Civil Engineering GATE 2017 Set-2 Questions with Answer

Ques 53 Civil

The analysis of a water sample produces the following results:

Ques 54 Civil

The radii of relative stiffness of the rigid pavements P and Q are denoted by l_P and l_Q, respectively. The geometric and material properties of the concrete slab and underlying soil are given below:

Ques 55 Civil

An observer standing on the deck of a ship just sees the top of a lighthouse. The top of the lighthouse is 40 m above the sea level and the height of the observer's eye is 5 m above the sea level. The distance (in km, up to one decimal place) of the observer from the lighthouse is _______.

Ques 56 Civil

The event would have been successful if you _______ able to come.

Ques 57 Civil

There was no doubt that their work was thorough.
Which of the words below is closest in meaning to the underlined word above?

Ques 58 Civil

Four cards lie on a table. Each card has a number printed on one side and a colour on the other. The faces visible on the cards are 2, 3, red, and blue.
Proposition: If a card has an even value on one side, then its opposite face is red.
The cards which MUST be turned over to verify the above proposition are

Ques 59 Civil

What is the value of x when 81 × (16/25)^x+2 ÷ (3/5)^2x+4 = 144?

Ques 60 Civil

Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the product of the numbers appearing on the top faces of the dice is a perfect square is

Ques 61 Civil

Bhaichung was observing the pattern of people entering and leaving a car service centre. There was a single window where customers were being served. He saw that people inevitably came out of the centre in the order that they went in. However, the time they spent inside seemed to vary a lot: some people came out in a matter of minutes while for others it took much longer.
From this, what can one conclude?

Ques 62 Civil

A map shows the elevations of Darjeeling, Gangtok, Kalimpong, Pelling, and Siliguri. Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than Gangtok. Pelling is at a lower elevation than Gangtok. Pelling is at a higher elevation than Siliguri. Darjeeling is at a higher elevation than Gangtok.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the paragraph above?
i. Pelling is at a higher elevation than Kalimpong.
ii. Kalimpong is at a lower elevation than Darjeeling.
iii. Kalimpong is at a higher elevation than Siliguri.
iv. Siliguri is at a lower elevation than Gangtok.

Ques 63 Civil

P, Q, R, S, T and U are seated around a circular table. R is seated two places to the right of Q. P is seated three places to the left of R. S is seated opposite U. If P and U now switch seats, which of the following must necessarily be true?

Ques 64 Civil

Budhan covers a distance of 19 km in 2 hours by cycling one fourth of the time and walking the rest. The next day he cycles (at the same speed as before) for half the time and walks the rest (at the same speed as before) and covers 26 km in 2 hours. The speed in km/h at which Budhan walks is

Ques 65 Civil

The points in the graph below represent the halts of a lift for durations of 1 minute, over a period of 1 hour.
Which of the following statements are correct?
i. The elevator never moves directly from any non-ground floor to another non-ground floor over the one hour period.
ii. The elevator stays on the fourth floor for the longest duration over the one hour period.