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Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions

Exercise : GATE Exam Questions - Section 5
31.
Storage coefficient of a compressible confined aquifer is a function of
specific weight of water, thickness of the aquifer, compressibility of the aquifer and that of water
permeability, thickness and compressibility of aquifer and compressibility of water
transmissibility of the aquifer and compressibility of water
transmissibility of aquifer and specific yield of aquifer
Answer: Option
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32.
Factor of safety adopted by IS : 800 - 1984 while arriving at the permissible stress in axial compression, is :
2.00
1.00
1.67
1.50
Answer: Option
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33.
Well foundations are commonly used as foundations for the following structures :
Water tanks
Bridges
Buildings
Reciprocating machines
Answer: Option
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34.
The consistency of a saturated cohesive soil is affected by
water content
particle size distribution
density index
coefficient of permeability
Answer: Option
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35.
The following two statements are made with reference to the planar truss shown below

  1. The truss is statically determinate
  2. The truss is kinematically determinate

With refernece to the above statements, which of the following applies ?
Both statements are ture.
Both statements are false.
II is true but I false.
I is true but II is false.
Answer: Option
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