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GATE civil engineering Model question papers with answers
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Re: GATE civil engineering Model question papers with answers
This is the GATE civil engineering Model question papers with answers: Q.14 Following statementsare made on compacted soils, wherein DS stands forthe soils compacted on dry side of optimum moisture content and WS stands for thesoils compacted on wet side of optimum moisture content. Identify the incorrect statement. (A) Soil structure is flocculated onDS and dispersed on WS. (B) Construction pore water pressure is low on DS and high on WS. (C)On drying, shrinkage is high on DS and low on WS. (D)On access to water, swelling is high on DS and low on WS. Q.15 Four columns of a building are to be located within a plot size of 10 m x 10 m. The expected load on each column is 4000 kN. Allowable bearing capacity of the soil deposit is 100 kN/m2. The type of foundation best suited is (A) isolated footing (B) raft foundation (C) pile foundation (D)combined footing Q.16 For subcritical flow in an open channel, the control section for gradually varied flow profiles is (A) at the downstream end (B) at the upstream end (C) at both upstream and downstream ends (D) at any intermediate section Q.17 Group-I contains dimensionless parameters and Group- II contains the ratios. Group-I Group -II P. Mach Number 1. Ratio of inertial force and gravitational force Q. Reynolds Number 2. Ratio of fluid velocity and velocity of sound R. Weber Number 3. Ratio of inertial force and viscous force S. Froude Number 4. Ratio of inertial force and surface tension force GATE civil engineering Model question papers with answer General Instructions: 1. Total duration of examination is 180 minutes (3 hours). 2. The clock will be set at the server. The countdown timer in the top right corner of screen will display the remaining time available for you to complete the examination. When the timer reaches zero, the examination will end by itself. You will not be required to end or submit your examination. 3. The Question Palette displayed on the right side of screen will show the status of each question using one of the following symbols: You have not visited the question yet. You have not answered the question. You have answered the question. You have NOT answered the question, but have marked the question for review. You have answered the question, but marked it for review. The Marked for Review status for a question simply indicates that you would like to look at that question again. If a question is answered and Marked for Review, your answer for that question will be considered in the evaluation. Navigating to a Question 4. To answer a question, do the following: a. Click on the question number in the Question Palette to go to that question directly. b. Select an answer for a multiple choice type question. Use the virtual numeric keypad to enter a number as answer for a numerical type question. c. Click on Save and Next to save your answer for the current question and then go to the next question. d. Click on Mark for Review and Next to save your answer for the current question, mark it for review, and then go to the next question. e. Caution: Note that your answer for the current question will not be saved, if you navigate to another question directly by clicking on its question number. 5. You can view all the questions by clicking on the Question Paper button. Note that the options for multiple choice type questions will not be shown Answering a Question 6. Procedure for answering a multiple choice type question: a. To select your answer, click on the button of one of the options b. To deselect your chosen answer, click on the button of the chosen option again or click on the Clear Response button c. To change your chosen answer, click on the button of another option d. To save your answer, you MUST click on the Save and Next button e. To mark the question for review, click on the Mark for Review and Next button. If an answer is selected for a question that is Marked for Review, that answer will be considered in the evaluation. 7. Procedure for answering a numerical answer type question: a. To enter a number as your answer, use the virtual numerical keypad b. A fraction (eg.,-0.3 or -.3) can be entered as an answer with or without ‘0’ before the decimal point c. To clear your answer, click on the Clear Response button d. To save your answer, you MUST click on the Save and Next button e. To mark the question for review, click on the Mark for Review and Next button. If an answer is entered for a question that is Marked for Review, that answer will be considered in the evaluation. 8. To change your answer to a question that has already been answered, first select that question for answering and then follow the procedure for answering that type of question. 9. Note that ONLY Questions for which answers are saved or marked for review after answering will be considered for evaluation Paper specific instructions: 1. