Unit Hydrographs, Flood Estimation | Easy |
SOM/Solid mechanics | Deflection of Beams, Struss | Easy |
RCC | Shear, Concrete Technology, Compression and Torsion by Limit State Methods | Easy |
Geomatics/ Surveying Engineering | Coordinate System, Levelling, Theodolite-Traversing, Map Projections | Moderate |
Geotechnical Engineering | Consolidation, Earth Pressure, Permeability & Seepage, Shear Strength, Compaction | Moderate |
Transportation Engineering | Theory of Traffic Flow, Traffic Characteristics, GIS Remote Sensing, Pavements | Moderate |
Construction Materials and Management | Construction Management, Analysis of Beam Sections at Transfer and Service Loads | Tough |
Engineering Mechanics | Kinematics of Rectilinear Motion, Trusses and Frames | Tough |
Steel Structure | Design of Tension Member, Plastic Analysis, Beams | Moderate |
GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) Paper Analysis 2018 - 10th Feb
IIT Guwahati has successfully conducted GATE 2018 entrance exam for Electrical Engineering (EE) paper on February 10, 2018, in the afternoon slot from 2 to 5 pm. Soon, Collegedekho will give you a detailed analysis of EE paper conducted today. As part of the analysis, you will get complete information on type and number of questions, paper pattern, the difficulty level of the paper as well as the marking scheme including the weightage given to every topic. Candidates may check the GATE paper analysis for EE as soon as it is available on this page.
GATE ECE Paper Analysis 2018 - 10th Feb
GATE Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) paper was conducted on February 10 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm in a computer-based format. Candidates may now check the detailed GATE ECE paper analysis 2018:
Topics | Total No. Questions | Sub-Topics | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
|---|
Engineering Mathematics | 10 | Partial Derivative; Random Variables; Taylor’s Series, Res Differential Equation, DOL, Eigen Values | Difficult/Easy | 14 |
Network Theory | 5 | Basic Components and types of circuits; RC Circuits; RLC Circuits Two Port Networks | Easy | 8 |
Signals and Systems | 5 | Linearity, FS, DFT, Pole-zero NQ camp | Easy | 7 |
Control Systems | 5 | Feedback Controllers; State Space, Bode plot TD Analysis | Medium | 8 |
Analog Circuits | 5 | Operational Amplifiers; Trans Imp Amplifier; Small Signal AM Diode; Zener Diode | Easy | 8 |
Digital Circuits | 7 | FSM, CMOS, LF, MUX, FF, ROM | Medium | 11 |
Communications | 5 | AM, Binary Channel; Prob of error, Gaussian Boise HT, RV | Difficult | 9 |
Electronic Device Circuits | 8 | EB; Built-in Potential; NMOS, CMOS, IC Fabrications; P-N Junction, Solar cell | Easy | 12 |
Electromagnetic Theory | 5 | SMIT, Transmission Lines, WG, OI, SD | Easy | 8 |
General Aptitude | 10 | Filling Blanks, Geometry Numbers, GP, Mixt, CI, Probability | Difficult/Easy | 15 |
GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) Paper Analysis 2018 - 3rd Feb
Question Paper Pattern
In Mechanical Engineering, mostly Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions were asked and the proportion was higher in comparison to last year. This factor made the exam a bit difficult. It is easier to attempt direct Theoretical questions and Multiple-Choice-Questions (MCQs), which were lesser in number.
Exam Interface
There was no difference in the exam interface of this year and last year's exam. Since the virtual calculator was already available on the official website of GATE 2018, those who had practised well had an advantage.
Detailed Analysis of GATE ME Paper 2018 for Forenoon Slot (9 am to 12 pm) - 3rd Feb
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Topics | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
|---|
| Strength of Materials (SOM) | 7 | Poisson's Ratio, Columns | Easy | 10 |
| Thermo Dynamics & Applied Thermo Dynamics | 5 | Brayton Cycle, Entropy | Moderate | 9 |
| Mechanical Precision Engineering | 11 | Slab Milling, non-traditional machining, Casting, Welding | Easy to Moderate | 17 |
| Theory of Machines (TOM) and Vibration | 4 | Natural Frequency, Dynamics of Slider Crank Mechanism, Epicyclic Gear Trains | Easy | 7 |
| Fluid Mechanics | 7 | Flow-through Pipes, Kinematics | Easy to Moderate | 10 |
| Heat & Mass Transfer | 3 | Conduction, Heat Exchanger | Easy to Moderate | 5 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 3 | - | - | - |
| Machine Design | 3 | S-N Curve, Theories of Failure | Easy to Moderate | 4 |
| General Aptitude | 10 | Family Relations, Grammar, Inference, Co-ordinate Geometry | Tough | 15 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 7 | Differential Equations, Probability, Rank of the Matrix, Eigen Values | Moderate | 14 |
| Industrial Engineering | 2 | Scheduling | Moderate | 4 |
Overall, the difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate.
GATE ME Paper Analysis 2018 for Afternoon Slot (2 pm to 5 pm) - 3rd Feb
The questions that were Numerical Answer Type (NAT) were more in number as compared to the Multiple-Choice-Questions (MCQs). NAT questions had more weightage as well. The highest weightage was given to Manufacturing Technology and many of the questions were lengthy. The easy ones were of one mark and there were very few that had a moderate difficulty level. On the whole, the ME paper in the second slot required more logical thinking and conceptual analysis. Overall, the paper was easy to moderate in terms of the difficulty level.
