GATE Mining Engineering (MN) Question Papers and Answer Key PDFs are available to download. GATE 2016 MN paper was conducted by IISc, Bangalore on January 30, 2016 in the Afternoon Session (2 PM to 5 PM). The overall difficulty level of the exam stood at fair to difficult. General Aptitude had a weightage of 10% of the overall marks and was easy to attempt.
GATE 2016 Mining Engineering (MN) Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs (January 30- Afternoon Session)
GATE 2016 MINING ENGINEERING (MN) Paper Analysis
- This year, the conducting body (IISc, Bangalore) introduced two sections, that is, multiple choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer type (NAT). The questions were for 1- mark and 2 marks accordingly.
- The question paper consisted of 65 questions for overall 100 marks. 10 of the 65 Questions were related to General Aptitude.
- There was zero negative marking for NAT questions.
- Only wrong attempted questions (MCQs) would carry negative marking of 0.33 or 0.66 for 1- mark question and 2 marks question respectively.
- GATE 2016 MN cut-off stood at 31.20 for General, 29 for OBC, 21 for SC/ST/PWD out of 100.
| Type of Questions |
General Aptitude |
Core Discipline |
| Number of Questions |
Marks |
Number of Questions |
Marks |
| No. of 1-mark MCQs |
5 |
1 |
- |
- |
| No. of 2 marks MCQs |
5 |
2 |
- |
- |
| No. of 1-mark NATs |
- |
- |
25 |
1 |
| No. of 2 marks NATs |
- |
- |
30 |
2 |
GATE Previous Year Question Paper
Solving GATE Previous Year Question Paper helps in assessing the weak and strong sections.
Other PG Exam Question Papers:
Comments