GATE Exam Questions Questions

• In reinforced concrete, pedestal is defined as compression member, whose effective length does not exceed its least dimension by
• Vane tester is normally used for determining in situ shear strength of :
• A nozzle discharging water under head H has an outlet area "a" and discharge coefficient cd = 1.0. A vertical plate is acted upon by the fluid force Fj when held across the free jet and by the fluid force Fn when held against the nozzle to stop the flow, the ratio Fj/Fn is
• The wall shown in the below figure has failed. The cause of failure or the error made in the design of the failded wall is :
• The slope of the e-log p curve for a soil mass gives :
• The Prandtl mixing length for turbulent flow through pipes is
• A steady discharge of 1 cumec flows uniformly in a rectangular channel 1 m wide at a depth of 250 mm. The slope of the channel bed is :
• Consolidation in soils
• The permissible bending tensile stress in concrete for the vertical wall of an R.C. water tank made of M 25 concrete is :
• The treatment that should be given to the water from a deep tube well is :
• Shear stress develops on a fluid element, if :
• The modulus of subgrade reaction is obtained from the plate bearing test in the form of load-deformation curve. The pressure corresponding to the following settlement value should be used for computing modulus of subgrade reaction
• A water treatment plant is required to process 28800 m3/d of raw water (density = 1000 kg/m3, kinematic viscosity = 10-6 m2/s). The rapid mixing tank imparts tank a velocity gradient of 900s-1 to blend 35 mg/l of alum with the flow for a detention time of 2 minutes. The power input (W) required for rapid mixing is
• The characteristic strength of concrete is defined as that compressive strength below which not more than
• In an iceberg, 15% of the volume projects above the sea surface. If the specific weight of sea water is 10.5 kN/m3 , the specific weight of iceberg ir kN/m3 is
• The ruling minimum radius of horizontal curve of a national highway in plain terrain for ruling design speed of 100 km/hour with e = 0.07 and f = 0.15 is close to
• The depth of tension crack in a soft clay (φu = 0) is
• The microbial quality of treated piped water supplies is monitored by
• The vertical stress at depth z, directly below the point load p is (k is a constant)
• On sag (or valley) curves the available sight distance is determined based on :