GATE question
paper Civil Engineering 2005
Q.1- Q.30 Carry
One Mark Each.
1. Consider the matrices X(4¢ 3)¢ Y(4-3) and P(2¢ 3).
The order of [P(XTY)-1
PT)T will be
(a) (2 ´
2) (b) (3 ´ 3) (c) (4
´ 3) (d) (3x4)
2. Consider a non-homogeneous system of linear
equations representing mathematically an over-determined system. Such a system
will be
(a) consistent having a unique
solution (b) consistent having a many solutions
(c) inconsistent having a unique
solution (d) inconsistent having no solution
3. Which one of the following is NOT true for
complex number Z1 and Z2 ?
(a)
(b) |Z1 + Z2| £ |Z1|
+ |Z2|
(c) |Z1 - Z2| £
|Z1| - |Z2|
(d) |Z1 + Z2|2 + |Z1 -
Z2|2 = 2|Z1|2 + 2 |Z2|2
4. Which one of the following statement is NOT
true ?
(a) The measure of skewness is
dependent upon the amount of dispersion
(b) In a symmetric distribution, the
values of mean, mode and median are the same
(c) In a positively skewed
distribution : mean > median > mode
(d) In a negatively skewed
distribution : mode > mean > median
5. IS : 1343 – 1980
limits the minimum characteristics strength of prestressed concrete for post
tensioned works and pretension work as
(a) 25
MPa, 30 MPa respectively
(b) 25
MPa, 35 MPa respectively
(c) 30
MPa, 35 MPa respectively
(d) 30 MPa, 40 MPa respectively
6. The permissible
stress in axial tension sst in
steel member on the net effective area of the section shall not exceed the
following value (fy is
the yield stress)
(a) 0.80fy (b) 0.75fy (c) 0.60fy (d) 0.50fy
7. The partial
factor of safety for concrete as per IS : 456-2000 is
(a) 1.50 (b) 1.15 (c) 0.87 (d) 0.446
8. The symmetry of
stress tensor at a point in the body under equilibrium is obtained from
(a) conservation
of mass (b) force equilibrium equations
(c) moment equilibrium equations (d) conservation
of energy
9. The components of
strain tensor at a point in the plane strain case can be obtained by measuring
longitudinal strain in following directions
(a) along
any two arbitrary directions
(b) along
any three arbitrary directions
(c) along
two mutually orthogonal directions
(d) along any arbitrary direction
10. Considering beam as axially rigid, the degree
of freedom of a plane frame shown below is
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 6
11. For a linear
elastic frame, if stiffness matrix is doubled, the existing stiffness matrix,
the deflection of the resulting frame will be
(a) twice
the existing value (b) half the existing value
(c) the same as existing value (d) indeterminate
value
12. A clayey soil has
a maximum dry density of 16 kN/m3 and
optimum moisture content of 12%. A contractor during the construction of core
of an earth dam obtained the dry density 15.2 kN/m3 and water content 11%. This construction is acceptable
because.
(a) the
density is less than the maximum dry density and water content is on dry side
of optimum.
(b) the
compaction density is very low and water content is less than 12%.
(c) the
compaction is done on the dry side of the optimum.
(d) both the dry density and water
content of the compacted soil are within the desirable limits
13. Root time method is used to determine
(a) T, time factor
(b) cv' coefficient of consolidation
(c) av' coefficient of compressibility
(d) mv' coefficient of volume compressibility
14. Negative skin
friction in a soil is considered when the pile is constructed through a
(a) fill
material (b) dense coarse
sand
(c) over
consolidated stiff clay (d) dense fine sand
15. There are two
footings resting on the ground surface. One footing is square of dimension 'B'.
