GATE – 2 0 1 6

CE : CI VI L EN GI N EERI N G
Set - 1
N o. of Qu est i on s : 65 M a xi m u m M a r k s : 100

I N ST RU CT I ON S
1. Tot al of 65 quest ions car r ying 100 mar ks, out of which 10 quest ions car r ying a t ot al of 15 mar ks ar e in
Gener al Apt it ude (GA)
2. The Engineer ing M at hemat ics will car r y ar ound 15% of t h e t ot al m ar k s, t he Gener al Apt it ude sect ion
will car r y 15% of t h e t ot al m ar k s and t he r em ai n i n g 70% of t h e t ot al m ar k s.
3. Ty p es of Qu est i on s
(a ) M u l t i p l e Ch oi ce Qu est i on s (M CQ) car r ying 1 or 2 mar ks each in all paper s and sect ions. These
questions ar e object ive in nat ur e, and each will have a choice of four options, out of which the candidate
has t o mar k t he cor r ect answer (s).
(b) N u m er i cal An sw er Qu est i on s of 1 or 2 mar ks each in all paper s and sect ions. For t hese quest ions
t he answer is a r eal number, t o be ent er ed by t he candidat e using t he vir t ual keypad. No choices will
be shown for t hese t ype of quest ions.
4. For 1-m ar k mult iple-choice quest ions, 1/3 m ar k s will be deduct ed for a wr ong answer. L ikewise, for
2-m ar k s mult iple-choice quest ions, 2/3 mar ks will be deduct ed for a wr ong answer. Ther e is no negat ive
mar king for numer ical answer t ype quest ions.

(a) 56 (b) 64
GEN ERAL APT I T U D E (GA)
(c) 72 (d) 96
(Q.1 – 5) : Car r y On e M ar k Each
(Q.6 – 10) : Car r y Tw o M ar k s Each
1. Out of the following four sentences, select the most
suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage. 6. A shaving set company sells 4 differ ent t ypes of
r azor s, Elegance, Smoot h, Soft and Execut ive.
(a) I will not leave t he place unt il t he minist er
Elegance sells at Rs. 48, Smoot h at Rs. 63, Soft
does not meet me.
at Rs. 78 and Execut ive at Rs. 173 per piece. The
(b) I will not leave t he place unt il t he minist er
t able below shows t he number s of each r azor sold
doesn’t meet me.
in each quar t er of a year.
(c) I will not leave t he place unt il t he minist er
meet me. Quarter\Product Elegance Smooth Soft Executive

(d) I will not leave t he place unt il t he minist er Q1 27300 20009 17602 9999

meet s me. Q2 25222 19392 18445 8942

2. A rewording of something written or spoken is a ____. Q3 28976 22429 19544 10234

Q4 21012 18229 16595 10109
(a) par aphr ase (b) par adox
(c) par adigm (d) par affin Which pr oduct cont r ibut es t he gr eat est fr act ion
t o t he r evenue of t he company in t hat year ?
3. Archimedes said, “Give me a lever long enough and a
fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world.” (a) Elegance (b) Execut ive
The sentence above is an example of a ____ statement. (c) Smoot h (d) Soft s
(a) figur at ive (b) collat er al 7. I ndi an cur r ency not es show t he denominat i on
indicat ed in at least sevent een languages. I f t his
(c) lit er al (d) figur ine
i s not an i ndi cat i on of t he nat i on’s di ver si t y,
4. I f ‘r elft aga’ means car efr ee, ‘ot aga’ means car eful not hing else is.
an d ‘f er t aga’ m ean s car el ess, wh i ch of t h e
Which of t he following can be logically infer r ed
following could mean ‘aft er car e’?
fr om t he above sent ences?
(a) zent aga (b) t agafer
(a) India is a country of exactly seventeen languages.
(c) t agazen (d) r elffer
(b) L inguist ic plur alism is t he only indicat or of a
5. A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one nat ion’s diver sit y.
unit . Aft er it is built , one cubic block is r emoved
(c) I ndian cur r ency not es have sufficient space
fr om ever y cor ner of t he cube. The r esul t i ng
for all t he I ndian languages.
sur face ar ea of t he body (in squar e unit s) aft er
t he r emoval is __________. (d) L i ngui st i c pl ur al i sm i s st r ong evi dence of
I ndia’s diver sit y.
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8. Consider t he following st at ements r elat ing to the 5. The solut ion of t he par t ial differ ent ial equat ion
level of poker play of four player s P, Q, R and S. u  2u
  2 is of t he for m
I . P always beat s Q t x
I I . R always beat s S ( k / )x
(a) Ccos( kt ) C1 e  C2 e ( k / )x 
I I I .S loses t o P only somet imes 
( k / )x
I V. R always loses t o Q kt
(b) Ce C1 e  C2 e( k /  ) x 

