2021 · Paper 2

Complete GATE CE 2021 Paper 2 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 52–54 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

Question 42

Open question

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The activity details for a small project are given in the Table.

Activity	Duration (days)	Depends on
A	6	-
B	10	A
C	14	A
D	8	B
E	12	C
F	8	C
G	16	D, E
H	8	F, G
K	2	B
L	5	G, K

The total time (in days, in integer) for project completion is

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Question 43

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An equipment has been purchased at an initial cost of ₹16000 and has an estimated salvage value of ₹1000. The equipment has an estimated life of 5 years. The difference between the book values (in ₹, in integer) obtained at the end of 4th year using straight line method and sum of years digit method of depreciation is

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Question 44

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A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m × 3.5 m is embedded in a clay layer and a vertical load is placed with an eccentricity of 0.8 m as shown in the figure (not to scale). Take Bearing capacity factors:



,



, and



; Shape factors:



,



and



; Depth factors:



,



and



; and Inclination factors:



and



and



. Using Meyerhoff’s method, the load (in kN, round off to two decimal places) that can be applied on the footing with a factor of safety of 2.5 is



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