GATE CE topic:civil-engineering PYQs & Answers — Page 71

Questions 701–710 of 1300. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

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The first reading from a level station is a ‘Fore Sight’.

Basic principle of surveying is to work from whole to parts.

Contours of different elevations may intersect each other in case of an overhanging cliff.

Planimeter is used for measuring ‘area’.

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The softening point of bitumen has the same unit as that of

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distance

temperature

time

viscosity

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Which of the following is/are correct statement(s)?

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Back Bearing of a line is equal to Fore Bearing ± 180°.

If the whole circle bearing of a line is 270°, its reduced bearing is 90° NW.

The boundary of water of a calm water pond will represent contour line.

In the case of fixed hair stadia tacheometry, the staff intercept will be larger, when the staff is held nearer to the observation point.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

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Increased levels of carbon monoxide in the indoor environment result in the formation of carboxyhemoglobin and the long term exposure becomes a cause of cardiovascular diseases.

Volatile organic compounds act as one of the precursors to the formation of photochemical smog in the presence of sunlight.

Long term exposure to the increased level of photochemical smog becomes a cause of chest constriction and irritation of the mucus membrane.

Increased levels of volatile organic compounds in the indoor environment will result in the formation of photochemical smog which is a cause of cardiovascular diseases.

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Consider the limit:

. The limit (correct up to one decimal place) is ______.

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The value (round off to one decimal place) of

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The volume determined from

for

will be (in integer) ______.

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A solid circular torsional member OPQ is subjected to torsional moments as shown in the figure (not to scale).

Diagram for Civil Engineering question 19

The yield shear strength of the constituent material is 160 MPa.

The absolute maximum shear stress in the member (in MPa, round off to one decimal place) is

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The state of stress in a deformable body is shown in the figure. Consider transformation of the stress from the x-y coordinate system to the X-Y coordinate system. The angle

, locating the X-axis, is assumed to be positive when measured from the x-axis in counter-clockwise direction.

Diagram for Civil Engineering question 20

The absolute magnitude of the shear stress component

(in MPa, round off to one decimal place) in x-y coordinate system is ______.

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A propped cantilever beam XY, with an internal hinge at the middle, is carrying a uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m, as shown in the figure.

The vertical reaction at support X (in kN, in integer) is

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