GATE Exam Questions Questions

• For a 'best' symmetrical trapezoidal section of an open channel with a given area of section and side slopes, one of the following statements holds true :
• The influence line diagram for the force in member 'a' of the truss shown below is given by
• Flow at critical depth takes place in an open channel When
• Temporary hardness in water is caused by the presence of
• The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are :
• A volume of 3.0 x 106 m3 of ground water was pumped out from an unconfined aquifer, uniformly from an area of 5 km2. The pumping lowered the water table from initial level of 102 m to 99 m. The specific yield of the aquifier is
• Plate bearing test with 20 cm diameter plate on soil subgrade yielded a pressure of 1.25 x 105 N/m2 at 0.5 cm deflection. What is the elastic modulus of subgrade?
• The maximum allowable compressive stress corresponding to lateral buckling in a discretely laterally supported symmetrical I beam does not depend upon :
• The following general statement may be made about the penetration value and softening point of bitumen