The other is strip footing of width 'B'. Both of them are subjected to a
loading intensity of q. The pressure intensity at any depth below the base of
the footing along the centerline would be
(a) equal
in both footings
(b) large
for square footing and small for strip footing
(c) large
for strip footing and small or square footing
(d) more for strip footing at shallow
depth (< B) and more for square footing at large depth (>B)
16. An inert tracer
is injected continuously from a point in an unsteady flow field. The locus of
locations of all the tracer particles at an instance of time represents
(a) Streamline (b) Pathline (c) Steamtube (d) Streakline
17. A horizontal bed channel is followed by a
steep bed channel as shown in the figure. The gradually-varied profiles over
the horizontal and steep beds are
(a) H2 and S2
respectively
(b) H2 and S1
respectively
(c) H3 and S2
respectively
(d) H3 and S1
respectively
18. The reading of differential manometer of a
Venturimeter, placed at 45° to the
horizontal is 11 cm. If the Ventruimeter is turned to horizontal position, the
manometer reading will be.
(a) zero
(b)
cm
(c) 11 cm
(d) 11 cm
19. The intensity of rain fall and time interval
of a typical storm are
Time interval
Intensity of rainfall
(minutes)
(mm/minute)
0-10
0.7
10-20
1.1
20-30
2.2
30-40
1.5
40-50
1.2
50-60
1.3
60-70
0.9
70-80
0.4
The maximum intensity of rainfall for 20
minutes duration of the storm is
(a) 1.5 mm/minute
(b) 1.85 mm/minute
(c) 2.2 mm/minute
(d) 3.7 mm/minute
20. When the outflow from a storage reservoir is
uncontrolled as in a freely operating spillway, the peak of outflow hydrograph
occurs at
(a) at point of inter-section of the
inflow and outflow hydrographs
(b) a point, after the inter-section
of the inflow and outflow hydrographs
(c) the tail of inflow hydrographs
(d) a point, before the inter-section
of the inflow and outflow hydrographs
21. On which of the canal systems, R.G. Kennedy,
executive engineer in the Punjab Irrigation Department made his observations
for proposing his theory on stable channels ?
(a) Krishna Western Delta canals (b) Lower
Bari Doab canals
(c) Lower Chenab canals (d) Upper
Bari Doab canals
22. Which one of the following equations
represents the downstream profile of Ogee spillway with vertical upstream face?
{(x, y) are the co-ordinates of the point on the downstream profile with origin
at the crest of the spillway and Hd is
the design head}
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
23. In aerobic environment, nitrosomonas convert
(a) NH3 to NO2 (b) NO2- to
NO3- (c) NH3 to N2O (d) NO2- to HNO3
24. Total Kjedahl nitrogen is a measure of
(a) total organic nitrogen (b) total
organic and ammonia nitrogen
(c) total ammonia nitrogen (d) total
inorganic and ammonia nitrogen
25. 1 TCU is equivalent to the colour produced by
(a) 1 mg/L of chlorplatinate ion
(b) 1 mg/L of platinum ion
(c) 1 mg/L Platinum in form of
chlorplatinate ion
(d) 1 mg/L of organo-chlorplatinate
ion
26. Bulking sludge refers to having
(a) F / M < 0.3 / d (b) 0.3
/ d < F / M < 0.6 / d
(c) F / M = zero (d) F
/ M > 0.6 / d
27. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY)
launched in the year 2000, aims to provide rural connectively with all-weather
roads. It is proposed to connect the habitations in plain areas of population
more than 500 persons by the year
(a) 2005 (b) 207 (c) 2007 (d) 201
28. Group I contains some properties of Bitumen.
Group II gives a list of Laboratory Tests conducted on Bitumen to determine the
properties. Match the property with the corresponding test
Group I Group
II
P. Resistance to flow 1.
Ductility test
Q. Ability to deform under load 2.
Penetration test
R. Safety 3.
Flash and Fire point test
(a) P-2, Q-1, R-3
(b) P-2, Q-3, R-1
(c) P-1, Q-2, R-3
(d) P-3, Q-1, R-2
29. The length of Summit Curve on a two lane two
way highway depends upon
(a) allowable rate of change of
centrifugal acceleration
(b) coefficient of lateral friction
(c) required Stopping Sight Distance
(d) required Overtaking Sight
Distance
30. Bituminous concrete is a mix comprising o
(a) fine aggregate, filter and
bitumen
(b) fine aggregate and bitumen
(c) coarse aggregate, fine aggregate,
filter and bitumen
(d) coarse aggregate, filter and
bitumen
Q.31-Q.80
Carry Two Marks Each
31. Consider the system of equations
A(mxn) x(-1xt) = 1(n ´ 1), where,
1 is a scalar.
