Civil Engineering GATE 2018 Set-1 Questions with Answer

Ques 27 Civil


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 _______.


1.50 to 1.50 is the correct answer.


Ques 28 Civil


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

If µ is the mean strength of the specimens and σ is the standard deviation, the number of specimens (out of 20) with compressive strength less than µ - 3σ is _______.


0 to 0 is the correct answer.


Ques 29 Civil


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 _______.


173.10 to 173.30 is the correct answer.


Ques 30 Civil


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 _______.


19.50 to 20.50 is the correct answer.


Ques 31 Civil


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 _______.


12.30 to 12.40 is the correct answer.


Ques 32 Civil


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 _______.


0.05 to 0.06 is the correct answer.


Ques 33 Civil


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 _______.


1.10 to 1.20 is the correct answer.


Ques 34 Civil


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 _______.


0.70 to 0.70 is the correct answer.


Ques 35 Civil


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 _______.


27271 to 27274 is the correct answer.


Ques 36 Civil


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

A

π2/8

B

π2/4

C

π2/2

D

π2



Ques 37 Civil


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 _______.

A

20.0 MPa

B

37.5 MPa

C

60.0 MPa

D

75.0 MPa



Ques 38 Civil


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.

All interfaces are assumed frictionless. The minimum value of P is

A

4.5 kN

B

5.0 kN

C

6.0 kN

D

7.5 kN



Ques 39 Civil


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

The Young's modulus of the material is 2 × 1011 N/m2 and the Poisson's ratio is 0.3.
If σzz is negligibly small and assumed to be zero, then the strain ϵzz is _______.

A

-120 × 10-6

B

-60 × 10-6

C

0.0

D

120 × 10-6



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