GATE AR topic:built-environment PYQs & Answers — Page 46

Questions 451–460 of 730. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Match the buildings in Group I with their corresponding structural systems in Group II.

Group I: P — Empire State Building, New York, USA; Q — John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA; R — Taipei 101, Taiwan; S — Sears Tower, Chicago, USA.

Group II: 1 — Trusses Tube; 2 — Bundled Tube; 3 — Tube in Tube; 4 — Outrigger Frame; 5 — Shear Truss

Your answerChoose one option.

P–5, Q–3, R–4, S–1

P–3, Q–5, R–1, S–2

P–5, Q–4, R–1, S–2

P–5, Q–1, R–4, S–2

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Choose the correct options with respect to cycle track design as per Indian Road Congress guidelines.

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The minimum width of cycle track is 3 m if overtaking is to be provided for

Cycle tracks may be provided when peak hour cycle traffic is 400 or more on routes with a traffic of 100 to 200 vehicles/hour

Maximum gradient allowed for cycle tracks is 1 in 15

Cyclist should have a clear view of at least 80 m

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As per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, for which purposes can the urgency clause for land acquisition be invoked?

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National defence and security purposes

Affordable housing program

Industrial projects

Emergency arising out of natural calamities

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Which of the following international treaties are related to Climate Change and global warming?

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Cartagena protocol, 2000

Copenhagen summit, 2001

Nagoya protocol, 2010

Paris Agreement, 2016

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Which of the following algorithms are used for finding the shortest path in an urban transportation network?

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Logit

Huff

Floyd Warshall

Dijkstra

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Which of the following statements are true with respect to surface paint?

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Paint is glossy when Pigment Volume Concentration is high

Vehicle is the volatile part of the paint

Base of the paint is usually oxides of metals

High VOC content is prefered in paints

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As per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, which among the following are ‘Duties of waste generators’?

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Segregate and store waste generated in four separate streams namely, com bustible, non-combustible, organic and domestic hazardous waste

Store construction and demolition waste separately within own premise before disposal

All waste generator shall pay user fee for solid waste management

Compost horticulture waste and garden waste separately within own premise

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Choose the correct options with regard to activated sludge process.

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The activated sludge process is an aerobic process

The entire settled sludge is sent back to the aeration tank

The entire effluent from the final settling tank is sent back to the aeration tank

In aeration tanks, sewage is aerated and agitated for a few hours

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A rectangular hall having dimension of 8.0 m × 14.0 m × 4.0 m has total 4 windows (1.5 m × 1.0 m each) and 2 doors (1.0 m × 2.0 m each). The coefficients of absorption are given below. Considering all windows open and doors closed, the reverberation time in seconds is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]

Description of item	Absorption coefficient
Coefficient of absorption of wall, floor and ceiling	0.2
Coefficient of absorption of door and window	0.4

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If surface conductance of external surface is 20 W/m² °C, absorbance of the surface is 0.66 and U value of the wall is 1.2 W/m² °C, the solar gain factor of a wall is ______. [round off to 2 decimal places]

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