Let (Ii,
xi) be an eigen-pair of an
eigen value and its corresponding eigen vector for real matrix A. Let I be a (n¢ n) unit matrix. Which one of the following
statement is NOT correct ?
(a) For
a homogeneous n ´ n system of linear
equations, (A-II) x= 0 having a nontrivial solution, the rank of (A-II) is less
than n.
(b) For matrix Am, m being a positive integer, will
be the eigen-pair for all i.
(c) If AT= A-1, then [1i]
= 1 for all i
(d) If AT = A, then 1i
is real for all i
32. Transformation to linear form by substituting
v = y1-n of the equation
+
p(t)y = q(t)yn;
n > 0 will be
(a)
+ (1 - n)pv = (1 - n)q (b)
+ (1 - n)pv = (1 + n)q
(c)
+ (n + n)pv - (n - n)q (d)
+ (1 + n) pv = (1 + n) q
33. A rail engine
accelerates from its stationary position for 8 seconds and travels a distance
of 280 m. According to the Mean Value Theorem, the speedometer at a certain
time during acceleration must read exactly.
(a) 0
km/h (b) 8 km (c) 75 km/h (d) 126
km/h
34. The solution of +
17y = 0; (0) = 1,
=
0 in the range 0 < x < is
given by
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
35. Value of the
integral ,
where, c is the square cut from the first quadrant by the line
x = 1 and y = 1 will be (Use Green's theorem to change the line integral into
double integral)
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d)
36. Consider likely
applicability of Cauchy's Integral Theorem to evaluate the following integral
counter clockwise around the unit circle c.
I =
z being a complex variable. The value of I
will be
(a) I = 0 : singularities set = f
(b) I = 0: singularities set =
(c) I = π/2 : singularities set
= {±np
| n = 0, 1, 2, ........}
(d) None of above
37. A concrete beam
of rectangular cross section of 200 mm ´
400 mm is prestressed with a force 400 kN at eccentricity 100 m. The maximum
compressive stress in the concrete is
(a) 12.5 N/mm2 (b) 7.5 N/mm2 (c) 5.0 N/mm2 (d) 2.5 N/mm2
38. Which one of the following is NOT correct for
steel sections as per IS : 800-1984 ?
(a) The
maximum bending stress in tension or in compression in extreme fibre calculated
on the effective section of a beam shall not exceed 0.66fy.
(b) The
bearing stress in any part of a beam when calculated on the area shall not
exceed 0.75 fy.
(c) The
direct stress in compression on the gross sectional area of axial loaded
compression member shall not exceed 0.6 fy.
(d) None of above.
39. An unstiffened web I section is fabricated
from a 10 mm thick plate by fillet welding as shown in the figure. If yield
stress of steel is 250 MPa, the maximum shear load that section can take is
(a) 750 kN
(b) 350
kN (c) 337.5 kN (d) 300 kN
40.
A fillet-welded joint of 6mm size is shown in the figure. The welded
surfaces meet at 60-90 degree and permissible stress in the fillet weld is 108
MPa. The safe load that can be transmitted by the joint is
(a) 162.7 kN
(b) 151.6 kN
(c) 113.4 kN
(d) 109.5 kN
41. A cantilever beam
of length I, width b and depth d is loaded with a concentrated vertical load at
the tip. If yielding starts at a load P, the collapse load shall be
(a) 2.0 P (b) 1.5
P (c) 1.2 P (d) P
42. The flexural
strength of M 30 concrete as per IS : 456-2000 is
(a) 3.83 MPa (b) 5.47
MPa (c) 21.23 MPa (d) 30.0 MPa
43. In a random sampling
procedure for cube strength of concrete, one sample consists of X number of
specimens. These specimens are tested at 28 days and average strength of these
X specimens is considered as test result of the sample, provided the individual
variation in the strength of specimens is not more than + Y
percent of the average strength. The values of X and Y as per IS : 456-2000 are
(a) 4 and
10 respectively (b) 3 and 10 respectively
(c) 4 and 15 respectively (d) 3
and 15 respectively
44. A rectangular
column section of 250 mm ´ 400 mm is
reinforced with five steel bars of grade Fe 500, each of 20 mm diameter.
