Geology and Geophysics
GATE GG-1 year:2017 PYQs
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Questions 51–60 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 51
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In a vertical aerial photo, the top and bottom of a tower built on a flat terrain is displaced by 2 mm. In the photograph, the distance between top of the tower and nadir point is 100 mm. The flying height of the aircraft was 300 m above the ground. The estimated height of the tower is __________ m.
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Brazilian test was conducted on a rock sample having radius of 27 mm and thickness of 22 mm. The failure load was 5 kN. The tensile strength of the rock is __________ N/mm².
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The average assay (
) and area of influence (
) of a placer gold deposit of uniform thickness sampled at four locations W, X, Y and Z are given below. The weighted average assay of the ore body is __________ g/t.

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The minimum and maximum values of the digital number (DN) of a remote sensing image are 8 and 32 respectively. The digital data was linearly stretched between 0 and 255 by using min-max linear stretching method. The post stretched integer DN value of a pixel with an original DN value of 27 will be __________.
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The length and width of concave and convex sides of a landslide is shown in the figure below. The Dilation Index of the landslide is __________.

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The ways in which this game can be played __________ potentially infinite.
Your answerChoose one option.
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If you choose plan P, you will have to __________ plan Q, as these two are mutually __________.
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If
and
are integers and
is even, which of the following must always be even?Your answerChoose one option.
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A couple has 2 children. The probability that both children are boys if the older one is a boy is
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P looks at Q while Q looks at R. P is married, R is not. The number of pairs of people in which a married person is looking at an unmarried person is
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