GATE 2019 Exam will be held online on February 2, 3, 9 and 10, 2019 for 24 papers by IIT Madras. Metallurgical Engineering is one of the relatively preferred branches after ME, CSE, ECE, EE, CE and IN. It is time for the Metallurgical Engineering GATE 2019 Exam aspirants, to start their preparation in a serious and intense manner.
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) jointly conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT – Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on the rotational basis. GATE is an all-India examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admissions to Postgraduate Programmes (ME, M.Tech, MS, Direct PhD) in institutes like IITs and IISc and other with financial assistance offered by MHRD.
GATE scores are also used by the Public Sector Units (PSUs) for recruiting individuals for various prestigious government jobs with attractive remuneration.
Public Sector Undertakings such as BHEL, Indian Oil Corporation, NTPC, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (there are PSUs totalling 217 in number) are using the GATE score for selecting candidates for their organisations. The average salary of a metallurgical engineer with just a Bachelor degree from IIT is between Rs. 7.5 – 8 lakhs per annum. The salary will increase with experience and with a Good GATE score under metallurgical engineering.
And pursuing GATE 2019 Examination under metallurgical engineering is a good option due to the career opportunities in India and abroad. Metal extractors like Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Hindustan Copper Limited, Hindalco Industries Limited, and Jindal Steel are the major recruiters of metallurgical consultants. Among the electrical industries, Finolex Cables Limited and Cable Corporation of India are the leading employers of metallurgy scholars.
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GATE 2019 is conducted by IIT Madras and the Subject code for GATE Metallurgical Engineering is MT. Since, GATE 2019 will be held on 2, 3, 9 & 10 February at different sessions, this is the high time to start preparing for the same. As we know ” it’s always more difficult in the beginning” we here present the detailed information GATE 2019 Metallurgical Engineering examination preparation for aspirants.
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Metallurgical Engineering GATE 2019 Eligibility:
Qualifying Degree – B.E /B.Tech
Applicant Type– An applicant who had completed B.E or B. Tech in Engineering and those who are in the final year of such programs with no backlog.
Age Limit– No Age limit.
Metallurgical Engineering GATE 2019 Exam Pattern:
| TOPICS | MARKS DISTRIBUTION |
| Technical Section | 70 marks |
| General Aptitude | 15 marks |
| Engineering Mathematics | 15 marks |
There will be 65 questions consisting of 100 marks in total including MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ) and NUMERIC TYPE QUESTIONS. Marking Scheme will be as follows
| Type of Question | Marks Awarded for each Correct Answer | Marks Deducted for each incorrect answer | Note |
| MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs) | 1 mark | 0.33 marks | · Have 4 choices out of which one is correct |
| 2 marks | 0.66 marks | ||
| NUMERIC TYPE QUESTION | 1 mark | No negative marking | · No choices· Answer will be a real number
· To be inserted via virtual keyboard and mouse |
| 2 marks | No negative marking |
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METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING GATE 2019 REFERENCE BOOKS:
| Books | Authors/Publishers |
| GATE 2019 guide metallurgical Engineering | G. K. Publications |
| Objective type questions and answers in Metallurgical Engineering | O. P. Gupta |
| Chapterwise previous years’ solved papers 2017-2000 GATE 2019 metallurgical engineering | Amritansh Frank, Ankush Khandelwal |
| A Textbook of Engineering Materials and Metallurgy | Er. Amandeep Singh, Er. Harvinder Singh Dhaliwal |
| Metal Casting Processes, Metallurgy, Techniques and Design | John Campbell |
| An Introduction to Modern Iron Making | R H Tupkary |
| Metallurgical Thermodynamics Kinetics and Numericals | A. B. Lele |
| Advanced Engineering Mathematics | Erwin Kreyszig |
| Engineering Mathematics solved papers | Made easy publications. |
| Solved papers on verbal and numerical ability | Made Easy Team |
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING GATE 2019 PREPARATION TIPS:
Candidates appearing in GATE 2019 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) must know proper syllabus and preparation tips of the subject for better GATE Score. Details regarding which topics have to be studied for the examination will be available in the GATE 2019 Metallurgical Engineering syllabus.
- Focus on more numeric questions than on theory.
- Cover topics such as Plastic Forming of Metals part (forging, rolling & extrusion) according to the topics mentioned in the manufacturing part of GATE Metallurgy syllabus
- You can prefer Made Easy books for practising Engineering Mathematics.
- Practice previous questions especially of last 10 years the maximum you can because they give you the rough idea about paper pattern.
- Joining any online test series would be helpful, it will let you know about your preparations, and also gives an idea about the area of improvement
- Don’t try to cram formulas but Practice numerical problems that are directly based on them, by this you will learn them in a better way.
- Improve your calculative skills the least you depend on GATE virtual calculator is better.
- Focus on your weak topics and practice more questions on them. And don’t forget to revise them frequently.
- Give yourself the required breaks, don’t make your schedule so hectic that it affects your health.
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