GATE Exam Questions Questions

• The deflection of a cantilever beam at free end b applied with a moment M at the same point is :
• The ultimate bearing capacity of a soil is 300 kN/m2. The depth of foundation is 1 m and unit weight of soil is 20 kN/m3. Choosing a factor of safety of 2.5, the net safe bearing cacpacity is
• The return period for the annual maximum flood of a given magnitude is 8 years. The probability that this flood magnitude will be exceeded once during the next 5 years is
• Transition curves are provided on the approach to horizontal curves in order to :
• As per IS : 800-1984 the maximum allowable slenderness ratio of compression members carrying forces resulting from dead load and superimposed load is
• A person standing on the bank of a canal drops a stone on the water surface. He notices that the disturbance on the water surface in not travelling upstream. This is because the flow in the canal is
• Water flows at a rate of 10 m3/s in a rectangular channel 3 m wide. The critical depth of flow is
• A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3. How many cubic meters of this soil will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m3 volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3.
• The function of ballast in railaway tracks is to
• A soil formation through which only seepage is possible, being partly permeable and capable of giving insignificant yield, is classified as
• Horizontal stiffness coefficient, K11 of bar ab is given by :
• The flow of water (mass density = 1000 kg/m3 and kinematic viscosity = 10-6 m2/s) in a commercial pipe, having equivalent roughness ks as 0.12 mm, yields an average shear stress at the pipe boundary = 600 N/m2. The value of ks/δ' (δ' being the thickness of laminar sub-layer) for this pipe is
• Coagulation-flocculation with alum is performed :
• Pipingin soil occurs when
• A reinforced concrete structure has to be constructed along a sea coast. The minimum grade of concrete to be used as per IS : 456-2000
• The span (s) to be loaded uniformly for maximum positive (upward) reaction at support P, as shown in the figure below, is (are)
• For a fixed beam with span L, having plastic moment capacity of Mp, the ultimate central concentrated load will be
• In which one of the following arrangements would the vertical force on the cylinder due to water be the maximum?
• Breakpoint chlorination of water involves addition of chlorine in an amount sufficient to:
• A saturated clay stratum draining both at the top and bottom undergoes 50 percent consolidation in 16 years under an applied load. If an additional drainage layer were present at the middle of the clay stratum, 50 percent consolidation would occur in