GATE Exam Questions Questions

• An outlet irrigates an area of 20 ha. The discharge (l/s) required at this outlet to meet the evapotranspiration requirement of 20 mm occurring uniformly in 20 days neglecting other field losses is
• Delta (Δ) in cm. Duty (D) in hectare Cumec and Base period (B) in days are related as
• Well foundations are commonly used as foundations for the following structures :
• The value of bearing capacity factor for cohesion, Nc, for piles as per Meyerhof, is taken as :
• In using the data from a plate bearing test for determining the modulus of subgrade reaction, the value of settlement to be used is :
• A cantilever beam of span 'L' is loaded with a concentrated load 'P' at the free end. Deflection of the beam at the free end is
• The maximum tensile stress at the section X-X shown in the figure below is
• Permissible bending tensile stress in high yield strength deformed bars of grade 415 N/mm2 in a beam is :
• Cohesion in soil
• The strain energy stored in member AB of the pin-jointed truss shown in the below figure, when E and A are same for all members, is
• Mud pumping is commonly associated with
• The total thickness of pavement by CBR method depends on the CBR value of
• If an ascending gradient of 1 in 50 meets another ascending gradient of 1 in 30 then the deviation angle is :
• A continuous beam is loaded as shown in the figure below. Assuming a plastic moment capacity equal to MP, the minimum load at which the beam would collapse is
• The consistency of a saturated cohesive soil is affected by
• Determine the correctness of otherwise of the following Assertion [A] and the Reason [R]. Assertion [A] : The crown of the outgoing larger diameter sewer is always matched with the crown of incoming smaller diameter sewer. Reason [R] : It eliminates backing up of sewage in the incoming smaller diameter sewer.
• Water distribution systems are sized to meet the
• The settlement of prototype in granular material may be estimated using plate load test data from the following expression :
• Rapid curing cut back bitumen is produced by blending bitumen with
• The appropriate field test to determine the insitu undrained shear strength of soft clay is :