Civil Engineering
GATE CE Quantitative Aptitude PYQs
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Questions 81–90 of 91. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 8
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Group I lists the type of gain or loss of strength in soils. Group II lists the property or process responsible for the loss or gain of strength in soils.
Group I
P. Regain of strength with time
Q. Loss of strength due to cyclic loading
R. Loss of strength due to upward seepage
S. Loss of strength due to remolding
Group II
Boiling
Liquefaction
Thixotropy
Sensitivity
The correct match between Group I and Group II is
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A soil sample is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure,
. The Mohr circle for any point in the soil sample would beYour answerChoose one option.
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A strip footing is resting on the ground surface of a pure clay bed having an undrained cohesion
. The ultimate bearing capacity of the footing is equal toYour answerChoose one option.
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If the radius of a right circular cone is increased by 50%, its volume increases by
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What is the value of
when
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The following sequence of numbers is arranged in increasing order: 1, x, x, x, y, y, 9, 16, 18. Given that the mean and median are equal, and are also equal to twice the mode, the value of y is
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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the product of the numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is a perfect square is
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The last digit of
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Two machines M1 and M2 are able to execute any of four jobs P, Q, R and S. The machines can perform one job on one object at a time. Jobs P, Q, R and S take 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 60 minutes and 15 minutes each respectively. There are 10 objects each requiring exactly 1 job. Job P is to be performed on 2 objects. Job Q on 3 objects, Job R on 1 object and Job S on 4 objects. What is the minimum time needed to complete all the jobs?
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Budhan covers a distance of 19 km in 2 hours by cycling one fourth of the time and walking the rest. The next day he cycles (at the same speed as before) for half the time and walks the rest (at the same speed as before) and covers 26 km in 2 hours. The speed in km/h at which Budhan walks is
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