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GATE Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering: Biomaterial Properties – Previous Year Questions

14 GATE previous year questions on Biomaterial Properties (Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2020 BM Q50 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – During femoral arthroplasty, bone cement warms from 37°C to 87°C and has thickness 20 mm. Bone, cement and implant are concentric cylinders;…
  2. GATE 2021 BM Q52 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A cylindrical biomaterial sample is 10 cm long and 1 cm in diameter. A 50 kN tensile force elongates it by 4 mm. Compare its tensile modulus with bone…
  3. GATE 2022 BM Q48 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match the stress–strain curves X,Y,Z shown to the materials.
  4. GATE 2023 BM Q25 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which sequence lists the materials in decreasing tensile strength?
  5. GATE 2024 BM Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which composition description corresponds to Bioglass 45S5?
  6. GATE 2025 BM Q27 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For temperature-sensitive polymers, what does LCST stand for?
  7. GATE 2025 BM Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Gelatin solutions P,Q have concentrations 3.5%,0.5% w/v. How many mL of P must be mixed with 100 mL of Q to obtain a 3% solution, assuming additive…
  8. GATE 2025 BM Q50 (2 marks, Multiple select) – At one frequency, biomaterials have (storage modulus G′,loss modulus G″) in Pa: P=(1000,50), Q=(1000,80), R=(1000,100), S=(1000,0). Which statements…
  9. GATE 2025 BM Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A collagen gel has storage modulus G′ proportional to concentration cubed. At 1 mg/mL, G′=100 Pa. Find G′ at 3 mg/mL, nearest integer Pa.
  10. GATE 2026 BM Q13 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which is NOT a polymer?
  11. GATE 2026 BM Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Electrostatic interaction between positively and negatively charged polymers in water most likely forms a .
  12. GATE 2026 BM Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A hollow spherical nanoparticle has outer radius 5 nm and uniform shell thickness 3 nm. Find shell volume divided by hollow-core volume, to one…
  13. GATE 2026 BM Q38 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – LCST polymers become less water-soluble as temperature rises. At low temperatures, hydrogen bonding between their (I) segments and water dominates; at…
  14. GATE 2026 BM Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Solid spherical polymer particles of diameter 20 μm are suspended in water at 1% w/v. Polymer density is 1 g/cm³. Find the number of particles per mL,…