GATE Life Sciences (XL) Paper Analysis 2018 - 3rd Feb
GATE 2018 Life Sciences (XL) Paper, conducted in the forenoon slot, had questions based on general aptitude and conceptual domain knowledge. Following are some of the highlights of GATE XL Paper 2018.
- In Section P (Chemistry) of XL Paper, questions were based on Atomic Structure, periodicity, s.p. and d Block Elements, etc. This section is compulsory for candidates.
- In Section Q (Biochemistry) of XL Paper, questions were based on Biochemical separation techniques, etc. The difficulty level of this section was of easy to moderate level.
- In Section R (Botany) of XL Paper, questions were based on Plant Systematics and Economic Botany. The difficulty level of this section was of easy to moderate level.
- In Section S (Microbiology) of XL Paper, questions were based on the discovery of microbial world; Landmark discoveries relevant to the field of microbiology, evaluation of the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents, etc. The difficulty level of this section was of Moderate level.
- In Section T (Zoology) of XL Paper, questions were asked from the evolution and the animal world.
- Section U (Food Technology) of XL Paper was easy to moderate in nature with questions based on Food Products Technology.
GATE Aerospace Engineering (AE) Paper Analysis 2018 - 3rd Feb
GATE AE exam was conducted in the afternoon slot. The examination 80% technical and 20% non-technical. The majority of the questions asked in AE were based on the core subjects such as Linear Algebra, Calculus, Differential Equations. Out of the total 100 questions that were asked in the paper, only 15 questions were non-technical. In technical questions, some of the topics that were covered included Engg. Mathematics, Space Dynamics, Flight Mechanics, Aero Dynamics, Structure and Propulsion. On the other hand, non-technical questions covered English, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning and Basic Mathematics.
GATE Engineering Services (XE) Paper Analysis 2018 - 3rd Feb
The difficulty level of the GATE Engineering Services (XE) Paper, which was conducted in the morning slot, was medium. Engineering Mathematics was moderate and General Aptitude was a bit trickier in terms of difficulty level. In Section B of the paper, there were 7 topics - Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Material Science, Thermodynamics, Food Technology, Polymer Science and Engineering or Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Candidates had to choose any two topics out of these 7.
GATE Computer Science (CS) Paper Analysis 2018 - 4th Feb
The GATE 2018 question paper for CSE was conceptually based. In the paper, topics such as Operating Systems, Computer Networks, DBMS, Verbal Ability and Numerical Ability were important and students are expected to score well in them. This examination was conducted in the forenoon slot on 4th February (Sunday).
Detailed Analysis of GATE CS Paper 2018 for Forenoon Slot (9 am to 12 pm) - 4th Feb
Subjects | No. of Questions | Topics | Difficulty Level | Total Marks |
|---|
Engineering Mathematics | 5 | Linear Algebra, Eigen Values, Calculus, Probability | Easy | 7 |
Operating System | 7 | CPU Scheduling, Demand Paging (Vertical Memory), Dead Lock, Main Memory, Disk Scheduling, Deadlock, IPC |
Moderate |
10 |
Programming and Data Structures | 7 | Queues, C Programming, Programming Code | Moderate | 10 |
Design & Analysis of Algorithm | 4 | Heaps, Matrix Multiplication | Difficult | 7 |
Discrete Mathematics & Graph Theory | 7 | First-Order Logic, Trees, Graph Theory (Chromatic Number), Set Theory, Spanning Trees | Moderate | 12 |
Computer Organisation & Architecture | 7 | RISC Machine, Cache Memory, Instruction Pipeline, Number Presentation | Easy | 11 |
Theory of Computation | 3 | CFL, NFA, Grammar | Moderate | 7 |
Digital Logic | 3 | K, Maps, Boolean Algebra | Moderate | 4 |
DataBase Management System | 2 | SQL | Tough | 4 |
Computer Networks | 5 | Protocols (TCP/NPP), Ethernet, TCP Protocol | Moderate | 7 |
Compiler Design | 4 | Operator Precedeuly, Lexical Analysis | Moderate | 6 |
General Aptitude | 10 | Functions, Grammar, Numbers, Work, Inference | Easy | 15 |
GATE Chemical Engineering (CH) Paper Analysis 2018 - 4th Feb
GATE Chemical Engineering (CH) Paper 2018 was conducted in the afternoon slot (2 pm to 5 pm) on 4th February 2018. The paper was divided into - General Aptitude, from where 15 questions were asked, and Technical Section, from where 85 questions were asked. In the Technical section, the questions were divided into 1 mark and 2 marks questions. See the table below:
| Topics | No. of 1 Mark Question | No. of 2 Marks Question |
|---|
Engineering Mathematics | 2 | 5 |
| Heat Transfer | 4 | 3 |
| Chemical Reaction Engineering | 3 | 4 |
Mass Transfer | 0 | 4 |
Process Calculation | 1 | 2 |
Mechanical Operation | 1 | 2 |
Plant Design and Economics | 3 | 1 |
Fluid Mechanics | 2 | 4 |
Instrumentation and Process Control | 4 | 2 |
Chemical Technology | 3 | 0 |
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | 2 | 3 |
GATE Physics (PH) Paper Analysis 2018 - 4th Feb
The GATE 2018 Physics (PH) paper was conducted in the afternoon session on 4th February 2018. The conceptual based questions asked in the paper were related to subjects like Quantum Mechanics, EMT and Mathematical Physics. The difficulty level of the paper was easy to moderate. Candidates had no issues in terms of time while solving the Physics paper. The questions asked in the examination were usually formula based that required little or no calculation at all.
