GATE NM previous year question papers
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering · 2022–2026
Free year-wise GATE NM question papers with official answer keys. Solve them under a 3-hour timer to simulate the real exam, then review every wrong answer against the GATE NM syllabus.
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We link to established, free sources rather than re-hosting copies. Papers open in a new tab; always cross-check against the official GATE organising institute's site for the current cycle.
How to use these papers
- Finish a subject first, then solve that subject's questions across all years.
- Once the syllabus is covered, switch to full papers under a strict 3-hour timer.
- Log every mistake by cause: concept gap, silly error, or time pressure.
- Re-solve the papers you scored worst on after two weeks.
Frequently asked questions
How many years of GATE NM previous papers actually exist to practise from?
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering was added as a GATE paper starting in 2022 (first conducted by IIT Kharagpur), so there are only a handful of official papers on record. Solve every one of them more than once, and treat the syllabus PDF itself as the primary source for topic-wise numericals once the official pool runs out.
Does GATE NM assume a marine engineering degree, or can mechanical/civil students attempt it?
The syllabus is written to be self-contained: Applied Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics overlap heavily with a standard mechanical engineering curriculum, while ship-specific content (stability, resistance, propulsion, ship structures) is built up from first principles in the naval architecture textbooks. A mechanical or civil background covers roughly half the paper going in.
Which single topic gives the most trouble to first-time GATE NM candidates?
Stability and trim of ships: free surface effect, shifting centre of gravity, curves of statical stability and damage stability: tends to be the section where marks are lost, since it demands both a physical picture of a floating hull and comfort with the hydrostatic calculations behind it. It also recurs across multiple sub-topics in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, so weakness here compounds.
Is Marine Engineering (diesel engines, boilers, turbines) mostly descriptive, or does it carry numerical weight too?
Both. Sections on marine diesel engines, steam and gas turbines, and boilers include a meaningful chunk of descriptive/conceptual questions on construction and operating principles, but thermodynamic cycle calculations, specific fuel consumption and engine dynamics numericals also appear, so this section cannot be prepared as pure theory.