Concrete mix is M 30.Axial load on the column section with minimum eccentricity
as per IS : 456-2000 using limit state method can be applied upto
(a) 1707.37 (b) 1805.30 (c) 1806.40 (d) 1903.7
45. A circular shaft
shown in the figure is subjected to torsion T at two points A and B. The
torsional rigidity of portions CA and BD is GJ1 and
that of portion AB is GJ2. The
rotations of shaft at point A and B are q1 and q2 . The rotation qi is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
46. If principal
stresses in a two-dimensional case are – 10MPa and 20 MPa respectively, then
maximum shear stress at the point is
(a) 10 MPa (b) 15
MPa (c) 20 MPa (d) 30 MPa
47. The bending moment diagram for a beam is
given below :
The shear force at sections aa' ad bb'
respectively are of the magnitude.
(a) 100
kN, 150 kN
(b) zero, 100 kN
(c) zero,
50 kN
(d) 100 kN, 100 kN
48. For a 25 cm thick
cement concrete pavement, analysis of stresses gives the following values Wheel
load stress due to corner loading 30 kg/cm2
Wheel load
stress due to edge loading 32 kg/cm2
Warping stress
at corner region during summer 9 kg/cm2
Warping stress
at edge region during winter 7 kg/cm2
Warping stress
at edge region during summer 8 kg/cm2
Warping stress
at edge region during winter 6 kg/cm2
Frictional
stress during winter 5 kg/cm2
Frictional
stress during winter 4 kg/cm2
The most critical stress value for this
pavement is
(a) 40
kg/cm2 (b) 42
kg/cm2
(c) 44 kg/cm2 (d) 45
kg/cm2
49. Match the
following :
Group I Group
2
P. Slope
deflection method 1. Force method
Q. Moment
distribution method 2. Displacement method
R. Method of
three moments
S. Castigliano's
second theorem
(a) P-1, Q-2, R-1, S-2 (b) P-1,
Q-1, R-2, S-2
(c) P-2, Q-2, R-1, S-1 (d) P-2,
Q-1, R-2, S-1
50. All members of the frame shown below have the
same flexural rigidity EI and length L. If a moment M is applied at joint B,
the rotation of the point is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
51. A soil mass
contains 40% gravel, 50% sand and 10% silt. This soil can be classified as
(a) silty
sandy gravel having coefficient of uniformity less than 60.
(b) silty
gravelly sand having coefficient of uniformity equal to 10.
(c) gravelly
silty sand having coefficient of uniformity greater than 60.
(d) gravelly silty sand and its
coefficient of uniformity cannot be determined.
52. A saturated soil
mass has a total density 22kN/m3 and
a water content of 10%. The bulk density and dry density of this soil are
(a) 12
kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively.
(b) 22
kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively.
(c) 19.8
kN/m3 and 19.8 kN/m3 respectively.
(d) 23.2
kN/m3 and 19.8 kN/m3 respectively.
53. In a constant
head permeameter with cross section area of 10 cm2, when the flow was taking place under a hydraulic
gradient of 0.5, the amount of water collected in 60 seconds is 600 cc. The
permeability of the soil is
(a) 0.002
cm/s (b) 0.02 cm/s (c) 0.2 cm/s (d) 2.0
cm/s
54. Assuming that a
river bed level does not change and the depth of water in river was 10 m, 15 m
and 8 m during months of February, July and December respectively of a
particular year. The average bulk density of the soil is 20 kN/m3. The density of water is 110 kN/m3. The effective stress at a depth of 10
m below the river bed during these months would be
(a) 300
kN/m2 in February, 350
kN/m2 july and 320 kN/m2 in December
(b) 100
kN/m2 in February, 100
kN/m2 July and 100 kN/m2 in December
(c) 200
kN/m2 in February, 250
kN/m2 July and 180 kN/m2 in December.
