Civil Engineering
GATE CE topic:civil-engineering PYQs
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A reinforcing steel bar, partially embeded in concrete, is subjected to a tensile force P. The figure that appropriately represents the distribution of the magnitude of bond stress (represented as hatched region), along the embedded length of the bar, is
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The state of stress represented by Mohr’s circle shown in the figure is

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In a two-dimensional stress analysis, the state of stress at a point
is
The necessary and sufficient condition for existence of the state of pure shear at the point
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A weightless cantilever beam of span
is loaded as shown in the figure. For the entire span of the beam, the material properties are identical and the cross section is rectangular with constant width.

From the flexure-critical perspective, the most economical longitudinal profile of the beam to carry the given loads among the options given below, is
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During the process of hydration of cement, due to increase in Dicalcium Silicate (C
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As per IS 456:2000, the pH value of water for concrete mix shall NOT be less than
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The Los Angeles test for stone aggregates is used to examine
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The traffic starts discharging from an approach at an intersection with the signal turning green. The constant headway considered from the fourth or fifth headway position is referred to as
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Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
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Soil deposit formed due to transportation by wind is termed as
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