Civil Engineering Gate 2018 Set-1 Questions with Answer

Ques 27 GATE 2018 SET-1

A flow field is given by u = y², v = -xy, w = 0. Value of the z-component of the angular velocity (in radians per unit time, up to two decimal places) at the point (0, -1, 1) is _______.

Ques 28 GATE 2018 SET-1

The frequency distribution of the compressive strength of 20 concrete cube specimens is given in the table.

Ques 29 GATE 2018 SET-1

In a fillet weld, the direct shear stress and bending tensile stress are 50 MPa and 150 MPa, respectively. As per IS 800: 2007, the equivalent stress (in MPa, up to two decimal places) will be _______.

Ques 30 GATE 2018 SET-1

In a shrinkage limit test, the volume and mass of a dry soil pat are found to be 50 cm³ and 88 g, respectively. The specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.71, and the density of water is 1 g/cm³. The shrinkage limit (in %, up to two decimal places) is _______.

Ques 31 GATE 2018 SET-1

A core cutter of 130 mm height has inner and outer diameters of 100 mm and 106 mm, respectively. The area ratio of the core cutter (in %, up to two decimal places) is _______.

Ques 32 GATE 2018 SET-1

A 1:50 model of a spillway is to be tested in the laboratory.
The discharge in the prototype spillway is 1000 m³/s.
The corresponding discharge (in m³/s, up to two decimal places) to be maintained in the model,
neglecting variation in acceleration due to gravity, is _______.

Ques 33 GATE 2018 SET-1

A 10 m wide rectangular channel carries a discharge of 20 m³/s under critical condition.
Using g = 9.81 m/s², the specific energy (in m, up to two decimal places) is _______.

Ques 34 GATE 2018 SET-1

For routing of flood in a given channel using the Muskingum method, two of the routing coefficients are estimated as
C₀ = -0.25 and C₁ = 0.55.
The value of the third coefficient C₂ would be _______.

Ques 35 GATE 2018 SET-1

A city generates 40 × 10⁶ kg of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year, out of which only 10% is recovered/recycled and the rest goes to landfill.
The landfill has a single lift of 3 m height and is compacted to a density of 550 kg/m³.
If 80% of the landfill is assumed to be MSW, the landfill area (in m², up to one decimal place) required would be _______.

Ques 36 GATE 2018 SET-1

The value of the integral ∫(0 to π) x cos²x dx is

Ques 37 GATE 2018 SET-1

A cantilever beam of length 2 m with a square section of side length 0.1 m is loaded vertically at the free end.
The vertical displacement at the free end is 5 mm.
The beam is made of steel with Young's modulus of 2.0 × 10¹¹ N/m².
The maximum bending stress at the fixed end of the cantilever is _______.

Ques 38 GATE 2018 SET-1

A cylinder of radius 250 mm and weight, W = 10 kN is rolled up an obstacle of height 50 mm by applying a horizontal force P at its centre as shown in the figure.

Ques 39 GATE 2018 SET-1

A plate in equilibrium is subjected to uniform stresses along its edges with magnitude σ_xx = 30 MPa and σ_yy = 50 MPa as shown in the figure.