Civil Engineering
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Question 7
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Seven identical cylindrical chalk-sticks are fitted tightly in a cylindrical container.

The figure below shows the arrangement of the chalk-sticks inside the cylinder.
The length of the container is equal to the length of the chalk-sticks. The ratio of the occupied space to the empty space of the container is
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The chart given below compares the Installed Capacity (MW) of four power generation technologies, T1, T2, T3, and T4, and their Electricity Generation (MWh) in a time of 1000 hours (h).

The Capacity Factor of a power generation technology is:
Capacity Factor = Electricity Generation (MWh) / (Installed Capacity (MW) × 1000 (h))
Which one of the given technologies has the highest Capacity Factor?
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The plot below shows the relationship between the mortality risk of cardiovascular disease and the number of steps a person walks per day. Based on the data, which one of the following options is true?

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In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule.

Rule: The number in a cell represents the count of crosses around its immediate neighboring cells (left, right, top, bottom, diagonals).
As per this rule, the maximum number of crosses possible in the empty column is
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Five cubes of identical size and another smaller cube are assembled as shown in Figure A. If viewed from direction X, the planar image of the assembly appears as Figure B.
If viewed from direction Y, the planar image of the assembly (Figure A) will appear as

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During a half-moon phase, the Earth-Moon-Sun form a right triangle. If the Moon-Earth-Sun angle at this half-moon phase is measured to be 89.85°, the ratio of the Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon distances is closest to
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Visualize a cube that is held with one of the four body diagonals aligned to the vertical axis. Rotate the cube about this axis such that its view remains unchanged. The magnitude of the minimum angle of rotation is
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The smallest positive root of the equation
lies in the rangeYour answerChoose one option.
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A partial differential equation
is defined for the two-dimensional field
, inside a plane square domain of size 2 m × 2 m. Three boundary edges of the square domain are maintained at value
, whereas the fourth boundary edge is maintained at
.The value of
at the center of the domain isYour answerChoose one option.
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The second-order differential equation in an unknown function
is defined as
Assuming
,
, and
, the general solution of the above differential equation isYour answerChoose one option.
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