Civil Engineering GATE 2015 Set-1 Questions with Answer

Ques 27 General Aptitude

If ROAD is written as URDG, then SWAN should be written as:

Ques 28 General Aptitude

Alexander turned his attention towards India, since he had conquered Persia. Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above sentence?

Ques 29 General Aptitude

Most experts feel that in spite of possessing all the technical skills required to be a batsman of the highest order, he is unlikely to be so due to lack of requisite temperament. He was guilty of throwing away his wicket several times after working hard to lay a strong foundation. His critics pointed out that until he addressed this problem, success at the highest level will continue to elude him. Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above passage?
(i) He was already a successful batsman at the highest level.
(ii) He has to improve his temperament in order to become a great batsman.
(iii) He failed to make many of his good starts count.
(iv) Improving his technical skills will guarantee success.

Ques 30 General Aptitude

The exports and imports (in crores of Rs.) of a country from the year 2000 to 2007 are given in the following bar chart. In which year is the combined percentage increase in imports and exports the highest?

Ques 31 General Aptitude

The head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six selected members P, Q, R, S, T and U to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. U does not want any portfolio if S gets one of the five. R wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. Q says that if S gets either Power or Telecom then she must get the other one. T insists on a portfolio if P gets one. Which is the valid distribution of portfolios?

Ques 32 Geomatics Engineering

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Ques 33 Geomatics Engineering

In a closed loop traverse of 1 km total length, the closing errors in departure and latitude are 0.3 m and 0.4 m, respectively. The relative precision of this traverse will be:

Ques 34 Geomatics Engineering

In a survey work, three independent angles X, Y and Z were observed with weights WX, WY, WZ, respectively. The weight of the sum of angles X, Y and Z is given by:

Ques 35 Geomatics Engineering

In a region with magnetic declination of 2^oE, the magnetic Fore bearing (FB) of a line AB was measured as N79^o50’E. There was local attraction at A. To determine the correct magnetic bearing of the line, a point O was selected at which there was no local attraction. The magnetic FB of line AO and OA were observed to be S52^o40’E and N50^o20’W, respectively. What is the true FB of line AB?

Ques 36 Geotechnical Engineering

A fine-grained soil has 60% (by weight) silt content. The soil behaves as semi-solid when water content is between 15% and 28%. The soil behaves fluid-like when the water content is more than 40%. The “Activity” of the soil is

Ques 37 Geotechnical Engineering

Which of the following statements is TRUE for the relation between discharge velocity and seepage velocity?

Ques 38 Geotechnical Engineering

Which of the following statements is TRUE for degree of disturbance of collected soil sample?

Ques 39 Geotechnical Engineering

In an unconsolidated undrained triaxial test, it is observed that an increase in cell pressure from 150 kPa to 250 kPa leads to a pore pressure increase of 80 kPa. It is further observed that, an increase in deviatoric stress results in an increase of 25 kPa in the pore pressure. The value of Skempton’s pore pressure parameter B is: