Civil Engineering Gate Yearwise
Civil Engineering Gate 2019 Set-II Questions
Ques 1Aptitude
Daytime temperatures in Delhi can ___ 40°C
a. Peak
b. reach
c. get
d. stand
b is the correct answer.
Ques 2Aptitude
The growth rate of ABC Motors in 2017 was the same ___ XYZ Motors in 2016.
a. as those of
b. as that of
c. as that off
d. as off
b is the correct answer.
Ques 3Aptitude
Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his new mansion with an area of 70 x 55 sq. mts. However an area of 550 sq. mts had to be left out for flower pots. If the cost of carpet is Rs. 50 per sq. mts, how much money (in Rs.) will be spent by Suresh for the carpet now?
a. 1,65,000
b. Rs. 1,92,500
c. Rs. 1,27,500
d. Rs. 2,75,000
a is the correct answer.
Ques 4Aptitude
A retaining wall with measurements 30 m × 12 m × 6m was constructed with bricks of dimensions 8 cm × 6cm× 6cm. If 60% of the wall consists of bricks used for the construction, the number of bricks is ______ lakhs
a. 45
b. 30
c. 40
d. 75
a is the correct answer.
Ques 5Aptitude
Hima Das was ___ only Indian athlete to win___ gold for India.
a. the, a
b. an, a
c. an, the
d. the, an
a is the correct answer.
Ques 6Aptitude
The Newspaper reports that over 500 hectares of tribal land spread across 28 tribal seetlements in Mohinitampuram forest division have already been “alienated’. A top forest official said, “First the tribals are duped out of their land holdings. Second, the families thus rendered landless are often forced to encroach further into the forests”. On the basis of the information available in the paragraph, ___ is/are responsible for duping the tribals.
a. The newspaper
b. Landless families
c. forest officials
d. it cannot be inferred who
d is the correct answer.
Ques 7Aptitude
An oil tank can be filled by pipe X in 5 hours and pipe Y in 4 hours, each pump working on its own. When the oil tank is full and the drainage hole is open, the oil is drained in 20 hours. If initially the tank was empty and someone started the two pumps together but left the drainage hole open, how many hours will it tak for the tank to be filled? (Assume that the rate of drainage is independent of the head)
a. 2.50
b. 1.50
c. 2.00
d. 4.00
d is the correct answer.
Ques 8Aptitude
Mohan, the manager, wants his four workers to work in pairs. No pair should work for more than 5 hours. Ram and John have worked together for 5 hours. Krishna and Amir have worked as a team for 2 hours. Krishna doesnot want to work with Ram. Whom should Mohan allot to work with John, if he wants all the workers to continue working?
a. Amir
b. Krishna
c. Ram
d. None of three
b is the correct answer.
Ques 9Aptitude
“Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps because of – its wide reach, often does not appear
in our cinema. As ideals that viewers are meant to look up to rather than identify with, Hindi
film protagonists usually read books of aspirational value: textbooks, English books, or high
value literature.”
Which one of the following CANNOT be inferred from the paragraph above?
a. Textbooks, English books or high literature have aspirational value, but not popular Hindi fiction
b. Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals for viewers, read only books of aspirational value
c. People do not look up to writers of textbooks, English books or high value literature
d. Though popular Hindi fiction has wide reach, it often does not appear in the movies
b is the correct answer.