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. Questions are of multiple choice type or numerical answer type. A multiple choice type question will have four choices for the answer with only one correct choice. For numerical answer type questions, the answer is a number and no choices will be given. A number as the answer should be entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor. 2. Questions Q.1 – Q.25 carry 1mark each. Questions Q.26 – Q.55 carry 2marks each. The 2marks questions include two pairs of common data questions and two pairs of linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the linked answer questions depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is not attempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. 3. Questions Q.56 – Q.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA) section and carry a total of 15 marks. Questions Q.56 – Q.60 carry 1mark each, and questions Q.61 – Q.65 carry 2marks each. 4. Questions not attempted will result in zero mark. Wrong answers for multiple choice type questions will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all 1 mark questions, ⅓ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For all 2 marks questions, ⅔ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. However, in the case of the linked answer question pair, there will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question and no negative marks for wrong answer to the second question. There is no negative marking for questions of numerical answer type. 5. Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall. 6. Do the rough work in the Scribble Pad provided. Q. 1 – Q. 25carries one mark each. Q.1 There is no value of x that can simultaneously satisfy both the given equations.Therefore, find the ‘least squares error’ solution to the two equations, i.e., find the value of that minimizes the sum of squares of the errors in the two equations. __________ 2 3 4 1 Q.2 What is the minimum number of multiplications involved in computing the matrix product PQR? Matrix has 4 rows and 2 columns, matrix has 2 rows and 4 columns, and matrixhas 4 rows and 1 column. __________ Q.3 A 1-h rainfall of 10 cm magnitude at a station has a return period of 50 years. The probability that a 1-h rainfall of magnitude 10 cm or more will occur in each oftwo successive years is: (A) 0.04 (B) 0.2 (C)0.02 (D) 0.0004 Q.4 Maximum possible value of Compacting Factor for fresh (green) concrete is: (A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.0 Q.5 As per IS 800:2007, the cross-section in which the extreme fiber can reach the yield stress, but cannot develop the plastic moment of resistance due to failure by local buckling is classified as (A) plastic section (B) compact section (C) semi-compact section (D) slender section Q.6 The creep strains are (A) caused due to dead loads only (B) caused due to live loads only (C) caused due to cyclic loads only (D) independent of loads Q.7 As per IS 456:2000 for M20 grade concrete and plain barsin tension the design bond stress 1.2 .Further, IS 456:2000 permits this design bond stress value to be increased by 60 % for HSD bars. The stress in theHSDreinforcing steel barsin tension, 360 . Find the required development length, , for HSD barsin terms of the bar diameter, . __________ Q.8 The ‘plane section remains plane’ assumption in bending theory implies: (A) strain profile is linear (B) stress profile is linear (C) both strain and stress profiles are linear (D)shear deformations are neglected Q.9 Two steel columns P (length and yield strength 250 ) and Q (length 2 and yield strength 500 ) have the same cross-sections and end-conditions. The ratio of buckling load of column P to that of column Q is: (A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 2.0 (D) 4.0 Q.10 The pin-jointed 2-D truss is loaded with a horizontal force of 15 at joint S and another 15 vertical force at joint U, as shown.Find the force in member RS (in ) and report your answer taking tension as positive and compression as negative. __________ Q.11 A symmetric I-section (with width of each flange 50 , thickness of each flange 10 , depth of web = 100 mm, and thickness of web 10 ) of steel is subjected to a shear force of 100 . Find the magnitude of the shear stress(in / in the web at its junction with the top flange. __________ Q.12 In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 1.980 and a volume of0.001 . After being completely dried in an oven, the mass of the sample is 1.800 .Specific gravity is 2.7. Unit weight of water is 10 / . The degree of saturation of the soil is: (A) 0.65 (B) 0.70 (C) 0.54 (D) 0.61 Q.13 The ratio Nf/Nd is known as shape factor, where Nf is the number of flow lines and Nd is the number of equipotential drops. Flow net is always drawn with a constant b/a ratio, where b and a are distances between two consecutive flow lines and equipotential lines, respectively. Assuming that b/a ratio remains the same, the shape factor of aflow net will change if the (A) upstream and downstream heads are interchanged (B) soil in the flow space is changed (C) dimensions of the flow space are changed (D) head difference causing the flow is changed Q.14 Following statementsare made on compacted soils, wherein DS stands forthe soils compacted on dry side of optimum moisture content and WS stands for thesoils compacted on wet side of optimum moisture content. Identify the incorrect statement. (A) Soil structure