Civil Engineering GATE 2013 Questions with Answer

Ques 14 General Aptitude

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below: Primeval

Ques 15 General Aptitude

Friendship, no matter how ____ it is, has its limitations.

Ques 16 General Aptitude

Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair: Medicine : Health

Ques 17 General Aptitude

X and Y are two positive real numbers such that 2X+Y ≤ 6 and X+2Y ≤ 8. For which of the following values of (X, Y) will the function f(X,Y) = 3X+6Y give the maximum value?

Ques 18 General Aptitude

If |4X-7| = 5, then the values of 2|X|-|-X| is:

Ques 19 General Aptitude

The following table provides figures (in rupees) on annual expenditure of a firm for two years - 2010 and 2011.

Ques 20 General Aptitude

A firm is selling its product at Rs. 60 per unit. The total cost of production is Rs. 100 and the firm is earning a total profit of Rs. 500. Later, the total cost increased by 30%. By what percentage should the price be increased to maintain the same profit level?

Ques 21 General Aptitude

Abhishek is elder to Savar. Savar is younger to Anshul. Which of the given conclusions is logically valid and is inferred from the above statements?

Ques 22 Geotechnical Engineering

In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 1.980 kg and a volume of 0.001 m^3. After being completely dried in an oven, the mass of the sample is 1.800 kg. Specific gravity G is 2.7. Unit weight of water is 10 kN/m^3 The degree of saturation of the soil is:

Ques 23 Geotechnical Engineering

The ratio N_f/N_d is known as shape factor, where N_f is the number of flow lines and N_d is the number of equipotential drops. Flow net is always drawn with a constant b/a ratio, where b and a are distances between two consecutive flow lines and equipotential lines, respectively. Assuming that b/a ratio remains the same, the shape factor of a flow net will change if the

Ques 24 Geotechnical Engineering

Following statements are made on compacted soils, wherein DS stands for the soils compacted on dry side of optimum moisture content and WS stands for the soils compacted on wet side of optimum moisture content. Identify the incorrect statement.

Ques 25 Geotechnical Engineering

Four columns of a building are to be located within a plot size of 10 m x 10 m. The expected load on each column is 4000 kN. Allowable bearing capacity of the soil deposit is 100 kN/m^2. The type of foundation best suited is

Ques 26 Geotechnical Engineering

The soil profile below a lake with water level at elevation = 0 m and lake bottom at elevation = -10 m is shown in the figure, where k is the permeability coefficient. A piezometer (stand pipe) installed in the sand layer shows a reading of +10 m elevation. Assume that the piezometric head is uniform in the sand layer. The quantity of water (in m³/s) flowing into the lake from the sand layer through the silt layer per unit area of the lake bed is: