Online Civil Engineering Test - Previous GATE Exam Papers Test 5

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Is 459-1978 recommends to provide certain minimum steel in a RCC beam

to ensure compression failure

to avoid rupture of steel in case a flexural failure occurs

to hold the stirrup steel in position

to provide enough ductility to the beam

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Critical factors for the activated sludge treatment process are

maximum hourly flow rate.

maximum and minimum flow rate.

maximum hourly flow rate and maximum daily organic load.

minimum hourly flow rate and minimum daily organic load.

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The effective length of a circular electric pole of length L and constant diameters erected on ground is,

0.80 L

1.20 L

1.50 L

2.00 L

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On an immersed body in a flowing fluid the lift force is :

due to buoyant force

always in the opposite direction to gravity

due to Wake phenomenon

the dynamic fluid-force component normal to approach velocity

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The degree of static indeterminacy of the rigid frame having two internal hinges as shown in the figure below, is

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The degree of kinematic indeterminacy of the rigid frame with clamped ends at A and D shown in the below figure is,

zero

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A direct runoff hydrograph due to an isolated storm with an effective rainfall of 2 cm was trapezoidal in shape as shown in the below figure. The hydrograph corresponds to a catchment area (in sq. km) of

790.2

599.4

689.5

435.3

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In highway pavements emulsions are mainly used in :

surface dressing

patching and maintenance operation

bitumen macadam

asphaltic concrete

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The value of bearing capacity factor for cohesion, N_c, for piles as per Meyerhof, is taken as :

6.2

12.0

9.0

5.14

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10.

The most important water quality parameter for domestic use of water is

carbonate hardness

non-carbonate hardness

coliform group of organisms

chlorides

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11.

The standard plate size in a plate bearing test for finding modulus of subgrade reaction (k) value is

100 cm diameter.

50 cm diameter.

75 cm diameter.

25 cm diameter.

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12.

For the structure shown below, the vertical deflection at point A is given by

Zero

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13.

The material that exhibits the same elastic properties in all the directions at a point, is said to be

homogeneous

orthotropic

visco-elastic

isotropic

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14.

As per IS : 800-1984 the maximum allowable slenderness ratio of compression members carrying forces resulting from dead load and superimposed load is

180

250

300

400

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15.

If the deformations of the truss-members are as shown in parentheses, the rotation of the member bd is :

0.5 x 10^-2 radian

1.0 x 10^-2 radian

1.5 x 10^-2 radian

2.0 x 10^-2 radian

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16.

For a flow of 5.7 MLD (million litres per day) and a detention time of 2 hours, the surface area of a rectangular sedimentation tank to remove all particles having settling velocity of 0.33 mm/s is

20 m²

100 m²

200 m²

400 m²

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17.

Chlorine is some times used in sewage treatment

to avoid flocculation

to increase biological activity of bacteria

to avoid bulking of activated sludge

to help in grease separation

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18.

A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m³. How many cubic meters of this soil will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m³ volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m³.

94 m³

106 m³

100 m³

90 m³

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19.

A saturated clay stratum draining both at the top and bottom undergoes 50 percent consolidation in 16 years under an applied load. If an additional drainage layer were present at the middle of the clay stratum, 50 percent consolidation would occur in

2 years

4 years

8 years

16 years

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20.

The maximum permissible deflection for a gantry girder, spanning over 6 m, on which an EOT (electric overhead travelling) crane of capacity 200 kN is operating, is

8 mm

10 mm

12 mm

18 mm

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