Which of t he following can be logically infer r ed kt 
fr om t he above st at ement s? (c) Ce C1 cos( k /  ) x  C2 sin( k /  ) x 
(i ) P is likely t o beat all t he t hr ee ot her player s (d) C sin(kt ) C1 cos( k /  ) x  C2 sin( k /  ) x 
(i i ) S is t he absolut e wor st player in t he set
6. Consider t he plane t r uss wit h load P as shown in
(a) (i ) only (b) (i i ) only
t h e f i gu r e. L et t h e h or i zon t al an d ver t i cal
(c) (i ) and (i i ) (d) neit her (i ) nor (i i ) r eact ions at the joint B be H B and V B , r espectively
9. I f f(x) = 2x7 + 3x – 5, which of t he following is a and V C be t he ver t ical r eact ion at t he joint C.
fact or of f(x)?
A G
(a) (x3 + 8) (b) (x – 1) L
(c) (2x – 5) (d) (x + 1)
60°
10. I n a pr ocess, t he number of cycl es t o fai l ur e L 60°
decr eases exponent ially with an incr ease in load.
At a load of 80 units, it takes 100 cycles for failur e. P
E F
When t he load is halved, it t akes 10000 cycles for
L
failur e. The load for which t he failur e will happen
in 5000 cycles is ________.
60° 60°
(a) 40.00 (b) 46.02
D
(c) 60.01 (d) 92.02 B C
L L

T ECH N I CAL SECT I ON Which one of t he following set s gives t he cor r ect
values of V B , H B and V C?
(Q.1 – 25) : Car r y On e M ar k Each
(a) V B = 0; H B = 0; V C = P
1. Newton-Raphson method is t o be used to find r oot
(b) V B = P/2; H B = 0; V C = P/2
of equat ion 3x – ex + sin x = 0. I f t he init ial t r ial
val ue for t he r oot i s t ak en as 0.333, t he next (c) V B = P/2; H B = P (sin 60); V C = P/2
appr oximat ion for t he r oot would be _________ (d) V B = P; H B = P (cos 60); V C = 0
(note: answer up to thr ee deci mal ) 7. I n shear design of an RC beam, ot her t han t he
2. The t ype of par t ial differ ent ial equat ion allowable shear st r engt h of concr et e (c), t her e is
also an addit ional check suggested in I S 456-2000
2P 2P 2P P P wit h r espect t o t he maximum per missible shear
2
 2
 3 2   0 is
x y xy x y st r ess (c max). The check for c max is r equir ed t o
(a) ellipt ic (b) par abolic t ake car e of
(c) hyper bolic (d) none of t hese (a) addit ional shear r esist ance fr om r einfor cing
3. I f t he ent r ies in each column of a squar e mat r ix st eel
M add up t o 1, t hen an eigenvalue of M is (b) addi t i onal sh ear st r ess t h at com es fr om
accident al loading
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) possibilit y of failur e of concr et e by diagonal
(c) 2 (d) 1
t ension
4. Type I I er r or in hypot hesis t est ing is
(d) possibilit y of cr ushing of concr et e by diagonal
(a) accept ance of t he null hypot hesis when it is compr ession
false and should be r eject ed
8. T h e sem i -com pact sect i on of a l at er al l y
(b) r ejection of t he null hypot hesis when it is t r ue unsuppor t ed st eel beam has an elast ic sect ion
and should be accept ed modul us, pl ast i c sect i on modul us and desi gn
(c) r ejection of the null hypot hesis when it is false bending compr essive st r ess of 500 cm 3, 650 cm 3
and should be r eject ed and 200 M Pa, r espect ively. The design flexur al
(d) accept ance of t he null hypot hesis when it is capaci t y (expr essed i n k N m ) of t h e sect i on
t r ue and should be accept ed is_________.
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9. Bull's tr ench kiln is used in the manufactur ing of The cor r ect mat ch is
(a) lime (b) cement (a) P - 1; Q - 1, 2 & 3 (b) P - 1; Q - 1 & 2 only
(c) br icks (d) none of t hese (c) P -1 & 2; Q - 1 only (d) P - 1 & 2; Q - 1 & 2
10. The compound which is lar gely r esponsible for 16. The pr e-jump Fr oude Number for a par t icular
initial setting and ear ly str ength gain of Or dinar y flow in a hor izont al r ect angular channel is 10.
Por t land Cement is The r atio of sequent dept hs (i.e., post -jump dept h
(a) C3A (b) C3S t o pr e-jump dept h) is _____.
(c) C2S (d) C4AF 17. Pr e-cur sor s t o phot ochemical oxidant s ar e
11. I n t he consolidat ed undr ained t r iaxial t est on a (a) NOX, VOCs and sunlight
sat ur at ed soil sample, t he por e wat er pr essur e is (b) SO2, CO2 and sunlight
zer o (c) H 2S, CO and sunlight
(a) dur ing shear ing st age only (d) SO2, NH 3 and sunlight
(b) at t he end of consolidat ion st age only 18. Cr own cor r osion in a r einfor ced concr et e sewer
(c) bot h at t he end of consolidat ion and dur ing is caused by:
shear ing st ages (a) H 2S (b) CO2
(d) under none of t he above condit ions (c) CH 4 (d) NH 3
12. A fine gr ained soil is found t o be plast ic in t he 19. I t was decided to construct a fabric filter, using bags
wat er cont ent r ange of 26-48%. As per I ndi an of 0.45 m diameter and 7.5 m long, for removing
St an dar d Cl assi f i cat i on Syst em , t he soi l i s industrial stack gas containing par ticulates. The
classified as expected rate of air flow into the filter is 10 m 3/s. I f
(a) CL (b) CH the filtering velocity is 2.0 m/min, the minimum
number of bags (rounded to near est higher integer)
(c) CL -M L (d) CI
required for continuous cleaning oper ation is
13. A ver tical cut is to be made in a soil mass having (a) 27 (b) 29
cohesion c, angle of inter nal fr iction , and unit
weight . Consider ing K a and K p as the coefficients (c) 31 (d) 32
of active and passive earth pressur es, r espectively, 20. M at ch t he i t ems i n Gr oup – I wi t h t hose i n
the maximum depth of unsuppor ted excavation is Gr oup – I I and choose t he r ight combinat ion.
4c Gr ou p - I
2c K p
(a)  K (b) P. Act ivat ed sludge pr ocess
p  Q. Rising of sludge
4c K a 4c R. Convent ional nit r ificat ion
(c) (d)  K
 a S. Biological nit r ogen r emoval
14. The dir ect r unoff hydr ogr aph in r esponse t o 5 cm Gr ou p - I I
r ainfall excess in a cat chment is shown in t he 1. Nit r ifier s and denit r ifier s
figur e. The ar ea of t he cat chment (expr essed in 2. Aut ot r ophic bact er ia
hect ar es) is_____
3. H et er ot r ophic bact er ia
1.2
4. Denit r ifier s
1 (a) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1 (b) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
Dischar ge (m /s)

