Civil Engineering GATE 2015 Set-2 Questions with Answer

Ques 27 General Aptitude

The word similar in meaning to 'dreary' is

Ques 28 General Aptitude

The given question is followed by two statements; select the most appropriate option that solves the question.
Capacity of a solution tank A is 70% of the capacity of tank B. How many gallons of solution are in tank A and tank B?
Statements:
(I) Tank A is 80% full and tank B is 40% full.
(II) Tank A if full contains 14,000 gallons of solution.

Ques 29 General Aptitude

How many four digit numbers can be formed with the 10 digits 0, 1, 2, ..., 9 if no number can start with 0 and if repetitions are not allowed?

Ques 30 General Aptitude

Read the following table giving sales data of five types of batteries for years 2006 to 2012:

Ques 31 General Aptitude

There are 16 teachers who can teach Thermodynamics (TD), 11 who can teach Electrical Sciences (ES), and 5 who can teach both TD and Engineering Mechanics (EM). There are a total of 40 teachers. 6 cannot teach any of the three subjects, i.e. EM, ES or TD. 6 can teach only ES. 4 can teach all three subjects, i.e. EM, ES and TD. 4 can teach ES and TD. How many can teach both ES and EM but not TD?

Ques 32 Geomatics Engineering

In a leveling work, sum of the Back Sight (B.S.) and Fore Sight (F.S.) have been found to be 3.085 m and 5.645 m respectively. If the Reduced Level (R.L.) of the starting station is 100.000 m, the R.L. (in m) of the last station is _______.

Ques 33 Geomatics Engineering

The combined correction due to curvature and refraction (in m) for a distance of 1 km on the surface of Earth is:

Ques 34 Geomatics Engineering

The bearings of two inaccessible stations, S₁ (Easting 500 m, Northing 500 m) and S₂ (Easting 600 m, Northing 450 m) from a station S₃ were observed as 225° and 153°26’ respectively. The independent Easting (in m) of station S₃ is:

Ques 35 Geomatics Engineering

Two Pegs A and B were fixed on opposite banks of a 50 m wide river. The level was set up at A and the staff readings on Pegs A and B were observed as 1.350 m and 1.550 m, respectively. Thereafter the instrument was shifted and set up at B. The staff readings on Pegs B and A were observed as 0.750 m and 0.550 m, respectively. If the R.L. of Peg A is 100.200 m, the R.L. (in m) of Peg B is _______.

Ques 36 Geotechnical Engineering

If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, the void ratio of the sample is:

Ques 37 Geotechnical Engineering

In friction circle method of slope stability analysis, if r defines the radius of the slip circle, the radius of friction circle is:

Ques 38 Geotechnical Engineering

Net ultimate bearing capacity of a footing embedded in a clay stratum

Ques 39 Geotechnical Engineering

Surcharge loading required to be placed on the horizontal backfill of a smooth retaining vertical wall so as to completely eliminate tensile crack is: