Civil Engineering
GATE CE Quantitative Aptitude PYQs
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Questions 41–50 of 91. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 24
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If the magnetic bearing of the Sun at a place at noon is S 2° E, the magnetic declination (in degrees) at that place is
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The error in measuring the radius of a 5 cm circular rod was 0.2%. If the cross-sectional area of the rod was calculated using this measurement, then the resulting absolute percentage error in the computed area is ______.
(round off to two decimal places)
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In a company, 35% of the employees drink coffee, 40% of the employees drink tea and 10% of the employees drink both tea and coffee. What % of employees drink neither tea nor coffee?
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and
are two operators on numbers
and
such that
If
, then
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Four persons P, Q, R and S are to be seated in a row. R should not be seated at the second position from the left end of the row. The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is:
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A function, λ, is defined by
The value of the expression
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In the figure shown above, PQRS is a square. The shaded portion is formed by the intersection of sectors of circles with radius equal to the side of the square and centers at S and Q.
The probability that any point picked randomly within the square falls in the shaded area is ______
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In an equilateral triangle PQR, side PQ is divided into four equal parts, side QR is divided into six equal parts and side PR is divided into eight equal parts. The length of each of the subdivided part in cm is an integer.
The minimum area of the triangle PQR possible, in cm
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The sum of two positive numbers is 100. After subtracting 5 from each number, the product of the resulting numbers is 0. One of the original numbers is_____.
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For the year 2019, which of the previous year’s calendar can be used?
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