GATE XE · 2026 · XE-B
Question 38: Flow and Fluid Properties
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Question 38
XE-BNAT2 marksNeeds review
A gas is pressurized in a vertical frictionless piston-cylinder device, as shown in the figure. The piston has a mass of 4 kg and a cross-sectional area of 40 cm
. A metallic block of 13 kg is placed on the piston. The atmospheric pressure (
) is 1 bar. Assume acceleration due to gravity as 10 m.s
. The pressure inside the cylinder,
(in bar) is __________. (rounded off to three decimal places) 
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2026XE-B
GATE XE 2026 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-B
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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