GATE CE 2026 Paper 2 — page 15

Questions 43–45 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

Types of flood routing and methods are given in the table below.

Column 1 — Type of Flood Routing: (P) Hydrologic routing (Q) Hydraulic routing (R) Reservoir routing (S) Channel routing

Column 2 — Method: (i) Muskingum method (ii) Modified Pul’s method (iii) Method of Characteristics

Option(s) giving the CORRECT match(es) between Column 1 and Column 2 is/are:

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(P) – (i) ; (Q) – (iii) ; (R) – (ii)

(Q) – (i) ; (R) – (iii) ; (S) – (ii)

(P) – (i) ; (R) – (ii) ; (S) – (i)

(P) – (ii) ; (Q) – (iii) ; (R) – (ii)

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A shallow footing is subjected to a vertical load. Within the elastic limit of the underlying soil, the TRUE statement(s) is/are:

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Vertical displacement below a rigid shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical contact pressure below a rigid shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical displacement below a flexible shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical contact pressure below a flexible shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

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Which of the following statements is/are TRUE with respect to the type of stresses to be considered for the design of rigid pavements?

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Warping stress due to temperature differential between the top and bottom of the pavement slab as a result of daily variation in temperature

Frictional stress due to the overall increase or decrease in temperature of the pavement slab as a result of seasonal variation in temperature

Critical stress obtained as the maximum of the wheel load stress, the warping stress, and the frictional stress

Critical stress obtained as the sum of wheel load stresses at edge, interior, and corner of the pavement slab

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2026 · Paper 2