Engineering Sciences
GATE XE discipline:engineering-sciences PYQs
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Questions 161–170 of 1772. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 161
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The required magnitude of heat transfer to reduce the temperature of 10 kg of dry air by 5 °C is __________ kilo Joules. (rounded off to one decimal place)
[Specific heat capacity of dry air is
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The mass (in kg) of dry air in a room, measuring 10 m × 7 m × 3 m, is _____. (rounded off to two decimal places)
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In a two-layered fluid system, temperature and salinity values are given for cases P, Q and R. Which of the following options indicates that the process of ‘salt fingering’ is likely to occur?
Case | Upper layer | Lower layer |
|---|---|---|
P | | |
Q | | |
R | | |
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A body radiates heat at a rate of
, when its temperature is 227 °C. Which of the following is the correct value of the heat (in
) radiated by the same body at a temperature of 727 °C?Your answerChoose one option.
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From the given cases (P, Q, R and S), which represents the annual mean profile of dissolved oxygen in the Bay of Bengal?
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The given figure illustrates a subtropical gyre in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Identify the currents in the correct sequence of P, Q, R and S, respectively from the following options.
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Which of the following is/are generally associated with a cyclonic eddy in the northern Indian Ocean?
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Which of the following combinations of forces is/are balanced in a cyclostrophic motion?
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Which of the following statements is/are correct for the Equatorial Indian Ocean during a positive Indian Ocean Dipole event?
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The temperature of a dry air parcel is 20 °C at a height of 150 m with atmospheric pressure of 1000 hPa. If the air parcel rises adiabatically to a height of 2 km where atmospheric pressure is 800 hPa, then the temperature (in °C) of the air parcel at that height will be ________. (rounded off to three decimal places)
[Gas constant and specific heat capacity for the dry air are 287
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