GATE Exam Questions Questions

• The standard plate size in a plate bearing test for finding modulus of subgrade reaction (k) value is
• The following two statements are made with reference to the planar truss shown below The truss is statically determinate The truss is kinematically determinate With refernece to the above statements, which of the following applies?
• The penetration test for bitumen is conduced at a temperature of
• The net effective cross sectional area calculated in the steel angle tension member design, accounts for:
• The equation along a stream line holds true for :
• A three hinged arch shown in the below figur is quarter of a circle, If the vertical and horizontal components of reaction at A are equal, the value of θ is
• The problem of lateral buckling can arise only in those steel beams which have
• The BOD removal efficiency, in percentage, during primary treatmet under normal conditions is about
• If a single pipe of length L and diameter D is to be replaced by three pipes of same material, same length and equal diameter d (d < D), to convey the same total discharge under the same head loss, then d and D are related by
• The Piezometric head at point C, in the experimental set-up shown in the below figure when the flow takes place under a constant head through the soils A and B is
• In an area of 200 hectare, water table drops by 4 m. If the porosity is 0.35 and the specific retention is 0.15, change in volume of storage in the aquifer is
• Generally (fatigue life of welded steel structure/fatigue life of riveted steel structure) ratio is,
• Bending moments at joint b and c of the portal frame are respectively :
• The effective width of a reinforced concrete T beam flange under compression, according to IS : 456-1978, given I0 is the distance between the adjacent zero moment points, b is the breadth of the rib and D is the thickness of the flange, is
• Factor of safety adopted by IS : 800 - 1984 while arriving at the permissible stress in axial compression, is :
• In highway pavements emulsions are mainly used in :
• A river 5 m deep consists of a sand bed with saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m3 . vw = 9.81 kN/m3. The effective vertical stress at 5 m from the top of sand bed is
• Storage coefficient of a compressible confined aquifer is a function of
• According to Darcy's law for flow through porous media, the velocity is proportional to
• In a river, discharge is 173 m3/s; water surface slope is 1 in 6000; and stage at the gauge station is 10.0 m. If during a flood, the stage at the gauge station is same and the water surface slope is 1 in 2000, the flood discharge in m3/s, is approximately