0.8 (c) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (d) P-1, Q-4, R-2, S-3
3

21. Dur i ng a for ensi c i nvest i gat i on of pavement

0.6
fail ur e, an engi neer r econst r uct ed t he gr aphs
0.4 P, Q, R and S, using partial and damaged old reports.
M ar shall St abil it y

0.2
P
Q
Fl ow

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ti me (hour s)
15. The t ype of fl ood r out i ng (Gr oup I ) and t he
Bit umen Cont ent Bit umen Cont ent
equat ion(s) used for t he pur pose (Gr oup I I ) ar e
given below.
wit h bit umen

R S
Voi ds filled

Air Voids

Gr ou p I Gr ou p I I
P. Hydrologic flood routing 1. Continuity equation
Q. Hydraulic flood routing 2. Momentum equation
Bit umen Cont ent Bit umen Cont ent
3. Ener gy equat ion
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Theor et ically plausible cor r ect gr aphs accor ding 29. The magni t udes of vect or s P , Q an d R ar e
t o t he ‘M ar shall mixt ur e design out put ' ar e 100 k N , 250 k N and 150 k N , r espect i vel y as
(a) P, Q, R (b) P, Q, S shown in t he figur e.
(c) Q, R, S (d) R, S, P Q
22. I n a one-l ane on e-way hom ogeneous t r aff i c
st r eam, t he obser ved aver age headway is 3.0 s.
The flow (expr essed in vehicles/hr ) in t his t r affic 45° P
st r eam is________. 90°
R 60°
23. The minimum number of sat ellit es needed for a x
GPS t o det er mine it s posit ion pr ecisely is The r espect ive values of t he magnit ude (in kN)
(a) 2 (b) 3 and t he dir ect ion (wit h r espect t o t he x-axis) of
(c) 4 (d) 24 t he r esult ant vect or ar e
24. The syst em t hat uses t he Sun as a sour ce of (a) 290.9 and 96.0 (b) 368.1 and 94.7
electr omagnetic ener gy and r ecor ds t he nat ur ally (c) 330.4 and 118.9 (d) 400.1 and 113.5
r adiat ed and r eflect ed ener gy fr om t he object is 30. The r espect i ve expr essi ons for compli ment ar y
called funct i on and par t i cul ar i nt egr al par t of t he
(a) Geogr aphical I nfor mat ion Syst em sol u t i on of t h e di f f er en t i al equ at i on
(b) Global Posit ioning Syst em d4 y d2 y
(c) Passive Remot e Sensing  3 = 108x2 ar e
dx4 dx2
(d) Act ive Remot e Sensing
(a) c1  c2 x  c3 sin 3x  c4 cos 3x
25. The staff r eading t aken on a wor kshop floor using
and [3x4 – 12x2 + c]
a l evel i s 0.645 m. The i nver t ed st aff r eading
t aken t o t he bot t om of a beam is 2.960 m. The (b) c2 x  c3 sin 3x  c4 cos 3x and [5x4 – 12x2 + c]
r educed level of the floor is 40.500 m. The r educed (c) c1  c3 sin 3x  c4 cos 3x and [3x4 – 12x2 + c]
level (expr essed in m) of t he bot t om of t he beam
is (d) c1  c2 x  c3 sin 3x  c4 cos 3x
(a) 44.105 (b) 43.460 and [5x4 – 12x2 + c]
(c) 42.815 (d) 41.145 31. A 3 m long simply suppor t ed beam of unifor m
cr oss sect i on i s su bj ect ed t o a u n i f or m l y
(Q.26 – 55) : Car r y Tw o M ar k s Each dist r ibut ed load of w = 20 kN/m in t he cent r al
26. Pr obabilit y density funct ion of a r andom var iable 1 m as shown in t he figur e.
X is given below
0.25 if 1  x  5
f(x) = 
 0 ot her wise
P(X  4) is
I f t h e f l exu r al r i gi di t y (E I ) of t h e beam i s
3 1
(a) (b) 30  106 N-m 2, t he maximum slope (expr essed in
4 2 r adians) of t he defor med beam is
1 1
(c) (d) (a) 0.681  10– 7 (b) 0.943  10– 7
4 8
(c) 4.310  10– 7 (d) 5.910  10– 7
1 sin x
 