(d) 300
kN/m2 in February, 350
kN/m2 July and 280 kN/m2 in December.
55. For a triaxial shear test conducted on a sand
specimen at a confining pressure of 100 kN/m2 under drained conditions, resulted
in a deviator stress (s1-s3) at failure of 100 kN/m2. The angle of shearing resistance of
the soil would be
(a) 18.43° (b) 19.47° (c) 26.56° (d) 30°
56. During the subsurface investigations for
design of foundations, a standard penetration test was conducted at 4.5m below
the ground surface. The record of number of blows is given below
Penetration depth (cm)
No. of blows
0-7.5
3
7.5-15
3
15-22.5
6
22.5-30
6
30-37.5
8
37.5-45
7
Assuming the
water table at ground level, soil as fine sand and correction for overburden as
1.0, the corrected 'N' value for the soil would be
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 33
57. For two infinite
slopes (one in dry condition and other in submerged condition) in a sand
deposit having the angle of shearing resistance 30°, factor of safety was determined as 1.5 (for both slopes). The
slope angles would have been
(a) 21.05° for dry slope and 21.05° for submerged slope.
(b) 19.47° for dry slope and 18.40° for submerged slope.
(c) 18.4° for dry slope and 21.05° for submerged slope.
(d) 22.6° for dry slope and 19.47° for submerged slope.
58. A strip footing
(8m wide) is designed for a total settlement of 40mm. The safe bearing capacity
(shear) was 150 kN/m2 and
safe allowable soil pressure was 100 kN/m2.
Due to importance of the structure, now the footing is to be redesigned for
total settlement of 25 mm. The new width of footing will be
(a) 5 m
(b) 8 m (c) 12
m (d) 12.8 m
59. A 3 m high retaining wall is supporting a
saturated sand (saturated due to capillary action) of bulk density 18 kN/m3 and angle of shearing resistance
30°. The change in magnitude of active
earth pressure at the base due to rise in ground water table from the base of
the footing to the ground surface shall (gw=10
kN/m3)
(a) increase by 20 kN/m2 (b) decrease
by 20 kN/m2
(c) increase by 30 kN/m2 (d) decrease
by 30 kN/m2
60. Critical depth at
a section of a rectangular channel is 1.5 m. The specific energy at that
section is
(a) 0.75
m (b) 1.0 m (c) 1.5 m (d) 2.25
m
61. A partially open sluice gate discharges water
into a rectangular channel. The tail water depth in the channel is 3 m and
Froude number is .
If a free hydraulic jump is to be formed at a downstream of the sluice gate
after the vena contracta of the jet coming out from the sluice gate, the sluice
gate opening should be (coefficient of contraction Cc = 0.9)
(a) 0.3 m (b) 0.4
m (c) 0.69 m (d) 0.9 m
62. A stream function
is given by
Y = 2x2y + (x+1)y2
The flow rate
across a line joining points A(3,0) and B(0,2) is
(a) 0.4
units (b) 1.1
units (c) 4 units (d) 5 units
63. Cross-section of an object (having same
section normal to the paper) submerged into a fluid consists of a square of
sides 2 m and triangle as shown in the figure. The object is hinged at point P
that is one meter below the fluid free surface. If the object is to be kept in
the position as shown in the figure, the value 'x' should be
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 4
m (d) 8 m
64. The circulation
'G' around a circle of radius 2 units for the velocity field u = 2x + 3y and v
= 2y is
(a) -6p units (b) -12p units (c) -18p units (d) -24p units
65. A tank and a deflector are placed on a
frictionless trolley. The tank issues water jet (mass density of water = 1000
kg/m3), which strikes the
deflector and truns by 45°. If the
velocity of jet leaving the deflector is 4 m/s and discharge is 0.1 m3/s, the force recorded by the spring
will be
(a) 100 N (b) 100
N (c) 200 N (d) 200N
66. Two observation
wells penetrated into a confined acquifer and located 1.5 km apart in the
