Civil Engineering GATE 2016 Set-1 Questions with Answer

Ques 27 General Aptitude

A shaving set company sells 4 different types of razors, Elegance, Smooth, Soft and Executive. Elegance sells at Rs. 48, Smooth at Rs. 63, Soft at Rs. 78 and Executive at Rs. 173 per piece. The table below shows the numbers of each razor sold in each quarter of a year.

Ques 28 General Aptitude

Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?

Ques 29 General Aptitude

Consider the following statements relating to the level of poker play of four players P, Q, R and S.
I. P always beats Q
II. R always beats S
III. S loses to P only sometimes
IV. R always loses to Q
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?
(i) P is likely to beat all the three other players
(ii) S is the absolute worst player in the set

Ques 30 General Aptitude

If f(x)=2x⁷+3x-5, which of the following is a factor of f(x)?

Ques 31 General Aptitude

In a process, the number of cycles to failure decreases exponentially with an increase in load. At a load of 80 units, it takes 100 cycles for failure. When the load is halved, it takes 10000 cycles for failure. The load for which the failure will happen in 5000 cycles is

Ques 32 Geodesy

The minimum number of satellites needed for a GPS to determine its position precisely is

Ques 33 Geodesy

The system that uses the Sun as a source of electromagnetic energy and records the naturally radiated and reflected energy from the object is called

Ques 34 Geotechnical Engineering

In the consolidated undrained triaxial test on a saturated soil sample, the pore water pressure is zero

Ques 35 Geotechnical Engineering

A fine grained soil is found to be plastic in the water content range of 26-48%. As per Indian Standard Classification System, the soil is classified as

Ques 36 Geotechnical Engineering

A vertical cut is to be made in a soil mass having cohesion c, angle of internal friction ϕ, and unit weight γ. Considering K_a and K_p as the coefficients of active and passive earth pressures, respectively, the maximum depth of unsupported excavation is

Ques 37 Geotechnical Engineering

The porosity (n) and the degree of saturation (S) of a soil sample are 0.7 and 40%, respectively. In a 100 m³ volume of the soil, the volume (expressed in m³) of air is

Ques 38 Geotechnical Engineering

A homogeneous gravity retaining wall supporting a cohesionless backfill is shown in the figure. The lateral active earth pressure at the bottom of the wall is 40 kPa.

Ques 39 Geotechnical Engineering

An undisturbed soil sample was taken from the middle of a clay layer (i.e., 1.5 m below GL), as shown in figure. The water table was at the top of clay layer. Laboratory test results are as follows:
Natural water content of clay - 25%
Preconsolidation pressure of clay - 60 kPa
Compression index of clay - 0.50
Recompression index of clay - 0.05
Specific gravity of clay - 2.70
Bulk unit weight of sand - 17 kN/m³
A compacted fill of 2.5 m height with unit weight of 20 kN/m³ is placed at the ground level.