Civil Engineering GATE 2018 Set-1 Questions with Answer

Ques 1 Civil

“The driver applied the _______ as soon as she approached the hotel where she wanted to take a ________.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

brake, break

break, break

brake, brake

break, brake

Ques 2 Civil

“It is no surprise that every society has had codes of behaviour; however, the nature of these codes is often _________.”
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

unpredictable

simple

expected

strict

Ques 3 Civil

Hema's age is 5 years more than twice Hari's age. Suresh's age is 13 years less than 10 times Hari's age. If Suresh is 3 times as old as Hema, how old is Hema?

Ques 4 Civil

Tower A is 90 m tall and tower B is 140 m tall. They are 100 m apart. A horizontal skywalk connects the floors at 70 m in both the towers. If a taut rope connects the top of tower A to the bottom of tower B, at what distance (in meters) from tower A will the rope intersect the skywalk?

22.22

57.87

77.78

Ques 5 Civil

The temperature T in a room varies as a function of the outside temperature T0 and the number of persons in the room p, according to the relation T = K(Θp + T0) where Θ and K are constants. What would be the value of Θ given the following data?

0.8

1.0

2.0

10.0

Ques 6 Civil

A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more, he would have made a 10% gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller?

108

Ques 7 Civil

The price of a wire made of a superalloy material is proportional to the square of its length. The price of 10 m length of the wire is Rs. 1600. What would be the total price (in Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6m?

768

832

1440

1600

Ques 8 Civil

Which of the following function(s) is an accurate description of the graph for the range(s) indicated?

(i) 𝑦=2𝑥+4 for −3≤𝑥≤−1
(ii) 𝑦=|𝑥−1| for −1≤𝑥≤2
(iii) 𝑦=||𝑥|−1| for −1≤𝑥≤2
(iv) 𝑦=1 for 2≤𝑥≤3

(i), (ii) and (iii) only.

(i), (ii) and (iv) only.

(i) and (iv) only.

(ii) and (iv) only.

Ques 9 Civil

Consider a sequence of numbers a₁, a₂, a₃, ..., a_n where a_n = 1/n - 1/(n+2), for each integer n > 0. What is the sum of the first 50 terms?

(1 + 1/2) - 1/50

(1 + 1/2) + 1/50

(1 + 1/2) - (1/51 + 1/52)

1 - (1/51 + 1/52)

Ques 10 Civil

Each of the letters arranged as below represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The letters are positioned in the figure such that (A × B × C), (B × G × E) and (D × E × F) are equal. Which integer among the following choices cannot be represented by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F or G?