direction of flow, indicate head of 45 m and 20 m. If the coefficient of
permeability of the acquifer is 30m/day and porosity is 0.25, the time of
travel of an inert tracer from one well to another is
(a) 416.7 days (b) 500
days (c) 750 days (d) 3000 days
67. A triangular
irrigation lined canal carries a discharge of 25m3/s at bed slope = 1/6000. If the side slopes of the canal
are 1 :1 and Manning's coefficient is 0.018, the central depth of flow is equal
to
(a) 1.98 m (b) 2.98
m (c) 3.62 m (d) 5.62 m
68. Uplift pressures at points E and D (Figure A)
of a straight horizontal floor of negligible thickness with a sheet pile at downstream
end are 28% and 20%, respectively. If the sheet pile is at upstream end of the
floor (Figure B), the uplift pressures at points D1 and C1 are
(a) 68% and 60% respectively (b) 80%
and 72% respectively
(c) 88% and 70% respectively (d) 100%
and zero respectively
69. A launching apron
is to be designed at downstream of a weir for discharge intensity of 6.5 m3/s/m. For the design of launching aprons
the scour depth is taken two times of Lacey scour depth. The silt factor of the
bed material is unity. If the tailwater depth is 4.4 m, the length of launching
apron in the launched position is
(a) m (b) 4.7
m (c) 5 m (d) 5
m
70. The culturable
commanded area for a distributary is 2×108m2. The intensity of irrigation for a crop
is 40%. If kor water depth and kor period for the crop are 14 cm and 4 weeks,
respectively, the peak demand discharge is
(a) 2.63 m3/s (b) 4.63 m3/s (c) 8.58 m3/s (d) 11.58 m3/s
71. If tomato juice
is having a pH of 4.1, the hydrogen ion concentration will be
(a) 10.94
´ 10-5 mol/L (b) 9.94
´ 10-5 mol/L
(c) 8.94 ´ 10-5 mol/L (d) 7.94
´ 10-5 mol/L
72. Group 1 contains
some properties of water / wastewater and group 2 contains list of some tests
on water/waste water. Match the property with corresponding test.
Group 1 Group
2
P. Suspended solids concentration 1.
BOD
Q. Metabolism of biodegradable organics 2.
MPN
R. Bacterial concentration 3.
Jar test
S. Coagulant
dose 4. Turbidity
(a) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 (b) P-4,
Q-1, R-2,S-3
(c) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3 (d) P-4,
Q-2, R-1, S-3
73. Match the following
Group I Group
2
P. Thickening of sludge 1.
Decrease in volume of sludge by chemical oxidation
Q. Stabilization of sludge 2.
Separation of water by heat or chemical treatment
R. Conditioning of sludge 3.
Digestion of sludge
S. Reduction of
sludge 4. Separation of water by flotation or
gravity
(a) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2 (b) P-3,
Q-2, R-4, S-1
(c) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1 (d) P-2,
Q-1, R-3, S-4
74. Match the
following
Group 1 Group
2
P. Release valve 1.
Reduce high inlet pressure t lower outlet pressure
Q. Check valve 2.
Limit the flow of water to single direction
R. Gate valve 3.
Remove air from the pipeline
S. Pilot valve 4.
Stopping the flow of water in the pipeline
(a) P-3,
Q-2, R-4, S-1
(b) P-4,
Q-2, R-1, S-3
(c) P-3,
Q-4, R-2, S-1
(d) P-1,
Q-2, R-4, S-3
75. In a certain
situation, wastewater discharged into a river, mixes with the river water
instantaneously and completely. Following is the data available :
Wastewater :
DO = 2.00 mg/L
Discharge
rate = 1.10 m3/s
River water
DO = 8.3
mg/L
Flow
rate = 8.70 m3/s
Temperature
= 20° C
Initial amount
of DO in the mixture of waste and river shall be
(a) 5.3
mg/L (b) 6.5
mg/L (c) 7.6 mg/L (d) 8.4 mg/L
76. A circular
primary clarifier processes an average flow of 5005 m3/d of municipal wastewater. The overflow
rate is 35 m3/d. The diameter
of clarifier shall be
(a) 10.5
m (b) 11.5 m (c) 12.5 m (d) 13.5
m
77. A transport
company operates a scheduled daily truck service between city P and city Q.