27. The value of dx   dx is 32. Two beams PQ (fi xed at P and wi t h a r ol l er

0 1 x 2
0
x suppor t at Q, as shown in Figur e I , which allows
 ver t ical movement ) and XZ (wit h a hinge at Y)
(a) (b)  ar e shown in t he Figur es I and I I r espect ively.
2
The spans of PQ and XZ ar e L and 2L r espectively.
3
(c) (d) 1 Bot h the beams ar e under t he action of unifor mly
2 dist r ibut ed load (W) and have t he same flexur al
28. The ar ea of t he r egion bounded by t he par abola st iffness, EI (wher e, E and I r espect ively denot e
y = x2 + 1 and t he st r aight line x + y = 3 is modulus of elasticity and moment of iner tia about
59 9 axis of bending). Let the maximum deflection and
(a) (b) maximum r ot at ion be max1 and max1, r espect ively,
6 2
10 7 in t he case of beam PQ and t he cor r esponding
(c) (d) quant i t i es for t he beam XZ be max2 and max2,
3 6
r espect ively.
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W Which one of t he following set s gives t he cor r ect
magnit udes of RAv, RBh and RAh ?
1 2
(a) R AV  0;R Bh  P; and R Ah  P
P Q 3 3
L
Fi gu r e I 2 1
W W (b) R AV  0;R Bh  P; and R Ah  P
3 3
H inge 3 1.5
X Y Z (c) R AV  P;R Bh  P; and R Ah  P
8 8
L L
Fi gu r e I I
1.5 1.5
(d) R AV  P;R Bh  P; and R Ah  P
8 8
Which one of t he following r elat ionships is t r ue?
35. A r einfor ced concr et e (RC) beam wit h widt h of
(a) max1  max2 and max1  max2 250 m m an d ef f ect i ve dept h of 400 m m i s
(b) max1 = max2 and max1  max2 r einfor ced with Fe415 steel. As per t he pr ovisions
(c) max1  max2 and max1 = max2 of I S 456-2000, t he mi ni mum and maxi mum
(d) max1 = max2 and max1 = max2 amount of tensile reinforcement (expressed in mm 2)
for t he sect ion ar e, r espect ively
33. A plane t r uss wit h applied loads is shown in t he
(a) 250 and 3500 (b) 205 and 4000
figur e.
(c) 270 and 2000 (d) 300 and 2500
36. For M 25 concr et e wit h cr eep coefficient of 1.5,
t h e l on g-t er m st at i c m odu l u s of el ast i ci t y
(expr essed i n M Pa) as per t he pr ovi si ons of
I S:456-2000 is ________.
37. A pr opped cant ilever of span L car r ies a ver t ical
concent r at ed load at t he mid-span. I f t he plast ic
m om en t capaci t y of t h e sect i on i s M p , t h e
The member s which do not car r y any for ce ar e magnit ude of t he collapse load is
(a) FT, TG, H U, M P, PL 8M p 6M p
(a) (b)
(b) ET, GS, UR, VR, QL L L
(c) FT, GS, H U, M P, QL 4M p 2M p
(c) (d)
(d) M P, PL , H U, FT, UR L L
34. A r igid member ACB is shown in t he figur e. The 38. Two plat es ar e connect ed by fillet welds of size
member is suppor t ed at A and B by pinned and 10 mm and subject ed t o t ension, as shown in t he
guided r oller suppor ts, r espectively. A for ce P acts figur e. The t hickness of each plat e is 12 mm. The
at C as shown. L et RAh and RBh be t he hor izont al yield str ess and the ultimate tensile str ess of steel
r eact ions at suppor t s A and B, r espect ively, and ar e 250 M Pa and 410 M Pa, r espect i vel y. The
R Av be t h e v er t i cal r eact i on at su ppor t A . welding is done in t he wor kshop (mw = 1.25).
Selfweight of t he member may be ignor ed.

As per t he L imit St at e M et hod of I S 800: 2007,

t he minimum lengt h (r ounded off t o t he near est
higher mult iple of 5 mm) of each weld to t r ansmit
a for ce P equal t o 270 kN (fact or ed) is
(a) 90 mm (b) 105 mm
(c) 110 mm (d) 115 mm
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39. The Opt imist ic Time (O), M ost likely Time (M )
and Pessimistic Time (P) (in days) of the act ivit ies
in t he cr it ical pat h ar e given below in t he for mat
O-M -P.
43. A seepage flow condit ion is shown in t he figur e.
The saturated unit weight of the soil sat = 18 kN/m 3.
Using unit weight of wat er, w = 9.81 kN/m 3, t he
effect ive ver t ical st r ess (expr essed in kN/m 2) on
plane X-X is ________.

The expect ed complet ion t i me (in days) of t he

pr oject is _________.
40. The por osit y (n) and t he degr ee of sat ur at ion (S)
of a soil sample ar e 0.7 and 40%, r espect ively. I n
a 100 m 3 v ol u m e of t h e soi l , t h e v ol u m e
(expr essed in m 3) of air is _________.
41. A homogeneous gr avit y r etaining wall suppor ting
a cohesionless backfill is shown in t he figur e. The
lat er al act ive ear t h pr essur e at t he bot t om of t he
wall is 40 kPa.

