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GATE Petroleum Engineering (PE) - Previous Year Papers Previous Year Paper Trends & Analysis

Explore year-wise question trends, subject weightage, difficulty and paper coverage for GATE Petroleum Engineering (PE) - Previous Year Papers.

11Papers
11Years
715Questions
17Topics

Historical question trend

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Questions by year

Compare question counts across years.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 420 58.7%
Medium 289 40.4%
Hard 6 0.8%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 405 56.6%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 249 34.8%
MSQ 61 8.5%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Petroleum Engineering
600 Qs
General Aptitude (GA)
108 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Engineering Mathematics
154 Qs
Reservoir Engineering
143 Qs
Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology
68 Qs
Petroleum Production Operations
46 Qs
Petroleum Formation Evaluation
43 Qs
General Aptitude
41 Qs
Oil and Gas Well Testing
32 Qs
Verbal Ability
30 Qs
Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry
26 Qs
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
26 Qs
Offshore Drilling and Production Practices
25 Qs
Petroleum Exploration
20 Qs
Logic
18 Qs
Latest Trends in Petroleum Engineering
17 Qs
Geometry
10 Qs
Data Interpretation
5 Qs
Probability
4 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Rock and Fluid Properties
67 Qs
Calculus
61 Qs
Reservoir Flow and Drive Mechanisms
56 Qs
Drilling Fluids and Cementing
35 Qs
Probability and Statistics
28 Qs
Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
27 Qs
Formation Evaluation and Log Interpretation
26 Qs
Offshore Platforms and Station Keeping
20 Qs
Numerical Methods
20 Qs
Production-system Analysis and Flow Assurance
20 Qs
Linear Algebra
17 Qs
Material Balance and Reserve Estimation
16 Qs
Well-log Principles and Tools
15 Qs
Differential Equations
15 Qs
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
14 Qs
Chemical and Miscible Flooding
14 Qs
Complex Variables
13 Qs
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources
13 Qs
Environmental Impacts, Oil Spills and Compliance
12 Qs
Drilling Problems and Well Control
11 Qs
Occupational Health and Safety Systems
11 Qs
Reservoir Geology and Petroleum Systems
10 Qs
Surface Processing, Storage and Transportation
10 Qs
Exploration Methods and Resource Evaluation
10 Qs
English Grammar
9 Qs
Formation Damage, Stimulation and Artificial Lift
9 Qs
Well Planning, Rigs and Drilling Methods
9 Qs
Vocabulary and Idioms in Context
8 Qs
Algebra
8 Qs
Numerical Computation and Estimation
7 Qs
Completion, Servicing and Workover
7 Qs
EOR Screening and Displacement Efficiency
7 Qs
Bits, Drill Strings and Casing Design
7 Qs
Directional and Advanced Drilling
6 Qs
Analogies
6 Qs
Work and Time
5 Qs
Elementary Statistics
5 Qs
Thermal, Microbial and Low-salinity Recovery
5 Qs
Spatial Transformations and Paper Folding
5 Qs
Reservoir Management and Geomechanics
4 Qs
Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage
4 Qs
Reading Comprehension
4 Qs
Percentage
4 Qs
Diffusivity and Pressure-transient Analysis
4 Qs
Elementary Statistics
4 Qs
Numerical Relations and Analogies
3 Qs
Offshore Drilling and Completion
3 Qs
Emergency and Crisis Management
3 Qs
Permutations, Combinations and Series
3 Qs
Symmetry
3 Qs
Numerical Relations and Analogies
2 Qs
Geometry
2 Qs
Logic
2 Qs
Subsea and Deepwater Production
2 Qs
Production, Cement and Casing Evaluation
2 Qs
Family Relationships
1 Qs
Lines
1 Qs
Injection, Interference and Gas-well Testing
1 Qs
Set Theory
1 Qs
Quadratic Equations
1 Qs
Logarithms
1 Qs
Logic
1 Qs
Cones
1 Qs
Polygons
1 Qs
Quadrilaterals
1 Qs
Triangles
1 Qs
Circles
1 Qs
Narrative Sequencing
1 Qs
Cylinders
1 Qs
Synonyms
1 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2026
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2024
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2023
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2019
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
65 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
65 Qs

Included previous year papers

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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20262026
65 questions in this view		2026
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20252025
65 questions in this view		2025
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20242024
65 questions in this view		2024
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20232023
65 questions in this view		2023
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20222022
65 questions in this view		2022
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20212021
65 questions in this view		2021
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20202020
65 questions in this view		2020
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20192019
65 questions in this view		2019
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20182018
65 questions in this view		2018
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20172017
65 questions in this view		2017
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20162016
65 questions in this view		2016
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