Textile Engineering Gate 2026 Questions with Answer

Ques 14 GATE 2026


A coin with heads facing up is shown as (H) and a coin with tails facing up is shown as (T).
Six coins are placed in the Starting Arrangement, as shown in the figure below. A “step” is defined as interchanging a pair of adjacent coins without flipping them. The minimum number of steps needed to go from the Starting Arrangement to the Final Arrangement, as shown in the figure, is ________.

A

3

B

6

C

9

D

12


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 15 GATE 2026


Exacerbate : Mitigate :: ___________
Choose the option with the correct pair of words to fill the blank.

A

Aggravate : Alleviate

B

Alleviate : Precipitate

C

Aggravate : Precipitate

D

Emancipate : Exonerate


(a) is the correct answer.

Ques 16 GATE 2026


A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface of the cube. Referring to cubes shown in Panel II, which one of the options is correct?

A

Only (i) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

B

Only (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

C

Both (i) and (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

D

Neither (i) nor (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.


(d) is the correct answer.

Ques 17 GATE 2026


In a population, patients who have high cholesterol also have high blood-pressure (BP). Some patients with high BP also have diabetes. There are no patients who have both high cholesterol and diabetes. Furthermore,
1. the total number of patients with at least one of these conditions is 75,
2. the number of patients with high cholesterol is 10,
3. the number of patients with high BP is 45, and
4. the number of patients with only high BP and no other conditions is 20.
Then the number of patients who have both diabetes and high BP is _______

A

0

B

15

C

20

D

10


(b) is the correct answer.

Ques 18 GATE 2026


Four people P, Q, R, and S, of different ages, make the following observations.
P – I am younger than S.
Q – I am neither the youngest nor the oldest.
R – P is older than me.
Based on these observations, the youngest person is ______.

A

P

B

Q

C

R

D

S


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 19 GATE 2026


Circles C1, C2, and C3, with centers O1, O2, and O3, and radii r1, r2, and r3, respectively, touch each other as shown in the following figure. Given r1 = 2 cm, r2 = 1 cm and the angle ∠O1O3O2 is 90°, r3 = _____ cm.

A

½(-3 + √17)

B

½(3 + √17)

C

½(-2 + √17)

D

½(-3 + 2√17)


(a) is the correct answer.

Ques 20 GATE 2026


Amongst the following, the fibre which CANNOT be manufactured using melt spinning is ________.

A

nylon 6

B

poly(ethylene terephthalate)

C

polynosic

D

polypropylene


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 21 GATE 2026


Amongst the following, the fibre which contains lignin is ______.

A

cotton

B

wool

C

silk

D

jute


(d) is the correct answer.

Ques 22 GATE 2026


Amongst the following, the spinning system in which one revolution of the twisting element generates several turns of twist to the strand of fibres is _______.

A

ring

B

rotor

C

friction

D

compact


(c) is the correct answer.

Ques 23 GATE 2026


A drawframe autoleveller corrects the variation in the linear density of a sliver by altering _________.

A

draft

B

doubling

C

roller setting

D

roller pressure


(a) is the correct answer.

Ques 24 GATE 2026


In a drum-driven winding machine, if the drum diameter is D and the package diameter is d, then the wind per double traverse (traverse ratio) is directly proportional to ______.

A

d/D

B

D/d

C

D

D

Dd


(b) is the correct answer.

Ques 25 GATE 2026


For a given cone angle of a sectional warping machine drum, the traverse velocity of warp band depends on _______.

A

yarn strength

B

yarn modulus

C

yarn hairiness

D

yarn diameter


(d) is the correct answer.

Ques 26 GATE 2026


In a Shirley Fabric Stiffness Tester, the bending length of a fabric is found to be 3 cm. The overhanging length, which is the length of fabric projecting out, would be _______ cm.

A

1.5

B

3.0

C

6.0

D

9.0


(c) is the correct answer.

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