One-way journey time between these two cities is 85 hours. A minimum layover
time of 5 hours is to be provided at each city. How many trucks are required to
provide this service.
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
78. A single lane
unidirectional highway has a design speed of 65 kmph The
perception-brake-reaction time of drivers is 2.5 seconds and the average length
of vehicles is 5 m. The coefficient of longitudinal friction of the pavement is
0.4. The capacity of this road in terms of 'vehicles per hour per lane is.
(a) 1440 (b) 750 (c) 710 (d) 680
79. The following
observations were made of an axle-load survey on a road
Axle Load
(kN) Repetitions per day
35-45 800
75-85 400
The standard
axle-load is 80 kN. Equivalent daily number of repetitions for the standard
axle-load are
(a) 450 (b) 480 (c) 800 (d) 1200
80. A road is having
a horizontal curve of 400 m radius on which a super-elevation of 0.07 is
provided. The coefficient of lateral friction mobilized on the curve when a
vehicle is travelling at 100 kmph is
(a) 0.07
(b) 0.13 (c) 0.15 (d) 0.4
Q81a-Q.85b
Carry Two Marks Each
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 81a and 81b :
Given a > 0, we wish to calculate its reciprocal
value by
using Newton Raphson method for f(x) = 0
81.a. The Newton Raphson algorithm for the function
will be
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
-
81b. For a = 7 and starting with x0= 0.2, the first two iterations will be
(a) 0.11, 0.1299
(b) 0.12,
0.1392
(c) 0.12, 0.1416
(d) 0.13,
0.1428
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 82a and 82b :
A
truss is shown in the figure. Members are to equal cross section A and same
modulus of elasticity E. A vertical force P is applied at point C.
82a. Force in the
member AB of the truss is
(a) P / (b) P/ (c) P/2 (d) P
82b. Deflection of the
point C is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Statement for
Linked Answer Questions 83a and 83b :
Assume
straight line instead of parabola for stress-strain curve of concrete as
follows and partial factor of safety as 1.0.
A rectangular
under-reinforced concrete section of 300 mm width and 500 mm effective depth is
reinforced with 3 bars of grade Fe415, each of 16 mm diameter. Concrete mix is
M20.
83a. The depth of the
neutral axis from the compression fibre is
(a) 76 mm
(b) 81 mm (c) 87
mm (d) 100 mm
83b. The depth of the
neutral axis obtained as per IS : 456-2000 differs from the depth of neutral
axis obtained in Q. 83 (a) by
(a) 15 mm
(b) 20 mm (c) 25
mm (d) 32 mm
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 84a and 84b :
A four hour unit
hydrograph of a catchment is triangular in shape with base of 80 hours. The
area of the catchment is 720 kM2.
The base flow and f-index are 30m3/s
and 1 mm/h, respectively. A storm of a 4 cm occurs uniformly in 4 hours over
the catchment.
84a. The peak discharge
of four hour unit hydrograph is
(a) 40 m3/s (b) 50
m3/s (c) 60
m3/s (d) 70
m3/s
84b. The peak flood
discharge due to the storm is
(a) 210 m3/s (b) 230 m3/s (c) 260 m3/s (d) 720 m3/s
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 85a and 85b :
A city is going to install
the rapid sand filter after the sedimentation tanks. Use the following data.
Design loading rate to the
filter 200 m3/m2d
Design flow rate 0.5
m3/s
Surface area per filter box 50m2
85a. The surface area
required for the rapid sand filter will be
(a) 210 m2 (b) 215 m2 (c) 216 m2 (d) 218 m2
85b. The number of
filters required shall be
(a) 3
(b) 4 (c) 6
(d) 8
Answer key
GATE 2005
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