44. A dr ained tr iaxial compr ession test on a satur ated

cl ay y i el ded t h e ef f ect i v e sh ear st r en gt h
par am et er s as c = 15 k Pa an d  = 22.
Consol i dat ed U ndr ai ned t r i axi al t est on an
The minimum weight of the wall (expr essed in ident ical sample of t his clay at a cell pr essur e of
kN per m l engt h) r equi r ed t o pr event it fr om 200 k Pa devel oped a por e wat er pr essur e of
over t ur ning about it s t oe (Point P) is 150 kPa at failur e. The deviat or str ess (expr essed
(a) 120 (b) 180 in kPa) at failur e is _________.
(c) 240 (d) 360 45. A concr et e gr avit y dam sect ion is shown in t he
42. An undist ur bed soil sample was t aken fr om t he figur e. Assuming unit weight of water as 10 kN/m 3
middle of a clay layer (i.e., 1.5 m below GL ), as and unit weight of concr ete as 24 kN/m 3, the uplift
shown in figur e. The wat er t able was at t he t op for ce per unit lengt h of t he dam (expr essed in
of cl ay l ayer. L abor at or y t est r esul t s ar e as kN/m) at PQ is _________.
follows:
Nat ur al wat er cont ent of clay : 25%
Pr econsolidat ion pr essur e of clay : 60 kPa
Compr ession index of clay : 0.50
Recompr ession index of clay : 0.05
Specific gr avit y of clay : 2.70
Bulk unit weight of sand : 17 kN/m 3
A compact ed fill of 2.5 m height wit h unit weight
of 20 kN/m 3 is placed at t he gr ound level. 46. Seepage i s occur r i ng t hr ough a por ous medi a
shown in t he figur e. The hydr aulic conduct ivit y
values (k 1, k 2, k 3) ar e in m/day.

Assuming unit weight of wat er as 10 kN/m 3, t he

ult imat e consolidat ion set t lement (expr essed in
mm) of t he clay layer is ____________.
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The seepage dischar ge (m 3/day per m) t hr ough
t he por ous media at sect ion PQ is
7 1
(a) (b)
12 2
9 3
(c) (d)
16 4
47. A 4 m wide r ectangular channel, having bed slope
of 0.001 car ries a dischar ge of 16 m 3/s. Consider ing
M anni ng's r oughness coeffi ci ent = 0.012 and
g = 10 m/s2, t he cat egor y of t he channel slope is
(a) hor izont al (b) mild
(c) cr it ical (d) st eep
48. A sect or gat e is pr ovided on a spillway as shown
in the figur e. Assuming g = 10 m/s2, the r esultant
for ce per met er lengt h (expr essed in kN/m) on
t he gat e will be __________.
49. A hydr aul i cal l y effi ci ent t r apezoi dal channel
sect ion has a unifor m flow dept h of 2 m. The bed
w i dt h (ex pr essed i n m ) of t h e ch an n el
is__________.
50. Effluent fr om an indust r y 'A' has a pH of 4.2. The
effluent fr om anot her indust r y 'B' has double t he
h ydr oxyl (OH – ) i on con cen t r at i on t h an t h e
effluent fr om industr y ‘A'. pH of effluent fr om the
indust r y ‘B' will be __________.
51. An elect r ost at ic pr ecipit at or (ESP) wit h 5600 m 2
of collect or plat e ar ea is 96 per cent efficient in
t r eat i ng 185 m 3/s of fl ue gas fr om a 200 M W
t her mal power plant . I t was found t hat in or der
to achieve 97 per cent efficiency, the collector plate
ar ea should be 6100 m 2. I n or der t o incr ease t he
efficiency t o 99 per cent , t he ESP collect or plat e
ar ea (expr essed in m 2) would be ______.
7
52. The 2-day and 4-day BOD values of a sewage
sample ar e 100 mg/L and 155 mg/L , r espect ively.
The value of BOD r at e constant (expr essed in per
day) is _________.
53. A t wo lane, one-way r oad wit h r adius of 50 m is
pr edominant ly car r ying lor r ies wit h wheelbase
of 5 m. The speed of lor r ies is r est r ict ed t o be
bet ween 60 kmph and 80 kmph. The mechanical
widening and psychological widening r equir ed at
60 k mph ar e desi gnat ed as w me,60 and w ps,60,
r espect i vel y. T he m ech an i cal wi den i n g an d
psychological widening r equir ed at 80 kmph ar e
designat ed as w me,80 and w ps,80, r espect ively. The
cor r ect v al u es of w m e,60 , w ps,60 , w m e,80 , w ps,80 ,
r espect ively ar e
(a) 0.89 m, 0.50 m, 1.19 m, and 0.50 m
(b) 0.50 m, 0.89 m, 0.50 m, and 1.19 m
(c) 0.50 m, 1.19 m, 0.50 m, and 0.89 m
(d) 1.19 m, 0.50 m, 0.89 m, and 0.50 m
54. Whi l e t r avel i ng al ong and agai nst t he t r affi c
str eam, a moving obser ver measur ed the r elat ive
fl ows as 50 vehi cl es/hr and 200 vehi cl es/hr,
r espect ively. The aver age speeds of t he moving
obser ver while t r aveling along and against t he
st r eam ar e 20 km/hr and 30 km/hr, r espect ively.
The densit y of t he t r affic st r eam (expr essed in
vehicles/km) is _________.
55. The ver t i cal angl es subt ended by t he t op of a
t ower T at t wo i nst r ument st at i ons set up at
P and Q, ar e shown in t he figur e. The two stations
ar e in line with the tower and spaced at a distance
of 60 m. Readings t aken fr om t hese t wo st at ions
on a l evel i ng st aff pl aced at t he benchmar k
(BM = 450.000 m) ar e also shown in t he figur e.
The r educed l evel of t he t op of t he t ower T
(expr essed in m) is _________.
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AN SWERS
Gen er al Ap t i t u d e (GA)
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (d)
6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)
Tech n i cal Sect i on
1. (0.3601) 2. (c) 3. (Al l opt ions ar e cor r ect ) 4. (a)
5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (100) 9. (c)
10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (21.6)
15. (b) 16. (13.651) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (b)
20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (1200) 23. (c) 24. (c)
25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c)
30. (a) 31. (No opt i ons ar e cor r ect ) 32. (d) 33. (a)
34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (10,000) 37. (b) 38. (b)
39. (38) 40. (42) 41. (a) 42. (36.77) 43. (65.475)
44. (104.37) 45. (10500 k N/m) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (127.04)
49. (2.3) 50.(4.5) 51. (8012.38) 52. (0.3) 53. (b)
54. (3) 55. (482.2498)

