Textile Engineering Gate 2024 Questions with Answer
Ques 53 GATE 2024
In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.
Steve was advised to keep his head _____(i) ______ before heading _____(ii) _____ to bat; for, while he had a head ____(iii) ____ batting, he could only do so with a cool head ____(iv) _____ his shoulders.
Ques 54 GATE 2024
Amongst the following, the correct condition(s) that will reduce bumping during weaving is/are _______.
Ques 55 GATE 2024
Group I lists weaving machine related parameters and Group II contains the shortcomings of these parameters. Match the machine related parameter with its shortcoming.

Ques 56 GATE 2024
Two shuttle looms (A and B), running at same picks per minute, have same mass of sley and associated system for beat up. The crank radius (r) and the eccentricity ratio (e) of the looms are
rA = 10 cm; eA = 0.5; rB = 6 cm; eB = 0.4.
The ratio of the beat up force of loom A to that of loom B (rounded off to 1 decimal place) is _______.
Ques 57 GATE 2024
A circular weft knitting machine with 24 inch gauge and 20 inch diameter needle bed is used to make a tubular knitted fabric. If the fabric shrinks by 35% in course-wise direction upon withdrawal from the machine, the circumference (inch) of the shrunk tubular fabric is approximately _______.
Ques 58 GATE 2024
A winder operates at 750 m / min with 93% efficiency. Time (min) taken for the winder to wind 1.2 kg of 20 tex yarn is approximately _______.
Ques 59 GATE 2024
A cotton yarn of 20 tex count is replaced by a polyester yarn such that both the yarns have same diameter and same packing density. Assuming densities of cotton and polyester fibres as 1.52 g/cm³ and 1.38 g/cm³, respectively, the count (tex) of the polyester yarn (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is _______.
Ques 60 GATE 2024
A 59.05 Ne cotton yarn, a 20 tex polyester/cotton blended yarn and a 90 denier polyester filament are twisted together to obtain a 3-ply yarn. Assuming there is no twist contraction, the resultant count (Ne) of the 3-ply yarn (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is _______.
Ques 61 GATE 2024
Group I lists yarn manufacturing technologies and Group II contains typical structural features of the yarns. Match the manufacturing technology with the structural features of the yarn.

Ques 62 GATE 2024
A plied yarn is prepared by twisting two single yarns (A and B). Yarn A has a mean count of 20 tex and a coefficient of variation (CV) of count of 20%. Yarn B has a mean count of 30 tex and a CV of count of 10%. Neglecting twist contraction during plying, the CV (%) of the count of the plied yarn (in integer) is _______.
Ques 63 GATE 2024
An evenness tester, working on capacitance principle, provides _______.
Ques 64 GATE 2024
With reference to the principles of yarn hairiness measurement, the correct statement(s), amongst the following, is/are _______.
Ques 65 GATE 2024
The relationship between stress (σ) and strain (ε) for a yarn is
σ = 1.5√ε.
If the breaking strain of the yarn is 1.2, the work factor of the yarn (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is _______.
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