Civil Engineering
GATE CE kind:question PYQs
Build your understanding with focused practice from past exam papers.
Questions 161–170 of 1300. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 16
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
Identify the FALSE statement from the following options:
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 16
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
A hydraulic jump occurs in an open channel when the slope of the channel changes from _____.
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 17
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
The results of a consolidated drained triaxial test on a normally consolidated clay are shown in the figure. The angle of internal friction is

Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 17
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
The bacteria mainly responsible for crown corrosion in a sewer is _____.
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 18
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
The standard plasticity chart for the classification of a fine-grained soil is shown in the figure. As per the Indian standard soil classification system, X represents

Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 18
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
The recommended minimum traffic growth rate and design period considered for structural design of flexible pavements for national highways in India as per IRC 37:2018 is _____ percentage and _____ years, respectively.
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 19
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
For a flowing fluid, a dimensionless combination of velocity (
), length scale (
), and acceleration due to gravity (
) would beYour answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 19
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
After applying the correction for elevation and temperature, the runway length is 700 m. The corrected runway length (in m) for an effective gradient of 1% is _____ (round off to the nearest integer).
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 20
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
To derive the total flood hydrograph at a catchment outlet from an isolated storm, the order in which the following methods are applied, from the first method to the last method, is
P. Obtaining the hyetograph
Q. Addition of baseflow
R. Estimation of initial and infiltration losses
S. Application of unit hydrograph
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answerQuestion 20
Open questionCEMCQ1 markNeeds review
The point where the road alignment changes from a tangent to a curve is known as _____.
Your answerChoose one option.
Log in to check the answer
You can attempt this question now. Sign in to view the answer key, explanations and discussion.Log in to check answer