Agricultural Engineering Gate 2020 Questions with Answer

Ques 40 GATE 2020


He was not only accused of theft ________ of conspiracy.

A

rather

B

but also

C

but even

D

rather than



Ques 41 GATE 2020


Select the word that fits the analogy:
Explicit : Implicit :: Express : ________

A

Impress

B

Repress

C

Compress

D

Suppress



Ques 42 GATE 2020


The Canadian constitution requires that equal importance be given to English and French. Last year, Air Canada lost a lawsuit, and had to pay a six-figure fine to a French-speaking couple after they filed complaints about formal in-flight announcements in English lasting 15 seconds, as opposed to informal 5 second messages in French.
The French-speaking couple were upset at

A

the in-flight announcements being made in English.

B

the English announcements being clearer than the French ones.

C

the English announcements being longer than the French ones.

D

equal importance being given to English and French.



Ques 43 GATE 2020


A superadditive function f() satisfies the following property
f(x1+x2) ≥ f(x1) + f(x2)
Which of the following functions is a superadditive function for x > 1?

A

ex

B

√x

C

1/x

D

e-x



Ques 44 GATE 2020


The global financial crisis in 2008 is considered to be the most serious world-wide financial crisis, which started with the sub-prime lending crisis in USA in 2007. The sub-prime lending crisis led to the banking crisis in 2008 with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The sub-prime lending refers to the provision of loans to those borrowers who may have difficulties in repaying loans, and it arises because of excess liquidity following the East Asian crisis.
Which one of the following sequences shows the correct precedence as per the given passage?

A

East Asian crisis → subprime lending crisis → banking crisis → global financial crisis.

B

Subprime lending crisis → global financial crisis → banking crisis → East Asian crisis.

C

Banking crisis subprime lending crisis → global financial crisis → East Asian crisis.

D

Global financial crisis → East Asian crisis → banking crisis → subprime lending crisis.



Ques 45 GATE 2020


It is quarter past three in your watch. The angle between the hour hand and the minute hand is

A

B

7.5°

C

15°

D

22.5°



Ques 46 GATE 2020


A circle with centre O is shown in the figure. A rectangle PQRS of maximum possible area is inscribed in the circle. If the radius of the circle is a, then the area of the shaded portion is

A

πa² – a²

B

πa² – √2 a²

C

πa² – 2a²

D

πa² – 3a²



Ques 47 GATE 2020


a, b, c are real numbers. The quadratic equation ax² - bx + c = 0 has equal roots, which is β, then

A

β = b/a

B

β² = ac

C

β³ = bc/(2a²)

D

b² = 4ac



Ques 48 GATE 2020


The following figure shows the data of students enrolled in 5 years (2014 to 2018) for two schools P and Q. During this period, the ratio of the average number of the students enrolled in school P to the average of the difference of the number of students enrolled in schools P and Q is

A

8:23

B

23:8

C

23:31

D

31:23



Ques 49 GATE 2020


Match the following items between Column I and Column II with the most appropriate combinations:
Column I
P. Properties of confined and semi-confined aquifers
Q. Property of an unconfined aquifer
R. Property of semi-confined aquifer
S. A special case of an unconfined aquifer
Column II
1. Perched aquifer
2. Coefficient of storage
3. Specific yield
4. Leakage factor

A

P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4

B

P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4

C

P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1

D

P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1



Ques 50 GATE 2020


From the performance evaluation of drippers, the discharge exponent value and the coefficient of variation were obtained as 0.5 and 0.04, respectively. The drippers are categorized as

A

Pressure compensating drippers of excellent quality

B

Turbulent flow-tortuous path orifice type drippers of good quality

C

Turbulent flow-tortuous path orifice type drippers of marginal quality

D

Laminar flow drippers of excellent quality



Ques 51 GATE 2020


In a basin, rainfall is recorded by five automatic weather stations A, B, C, D and E with respective average annual rainfall of 1020, 810, 675, 940 and 780 mm. In a particular year, the station A was non-operational and the remaining stations B, C, D and E recorded annual rainfall of 890, 725, 980 and 850 mm, respectively. The estimated rainfall at the station A in that particular year in mm is

A

758

B

878

C

1038

D

1098



Ques 52 GATE 2020


A field crop is irrigated when the available soil water reduces to 60%. The moisture content at field capacity and wilting point are 32% and 12%, respectively. The bulk density of the soil is 1.5 g cm-3. The field water application efficiency is 75% and the crop root zone depth is 50 cm. The gross depth of irrigation required to bring soil moisture content to field capacity in cm is

A

6

B

8

C

9

D

12



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