EXPL AN AT I ON S
Gen er al Ap t i t u d e (GA) No of faces of t he
1. Fr om t he given sent ences ‘unt il’ it self is negat ive cube = 6
so it can’t t ake one mor e negat ive i.e., ‘does not ’. No of cor ner s of t he
So, opt ion (d) is t he r ight answer cube = 8
2. Fr om t he gi ven wor d ‘par aph r ase’ m eans a Aft er r emoving one
r est at ement of a t ext , passage or a r ewor ding of
Cubic block fr om
somet hing wr it t en or spoken.
each cor ner,
4. Fr om given codes
The r esult ing sur face ar ea of t he body
r elft aga  car efr ee
= 6  (4)2 = 96 sq. Unit s.
ot aga car eful
6. Qu ar t er \ El egan ce Sm oot h Sof t Ex ecu t i v e
fer t aga car eless
Pr od u ct
Fr om the given codes it is clear that “ car e” means
Q1 27300 20009 17602 9999
“ t aga,” fr om gi ven al t er nat i ves, opt i on ‘c’ i s
Q2 25222 19392 18445 8942
cor r ect .
Q3 28976 22429 19544 10234
5. Q4 21012 18229 16595 10109
Q 102510 80059 72186 39284
Rs. 48 Rs. 63 Rs. 78 Rs. 173
H ence Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4
Tot al r evenue for
Elegance = 102510  48 = Rs. 4920480
Smoot h = 80059  63 = Rs. 5043717
Soft = 72186  78 = Rs. 5630508
Execut ive = 39284  173 = Rs. 6796132
Fr om given dat a, So, the pr oduct executive contr ibutes the gr eat est
64 cubic blocks of one unit fr act ion t o t he r evenue of t he company in t hat
year.
sizes ar e for med
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8. Fr om t he given st at ement s Design bending compr essive st r ess f cd = 200 M pa

P>Q The bending st r engt h of lat er ally unsuppor t ed
R>S beam is given by
S < P (somet imes only) M d =  b. Zp. f cd
R<P  b = 1.0 (For plast ic and compact sect ions)
= Ze/Zp (for semi compact sect ions)
Now combine t hese st at ement s we get
Ze = Elast ic sect ion modulus of st eel beam
P>Q>R>S
The design flexur al capacit y of t he sect ion (M d)
So fr om t he above st at ement i t i s cl ear t hat ,
M d = Ze.f cd = 500  103  200
st at ement (i ) i s defi ni t el y t r ue but st at ement
(ii) is not t r ue. = 100  106 N-mm = 100 kN-m
So, opt ion (a) is t r ue 12. w P = 26%, w L = 48%
9. Fr om opt ion (a) Si nce w L l i es i n t he r ange of 35 – 50%, i t i s
int er mediat e compr essible. H ence soils is CI .
x 3 + 8 = 0, x 3 = – 8,  x = – 2
14. Ar ea of cat chment
Put x = – 2 in f(x) = 2x 7 + 3x – 5
1  1  6  60  60
1
f(– 2) = 2 (– 2)7 + 3(– 2) – 5 = 2  4 hec = 21.6 hec
= – 256 – 6 – 5 = – 267 5 10
100
So t his is not a fact or of f(x) 16. Given, F r = 10
Fr om opt ion (b) y2 1
1  1  8Fr2 
x – 1 = 0, x = 1 y1 = 2  
Put x = 1 in f(x) = 2 x 7 + 3x – 5
1
 f(1) = 2(1)7 + 3(1) – 5 = 5 – 5 = 0 = 1  1  8  102  = 13.651
2  
H ence t his is a fact or of f(x) 2
Fr om opt ion (c) 19. v = m/sec
60
2x – 5 = 0, x = 5/2 Q
Tot al sur face ar ea of bags r equir ed =
Put x = 5/2 in f(x) = 2x 7 + 3x – 5 v
10
5
7
5 5 = 300m 2
f   = 2   3  – 5 2
2 2 2
60
= – 2 – 3 – 5 = – 10 Sur face ar ea of each bag = dH =   0.45  7.5
So t his is not a fact or of f(x) Number of bags r equir ed
H ence opt ion ‘b’ is t r ue 300
10. load failur e for cycles = = 28.29  29
  0.45  7.5
80 100 22. Aver age t ime head way, H t = 3s
40 10000 The flow of t r affic st r eam,
So, fr om above t her e is one failur e in 5000 cycles 3600 3600
q=  =1200 vehicles/hr
so load must be bet ween 80 and 40 Ht 3
 46.02 25. Floor r educed level = 40.5 m
RL of bottom of beam = 40.5 + 0.645 + 2.96
Tech n i cal Sect i on
= 44.105 m
6. The for ce P is passing t hr ough suppor t at C
29. RX = F X = 100 cos60 – 250 sin15 – 150 cos 15
 VC = P
= – 159.59 kN
and ot her t wo r eact ions become zer o
RY = F Y = 100 sin 60 + 250 cos15 – 150 sin15
 V B = 0, H B = 0
= 289.261 kN
7. I f v > c max , diagonal compr ession failur e occur s
in concr et e R = R2X  R2Y  159.592  289.2612 =330.36 kN
8. Elast ic sect ion modulus of t he sect ion 289.261
t an  = = 1.815
Ze = 500 cm 3 = 500  103 mm 3 159.59
Plast ic sect ion modulus of t he sect ion  = 61.1
Zp = 650 cm 3 = 650  103 mm 3 Angle wit h r espect t o X – axis = 118.9
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31. M ax BM at t he cent r e of beam 38. F u = 410 N/mm 2;

