Civil Engineering Gate Yearwise
Civil Engineering Gate 2019 Set-I Questions
Ques 1Aptitude
The lecture was attended by quite _______ students, so the hall was not very ________.
a. few, quite
b. few, quiet
c. a few, quiet
d. a few, quite
c is the correct answer.
Ques 2Aptitude
They have come a long way in __________ trust among the users.
a. creating
b. create
c. created
d. creations
a is the correct answer.
Ques 3Aptitude
If E = 10; J = 20; O = 30; and T = 40, what will be P + E + S + T?
a. 51
b. 120
c. 82
d. 164
a is the correct answer.
Ques 4Aptitude
The CEO’s decision to quit was as shoking to the Board at it was to ________.
a. myself
b. I
c. my
d. me
d is the correct answer.
Ques 5Aptitude
On a horizontal ground, the base of a straight ladder is 6m away from the base of a vertical pole. The ladder makes an angle of 45° to the horizontal. If the ladder is resting at a point located at one-fifth of the height of the pole from the bottom, the height of the pole is ________ meters.
a. 35
b. 30
c. 15
d. 25
b is the correct answer.
Ques 6Aptitude
“The increasing interest in tribal characters might be a mere coincidence, but the timing is of interest. None of this, though, is to say that the tribal here has arrived in Hindi cinema, or that the new crop of characters represents the acceptance of the tribal character in the industry. The films and characters are too few to be described as a pattern.” What does the word ‘arrived’ mean in the paragraph above?
a. went to a place
b. came to a conclusion
c. attained a status
d. reached a terminus
c is the correct answer.
Ques 7Aptitude
In a sports academy of 300 people, 105 play only cricket, 70 play only hockey, 50 play only football, 25 play both cricket and hockey, 15 play both hockey and football and 30 play both cricket and football. The rest of them play all three sports. What is the percentage of people who play at least two sports?
a. 28.00
b. 23.30
c. 50.00
d. 25.00
d is the correct answer.
Ques 8Aptitude
P, Q, R, S and T are related and belong to the same family. P is the brother of S. Q is the wife of P. R and T are the children of the siblings P and S respectively. Which one of the following statements is necessarily FALSE?
a. S is the aunt of T
b. S is the aunt of R
c. S is the sister-in-law of Q
d. S is the brother of P
a is the correct answer.
Ques 9Aptitude
The new cotton technology, Bollgard-II, with herbicide tolerant traits has developed into a
thriving business in India. However, the commercial use of this technology is not legal in India.
Now with standing that, reports indicate that the herbicide tolerant Bt cotton had been purchased
by farmers at an average of Rs 200 more than the control price of ordinary cotton, and planted
in 15% of the cotton growing area in the 2017 Kharif season.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?
a. Farmers want to access the new technology by paying high price
b. Farmers want to access the new technology if India benefits from it
c. Farmers want to access the new technology for experimental purposes
d. Farmers want to access the new technology even if it is not legal
d is the correct answer.
Ques 10Aptitude
A square has sides 5 cm smaller than the sides of a second square. The area of the larger square is four times the area of the smaller square. The sided of the larger square is _________ cm.
a. 18.50
b. 10.00
c. 15.10
d. 8.50
b is the correct answer.
Ques 11Environmental Engineering
Which one of the following is a secondary pollutant?
a. Ozone
b. Carbon Monoxide
c. Volatile Organic Carbon (VOC)
d. Hydrocarbon
a is the correct answer.
Ques 12Geotechnical Engineering
A concentrated load of 500 kN is applied on an elastic half space. The ratio of the increase in vertical normal stress at depths of 2m and 4m along the point of the leading, as per Boussinesq’s theory, would be __________.
4 is the correct answer.
Ques 13Structural Engineering
For a given loading on a rectangular plain concrete beam with an overall depth of 500 mm, the compressive strain and tensile developed at the extreme fibers are of the same magnitude of 2.5× 10–4. The curvature in the beam cross-section (in m–1, round off to 3 decimal places), is _______
0.001 is the correct answer.
Ques 14Structural Engineering
Assuming that there is no possibility of shear buckling in the web, the maximum reduction permitted by IS 800-2007 in the (low-shear) design bending strength of a semi-compact steel section due to high shear is
a. 50%
b. governed by the area of the flange
c. zero
d. 25%
c is the correct answer.
Ques 15Transportation Engineering
The maximum number of vehicles observed in any five minute period during the break hour is 160. If the total flow in the peak hour is 1000 vehicles, the five minute peak hour factor (round off to 2 decimal places) is _________.
0.52 is the correct answer.
Ques 16Water Resources
If the path of an irrigation canal is below the bed level of a natural stream, the type of crossdrainage structure provided is
a. Aqueduct
b. Sluice gate
c. Super passage
d. Level crossing
c is the correct answer.