is flocculated onDS and dispersed on WS. (B) Construction pore water pressure is low on DS and high on WS. (C)On drying, shrinkage is high on DS and low on WS. (D)On access to water, swelling is high on DS and low on WS. Q.15 Four columns of a building are to be located within a plot size of 10 m x 10 m. The expected load on each column is 4000 kN. Allowable bearing capacity of the soil deposit is 100 kN/m2. The type of foundation best suited is (A) isolated footing (B) raft foundation (C) pile foundation (D)combined footing Q.16 For subcritical flow in an open channel, the control section for gradually varied flow profiles is (A) at the downstream end (B) at the upstream end (C) at both upstream and downstream ends (D) at any intermediate section Q.17 Group-I contains dimensionless parameters and Group- II contains the ratios. Group-I Group -II P. Mach Number 1. Ratio of inertial force and gravitational force Q. Reynolds Number 2. Ratio of fluid velocity and velocity of sound R. Weber Number 3. Ratio of inertial force and viscous force S. Froude Number 4. Ratio of inertial force and surface tension force The correct match of dimensionless parameters in Group- I with ratios in Group-II is: (A) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (B) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1 (C) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1 (D) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4 Q.18 For a two dimensional flow field, the stream function ψ is given as ( )2 2 2 3 x y - = ψ . The magnitude of discharge occurring between the stream lines passing through points (0,3) and (3,4) is: (A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 1.5 (D) 2 Q.19 An isohyet is a line joining points of (A) equal temperature (B) equal humidity (C) equal rainfall depth (D) equal evaporation Q.20 Some of the water quality parameters are measured by titrating a water sample with a titrant. Group-I gives a list of parameters and Group-IIgives the list of titrants. Group-I Group-II P.Alkalinity 1. N/35.5 AgNO3 Q. Hardness 2. N/40 Na2S2O3 R. Chloride 3. N/50 H2SO4 S. Dissolved oxygen 4. N/50 EDTA The correct match of water quality parameters in Group-I with titrants in Group-II is: (A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B)P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2 (C)P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 (D) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1 Q.21 A water treatment plant is designed to treat 1 m3/s of raw water. It has 14 sand filters. Surface area of each filter is 50 m2. What is the loading rate (in ∙ ) with two filters out of service for routine backwashing? __________ Q.22 Selectthe strength parameter of concrete usedindesign of plain jointed cement concrete pavements from the following choices: (A) Tensile strength (B) Compressive strength (C) Flexural strength (D) Shear strength Q.23 It was observed that 150 vehicles crossed a particular location of a highway ina duration of 30 minutes. Assuming that vehicle arrival follows a negative exponential distribution, find out the number of time headways greater than 5 seconds in the above observation? __________ Q.24 For two major roads with divided carriageway crossing at right angle,a full clover leaf interchange with four indirect ramps is provided. Following statements are made on turning movements of vehiclesto all directions from both roads. Identify the correct statement: (A) Merging from left is possible,butdiverging to left is notpossible. (B) Both merging from left and diverging to left arepossible. (C) Merging from left is not possible,butdiverging to left is possible. (D) Neithermergingfrom left nordivergingto leftispossible. Q.25 The latitude and departure of a line AB are +78 m and -45.1 m, respectively. The whole circle bearing of the line AB is: (A) 30° (B) 150° (C) 210° (D) 330 Q. 26 to Q. 55 carry two marks each. Q.26 The state of 2D-stress at a point is given by the following matrix of stresses: 100 30 30 20 What is the magnitude of maximum shear stressin MPa? (A) 50 (B) 75 (C) 100 (D) 110 Q.27 Find the magnitude of the error (correct to two decimal places) in the estimation of following integral using Simpson’s 3 1 Rule. Take the step length as 1. __________ ( ) ∫ + 4 0 4 10 dx x Q.28 The solution for ∫ 6 0 3 4 6sin3cos π θ θ θ d is: (A) 0 (B) 15 1 (C) 1 (D) 3 8 Q.29 Find the value of λ such that the function )( xf is a valid probability density function. __________ otherwise x for x x xf 0 2 1 ) 2)(1( )( = ≤ ≤ - - = λ Q.30 Laplace equation for water flow in soils is given below. 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 = ∂ ∂ + ∂ ∂ + ∂ ∂ z H y H x H Head H does not vary in y and z directions. Boundary conditions are: at x = 0, H = 5;and 1 - = dx dH . What is the value of H at x = 1.2? __________ Q.31 All members in the rigid-jointed frame shown are prismatic and have the same flexural stiffness . Find the magnitude of the bending moment at Q (in ) due to the given loading. __________ Q.32 A uniform beam in the form of a quarter-circle of radius is fixed at end and free at the end , where a load is applied as shown. The vertical downward displacement, , at the loaded point is given by: . 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