= 10  1.5 – 20  0.5  0.25 = 12.5 kN-m f y = 250 N/mm 2;
M ax slope in r eal beam occur s at suppor t s P & Q mw = 1.25;
(bot h) S = 10 mm;
Ther efor e, max slope in r eal beam = shear for ce fact or ed load P = 270kN
Or r eact ion at suppor t s on conjugat e beam Assuming lengt h of each side t o be l j & effect ive
1  10   10  2  2.5  lengt h offillet weld L w = 2 l j
= (1)  0.5    (0.5)  EFFECTI VE TH ROAT TH I CK NESS,
2  EI  EI
  3  EI 

t t = K  S = 0.7  10 = 7 mm
10.833 10.833
=  = 3.61  10– 4 r adian Equat ing design axial load (P) to the design shear
EI 30  1000
st r engt h of fillet weld (Pdw)
32. Figur e I is t he FBD of left par t of Fig – I I
Ther efor e, max1 = max2 fu
P = Pdw = L w .t t .
ymax1 = ymax2 3  mw
33. Taking FBD of jt F = F FT =0 410
Taking FBD of jt T = F TG =0 270  103 = L w  7 
3  1.25
Taking FBD of jt H = F H U =0  410 
Taking FBD of jt M = F M P =0 = 2 l j 7 
 3  1.25 
Taking FBD of jt P = F PL =0
L j = 101.83 mm = 105 mm
34. F Y = 0 RAV = P M B = 0
39. Act ivit y Expect ed dur at ion,
RAV  1.5 – P  3 + RAh  8 = 0
t o  4t m  t p
1.5P tE =
RAh = 6
8 8  4 x10  14
F X = 0 E– F = 10.33
6
1.5P 6  4 x8  11
RAh = RBh = F– G = 8.16
8 6
35. M inimum % St eel 5  4 x7  10
G– H = 7.16
6
(A st ) mi n 0.85
= f 7  4 x12  18
b.d u H– I = 12.16
6
0.85 Expect ed complet ion t ime
(A st )min =  250  400
415 = 10.33 + 8.16 + 7.16 + 12.16 = 37.81 days
= 205 mm 2 40. n = 0.7, S = 40%, V = 100 m 3
M ax. Reinfor cement cannot be calculat ed as total Vv
dept h is not given, n=  V v = n.V = 0.7  100 = 70 m 3
V
(A st )max = 4%A g = 4%(b  D)
Vw
I nfact t her e is no need t o calculat e(A st )max as per S=  V w = S.V v = 0.4  70 = 28 m 3
V
t he opt ions given
Ther efor e, Volume of air,
36. L ong t er m modulus of concr et e,
V a = V V – V W = 70 – 28 = 42 m 3
EC 5000 25
E ce =  = 10000 M Pa 1
1 1  1.5 41. Tot al act ive for ce, F a =  40  6 = 120 kN
2
37. W C ×  = 3M P .
Taking moment s about P
l F a x2 = Wx2
? = .
2 Ther efor e, W = F a = 120 kN
l
W C × . = 3M P . wG
2 42. For clay:e = = 0.25  2.70 = 0.675
6M P S
WC =  G  e  2.70  0.675 
l
sat =  w 
1  e   10  1  0.675  = 20.15kN/m 3
   
