Civil Engineering Gate Yearwise 


























Civil Engineering Gate 2021 Set-I Questions



Ques 1Aptitude

Getting to the top is __________ than staying on top.

a. much easy
b. more easy
c. easiest
d. easier


d is the correct answer.




Ques 2Aptitude

Consider two rectangular sheets, Sheet M and Sheet N of dimensions 6cm × 4cm each
Folding operation 1: The sheet is folded into half by joining the short edges of the current shape.
Folding operation 2: The sheet is folded into half by joining the long edges of the current shape.
Folding operation 1 is carried out on Sheet M three times.
Folding operation 2 is carried out on Sheet N three times.
The ratio of perimeters of the final folded shape of Sheet N to the final folded shape of Sheet M is ______.

a. 3:2
b. 5:13
c. 7:5
d. 13:7


d is the correct answer.




Ques 3Aptitude

Five line segments of equal lengths, PR, PS, QS, QT and RT are used to form a star as shown in the figure below
Gate_civil_1_1
The value of θ , n degrees, is _______.

a. 45
b. 72
c. 108
d. 36


d is the correct answer.




Ques 4Aptitude

Statement:
Either P marries Q or X marries Y Among the options below, the logical NEGATION of the above statement is:

a. Neither P marries Q nor X marries Y.
b. X does not marry Y and P marries Q
c. P does not marry Q and X marries Y
d. P marries Q and X marries Y


a is the correct answer.




Ques 5Aptitude

For persons P, Q, R and S are to be seated in a row, all facing the same direction, but not necessarily in the same order. P and R cannot sit adjacent to each other. S should be seated to the right of Q. The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is:

a. 2
b. 6
c. 4
d. 8


b is the correct answer.




Ques 6Aptitude

Humans have the ability to construct worlds entirely in their minds, which don‟t exist in the physical world. So far as we know, no other species possesses this ability. This skill is so important that we have different words to refer to its different flavors, such as imagination, invention and innovation. Based on the above passage, which one of the following is TRUE?

a. We do not know of any species other than humans who possess the ability to construct mental worlds
b. imagination, invention and innovation are unrelated to the ability to construct mental worlds
c. No species possess the ability to construct worlds in their minds
d. The terms imagination, invention and innovation refer to unrelated skills


a is the correct answer.




Ques 7Aptitude

In a company, 35% of the employees drink coffee, 40% of the employees drink tea and 10% of the employees drink both tea and coffee. What % of employees drink neither tea nor coffee?

a. 35
b. 15
c. 40
d. 25


a is the correct answer.




Ques 8Environmental Engineering

Which one of the following is correct?

a. The partially treated effluent from a food processing industry, containing high concentration of biodegradable organics, is being discharged into a flowing river at a point P. If the rate of degradation of the organics is higher than the rate of aeration, then dissolved oxygen of the river water will be lowest at point P.
b. For an effluent sample of a sewage treatment plant, the ratio o 5day20 C BOD upon ultimate BOD is more than 1.
c. A young lake characterized by low nutrient content and low plant productivity is called eutrophic lake.
d. The most important type of species involved in the degradation of organic matter in the case of activated sludge process basedwastewater treatment is chemoheterotrophs.


d is the correct answer.




Ques 9Geomatics Engineering

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

a. The first reading from a level station is a 'Fore Sight'
b. Contours of different elevations may intersect each other in case of an overhanging cliff
c. Basic principle of surveying is to work from whole to parts
d. Planimeter is used for measuring 'Area'.


a is the correct answer.




Ques 10Transportation Engineering

Spot speeds of vehicles observed at a point on a highway are 40, 55, 60, 65 and 85 km/h. The space mean speed (in km/h, round off to two decimal places) of the observed vehicle is _________.


55.50-0.60 is the correct answer.




Ques 11Transportation Engineering

The shaper of the most commonly designed highway vertical curve is

a. spiral
b. circular (single radius)
c. parabolic
d. circular (multiple radii)


c is the correct answer.




Ques 12Transportation Engineering

A highway designed for 80 km/h speed has a horizontal curve section with radius 250m. If the design lateral friction is assumed to develop fully, the required super elevation is

a. 0.07
b. 0.05
c. 0.02
d. 0.09


b is the correct answer.




Ques 13Water Resources

An unlined canal under regime conditions along with a silt factor of 1 has a width of flow 71.25m. Assuming the unlined canal as a wide channel, the corresponding average depth of flow (in m. round off to two decimal places) in the canal will be _________________


2.8-2.95 is the correct answer.