What are the questions asked in GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Set 2 exam?

Complete set of questions from GATE 2021 CE Set 2 exam covering Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Surveying, RCC Design, Steel Structures, Soil Mechanics, and Water Resources Engineering with detailed solutions.

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You can download the complete GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Set 2 question paper with solutions from ExamPrev. The PDF includes all questions with detailed explanations.

How many questions were in GATE 2021 CE Set 2 paper?

GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Set 2 paper consisted of 65 questions including MCQs, MSQs, and numerical answer type questions covering all major civil engineering topics.

Are solutions provided for GATE 2021 CE Set 2 questions?

Yes, detailed step-by-step solutions with explanations are provided for all questions from GATE 2021 Civil Engineering Set 2 paper.

Is GATE 2021 CE Set 2 easier than Set 1?

Both GATE 2021 CE Set 1 and Set 2 are designed with similar difficulty levels and balanced topic coverage. The normalization process ensures fair evaluation across all sets.

Civil Engineering Gate 2021 Set-2 Questions with Answer

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Ques 40 GATE 2021 SET-2

A perfectly flexible and inextensible cable is shown in the figure (not to scale). The external loads at F and G are acting vertically.

The magnitude of tension in the cable segment FG (in kN, round off to two decimal places) is _______.

(8.10 to 8.40) is the correct answer.

Ques 41 GATE 2021 SET-2

A fire hose nozzle directs a steady stream of water of velocity 50 m/s at an angle of 45° above the horizontal. The stream rises initially but then eventually falls to the ground. Assume water as incompressible and inviscid. Consider the density of air and the air friction as negligible, and assume the acceleration due to gravity as 9.81 m/s2. The maximum height (in m, round off to two decimal places) reached by the stream above the hose nozzle will then be _______.

(63.50 to 63.90) is the correct answer.

Ques 42 GATE 2021 SET-2

A rectangular cross-section of a reinforced concrete beam is shown in the figure. The diameter of each reinforcing bar is 16 mm. The values of modulus of elasticity of concrete and steel are 2.0 × 10⁴ MPa and 2.1 × 10⁴ MPa, respectively.

The distance of the centroidal axis from the centerline of the reinforcement (x) for the uncracked section (in mm, round off to one decimal place) is _______.

(129.0 to 130.0) is the correct answer.

Ques 43 GATE 2021 SET-2

The activity details for a small project are given in the Table.

The total time (in days, in integer) for project completion is _______.

(56 to 56) is the correct answer.

Ques 44 GATE 2021 SET-2

An equipment has been purchased at an initial cost of ₹160000 and has an estimated salvage value of ₹10000. The equipment has an estimated life of 5 years. The difference between the book values (in ₹, in integer) obtained at the end of 4th year using straight line method and sum of years digit method of depreciation is _______.

(20000 to 20000) is the correct answer.

Ques 45 GATE 2021 SET-2

A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m × 3.5 m is embedded in a clay layer and a vertical load is placed with an eccentricity of 0.8 m as shown in the figure (not to scale). Take Bearing capacity factors: Nc = 5.14, N_q = 1.0, and N_γ = 0.0; Shape factors: s_c = 1.16, s_q = 1.0 and s_γ = 1.0; Depth factors: d_c = 1.1, d_q = 1.0 and d_γ = 1.0; and Inclination factors: i_c = 1.0 and i_q = 1.0 and i_c = 1.0.

Using Meyerhoff's method, the load (in kN, round off to two decimal places) that can be applied on the footing with a factor of safety of 2.5 is _______.

(439.00 to 442.00) is the correct answer.

Ques 46 GATE 2021 SET-2

The soil profile at a road construction site is as shown in figure (not to scale). A large embankment is to be constructed at the site. The ground water table (GWT) is located at the surface of the clay layer, and the capillary rise in the sandy soil is negligible. The effective stress at the middle of the clay layer after the application of the embankment loading is 180 kN/m². Take unit weight of water, γw = 9.81 kN/m².

The primary consolidation settlement (in m, round off to two decimal places) of the clay layer resulting from this loading will be _______.

(0.32 to 0.34) is the correct answer.

Ques 47 GATE 2021 SET-2

Numerically integrate, f(x) = 10x - 20x² from lower limit a = 0 to upper limit b = 0.5. Use Trapezoidal rule with five equal subdivisions. The value (in units, round off to two decimal places) obtained is _______.

(0.38 to 0.42) is the correct answer.

Ques 48 GATE 2021 SET-2

The void ratio of a clay soil sample M decreased from 0.575 to 0.510 when the applied pressure is increased from 120 kPa to 180 kPa. For the same increment in pressure, the void ratio of another clay soil sample N decreases from 0.600 to 0.550. If the ratio of hydraulic conductivity of sample M to sample N is 0.125, then the ratio of coefficient of consolidation of sample M to sample N (round off to three decimal places) is _______.

(0.090 to 0.105) is the correct answer.

Ques 49 GATE 2021 SET-2

The hyetograph in the figure corresponds to a rainfall event of 3 cm.

If the rainfall event has produced a direct runoff of 1.6 cm, the ϕ-index of the event (in mm/hour, round off to one decimal place) would be _______.

(4.2 to 4.2) is the correct answer.

Ques 50 GATE 2021 SET-2

A venturimeter as shown in the figure (not to scale) is connected to measure the flow of water in a vertical pipe of 20 cm diameter.

Assume g = 9.8 m/s². When the deflection in the mercury manometer is 15 cm, the flow rate (in lps, round off to two decimal places) considering no loss in the venturimeter is _______.

(49.0 to 50.0) is the correct answer.

Ques 51 GATE 2021 SET-2

A reservoir with a live storage of 300 million cubic metre irrigates 40000 hectares (1 hectare = 10⁴ m²) of a crop with two fillings of the reservoir. If the base period of the crop is 120 days, the duty for this crop (in hectares per cumec, round off to integer) will then be _______.

(689 to 693) is the correct answer.

Ques 52 GATE 2021 SET-2

(689 to 693) is the correct answer.

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