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At t he cent r e of clay, h
= 1  17 + 0.5[20.15 – 10] Q = k.i .A = K . .A
L
= 22.075 kN/m 2 2  (15  10) 1
Applied load int ensit y, =  3 1 = =0.5
60 2
q = 2.5  20 = 50 kN/m 2 47. b = 4m,
Ther efor e, fi nal effect i ve st r ess at t he end of So = 0.001
consolidat ion at t he cent r e of day,
Q = 16 m 3/sec
f  =  +  = 22.075 + 50=72.075 kN/m 2
A 4yn
The ult imat e consolidat ion set t lement , R= 
P 4  2 yn
CR  C  CC  f 
Sf = H. 1  e log10     H 1  e log10    n = 0.012
0  O  0  C  g = 10 m/s2
0.05  60 
Sf = 1  log10  
1 1
1  0.0675  22.075   Q2  3  162  3
yc =  2 
 2 
0.5  72.075   g.b   10  4 
 1 log10   = 0.3677m
1  0.675  60  = 1.16 m
= 36.77 m Q = A.V
43.  = z + w.h 2/3
 1   4. yn 
 3  16 = 4. yn    0.0011/2
 = (18 – 9.81)  5 + 9.81  3   1  = 65.475 kPA A  0.012   4  2 yn 
 6 
2
44. C = 15kPa, = 22°
 4. yn  3 4  0.012
I n CU t est , yn =    =1.55
3 = 200 kPa  4  2 yn
 0.001
Assume yn = 1.16 m
u = 150 kPa
L H S = 1.79
3 = 3 – u = 200 – 150 = 50k Pa
Y n > yc
2      
1= 3 t an 45    2C t an 45   So < Sc
 2  2
Ther efor e, M ild slope.
2  22   22 
1 = 50.t an 45    2  15 t an 45   48. Ver t ical H eight of sect or gat e (AB)
 2  2
AB = 5 m (equilat er al t r iangle)
= 154.377 kPa
Ar ea of segment = ar ea of sect or – ar ea of t r iangle
1 = 1 – u = (3 + d – u)
154.377 = (200 + d – 150) 1 1 
A = (  52 )    AB  OD 
Ther efor e, 6 6 
d = 104.37 kPa 1 1 
= (  52 )    5  5 cos30 
45. Ar ea of uplift pr essur e distr ibution diagr am gives 6 6 
uplift for ce A = 13.09 – 10.82 = 2.27 m 2
Tot al ar ea, H or i zont al component of hydr ost at i c for ce on
1 sect or gat e
= (10  250) +  10  400 + (40  50)
2 FH = .g. h .A pr ojected ver ti cal pl ane
1 5
+  40  200 F H = 1000  10 
 (5  1) N/m
2 2
= 10500 kN/m F H = 125 kN/met er lengt h
46. Equivalent hydr aulic conduct ivit y Ver t ical component of hydr ost at ic for ce on t he
Z1  Z 2  Z3 sect or gat e,
k= Z Z Z F V = .g. volume displaced
1
 2  3
K1 K2 K3 F V = .g.A.L
20  30  10 F V = 1000  10  2.27  1
20 30 10 = 2 m/day FV = 22.7 kN/met er lengt h
=  
2 3 1
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Result ant hydr ost at ic for ce, 52. Y 2 = 100 mg/l

= 2 2 Y 4 = 155 mg/l = L 0 [1 – e– K .2]
F F
H V
100 = L 0 [1 – e– K .2] ...(1)
= 1252  22.72 I .y 4 = L 0 [1 – e ]
– K .4

= 127.04 kN/m 155 = L 0 [1 – e– K .4] ...(2)

49. T =2I Solving bot h equat ions
b + 2my = 2 y 1  m 2 K = 0.3 d– 1 ( base e)
53. No. of lane, n =2
1 1
b2 .y = 2y 1  R = 50 m
3 3
L =5m
b = 1.154xy
For V = 60 kmph
b = 2.3 m
50. (PH )A = 4.2 n 2 2.(5)2
Wm =  = 0.5
 (H +).A = 10– 4.2 2R 2  50
(OH – ).A = 10– 9.8 mol/lit V 60
Wp =  = 0.89 m
(OH – ).B = 2. (OH – ).A 9.5 R 9.5 50
= 2  10– 9.8 mol/lit For V = 80 kmph
= 3.169  10– 10 mol/lit n 2 2.(5)2
Wm =  = 0.5
1014 2R 2  50
(H +).B =
3.169  1010 V 80
= 3.154  10– 5 mol/lit Wp =  = 1.19 m
9.5 R 9.5 50
1 54. Assume speed of t r affic = V
(PH ).B = log10
H B (a) M oving obser ver along t he dir ect ion of t r affic
1 but q = K  Vr elat ive
= log10 = 4.5 50 = K ( V – 20)
3.154  10 5
PH of effluent fr om indust r y B = 4.5 50 = K V – 20 K – (1)
(b) M oving obser ver opposit e t o t he dir ect ion of
 AW
51.  = 1 e Q mot ion
Q = K .V
When  = 96%,
200 = K ( V + 30)
A = 5600 m 2
200 = K V + 30 K – (2)
 = 97%,
Solving eqn. 1 & 2
A = 6100 m 2
Densit y of t r affic st r eam, K = 3 veh/km
 = 99%,
55. V 2 = D t an 16.5 = 0.2962D
A=?
V 1 = (D + 60) t an 10.5
5600W
0.96 = 1  e 185 = (D + 60)
 W = 0.1063 m/sec = 0.1853 (V 1 – V 2)
 A x 0.1063 = 2.555 – 0.555 = 2.0
0.99 = 1  e Q Ther efor e, D = 100.2525
 A = 8012.39 m 2 mV 2 = 29.6948 m
RL of T = 450.000 + 2.555 + 29.6948
= 482.2498 m
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