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Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions

Exercise : GATE Exam Questions - Section 6
6.
The function of ballast in railaway tracks is to
facilitate drainage
serve as an elastic support for the track structure
provide the necessary resilience against the dynamic effect of the loads
all the above
Answer: Option
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7.
A soil formation through which only seepage is possible, being partly permeable and capable of giving insignificant yield, is classified as
Aquifer
Aquitard
Aquifuge
Aquiclude
Answer: Option
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8.
The return period for the annual maximum flood of a given magnitude is 8 years. The probability that this flood magnitude will be exceeded once during the next 5 years is
0.625
0.966
0.487
0.529
Answer: Option
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9.
A foundation is considered as shallow if its depth is :
less than 1 metre
greater than its width
equal to or less than its width
greater than 1 metre
Answer: Option
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10.
The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called
Geodetic surveying
Plane surveying
Preliminary surveying
Topographical surveying
Answer: Option
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