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 GATE 2014 Examination
CE: Civil Engineering
Duration: 180 minutes Maximum Marks:
100

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GATE 2014 SET- 2 General Aptitude -GA

Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry one mark each.

Q.1 Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.

A person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease short-term memory loss.

(A) experienced (B) has experienced
(C) is experiencing (D) experiences

Q.2 Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.

is the key to their happiness; they are satisfied with what they have.
(A) Contentment (B) Ambition (C) Perseverance (D) Hunger

Q.3 Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the sentence below?

“As a woman, I have no country.”

(A) Women have no country.
(B) Women are not citizens of any country.
(C) Women’s solidarity knows no national boundaries.
(D) Women of all countries have equal legal rights.

Q.4 In any given year, the probability of an earthquake greater than Magnitude 6 occurring in the
Garhwal Himalayas is 0.04. The average time between successive occurrences of such earthquakes
is years.

Q.5 The population of a new city is 5 million and is growing at 20% annually. How many years would
it take to double at this growth rate?
(A) 3-4 years (B) 4-5 years (C) 5-6 years (D) 6-7 years

Q. 6 – Q. 10 carry two marks each.

Q.6 In a group of four children, Som is younger to Riaz. Shiv is elder to Ansu. Ansu is youngest in the
group. Which of the following statements is/are required to find the eldest child in the group?
Statements
1. Shiv is younger to Riaz.
2. Shiv is elder to Som.
(A) Statement 1by itself determines the eldest child.
(B) Statement 2 by itself determines the eldest child.
(C) Statements 1 and 2 are both required to determine the eldest child.
(D) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to determine the eldest child.

GA 1/
Q.7 Moving into a world of big data will require us to change our thinking about the merits of
exactitude. To apply the conventional mindset of measurement to the digital, connected world of
the twenty-first century is to miss a crucial point. As mentioned earlier, the obsession with
exactness is an artefact of the information-deprived analog era. When data was sparse, every data
point was critical, and thus great care was taken to avoid letting any point bias the analysis.
From “BIG DATA” Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier

The main point of the paragraph is:

(A) The twenty-first century is a digital world
(B) Big data is obsessed with exactness
(C) Exactitude is not critical in dealing with big data
(D) Sparse data leads to a bias in the analysis

Q.8 The total exports and revenues from the exports of a country are given in the two pie charts below.
The pie chart for exports shows the quantity of each item as a percentage of the total quantity of
exports. The pie chart for the revenues shows the percentage of the total revenue generated through
export of each item. The total quantity of exports of all the items is 5 lakh tonnes and the total
revenues are 250 crore rupees. What is the ratio of the revenue generated through export of Item 1
per kilogram to the revenue generated through export of Item 4 per kilogram?

Exports Revenues

Item 6 Item 1 Item 1

16% 11% Item 6 12%
19%
Item 5 Item 2
12% 20% Item 2
Item 5 20%
20%
Item 3
Item 4 19%
Item 4 Item 3
22%
6% 23%

(A) 1:2 (B) 2:1 (C) 1:4 (D) 4:1

Q.9 X is 1 km northeast of Y. Y is 1 km southeast of Z. W is 1 km west of Z. P is 1 km south of W. Q is

1 km east of P. What is the distance between X and Q in km?
(A) 1 (B) √2 (C) √3 (D) 2
+
Q.10 10% of the population in a town is HIV . A new diagnostic kit for HIV detection is available; this
+ −
kit correctly identifies HIV individuals 95% of the time, and HIV individuals 89% of the time. A
particular patient is tested using this kit and is found to be positive. The probability that the
individual is actually positive is

END OF THE QUESTION PAPER

GATE 2014 SET-2 CIVIL – CE

Q. 1 – Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.1 A fair (unbiased) coin was tossed four times in succession and resulted in the following outcomes:
(i) Head, (ii) Head, (iii) Head, (iv) Head. The probability of obtaining a 'Tail' when the coin is
tossed again is NPTEL REFERENCE
1 4 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
2 5 5

Q.2 0 1 2 3
 
1 0 3 0
The determinant of matrix   is
2 3 0 1
3 0 1 2
 
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.3 2  3i
z can be expressed as
 5i

(A)  0.5  0.5i (B)  0.5 + 0.5i

(C) 0.5  0.5i (D) 0.5 + 0.5i
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.4 dP k1t
The integrating factor for the differential equation k PkLe is
2 1 o
dt
 k 1t  k 2t k 1t k 2t
(A) e (B) e (C) e (D) e

NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.5 If {x} is a continuous, real valued random variable defined over the interval (− ∞, + ∞) and its
occurrence is defined by the density function given as: �� (�� ) = 1 �� −�� �
− �
2
where 'a' and 'b'
1 ��
2 ��
√2�� ∗��
are the statistical 2 attributes of the random variable {x}. The value of the integral
1 �� −��
�� 1
�
−2 �� ���� is NPTEL REFERENCE
∫−∞ √2�� ∗����

(A) 1 (B) 0.5 (C) π (D)
2

CE 1/1
 Q.6 Group I contains representative stress-strain curves as shown in the figure, while Group II gives the
list of materials. Match the stress-strain curves with the corresponding materials.
Stress NPTEL REFERENCE
J
Group I Group II
L
K P. Curve 1. Cement paste
J 2. Coarse aggregate
Q. Curve 3. Concrete
K
R. Curve L

Strain

(A) P - 1; Q - 3; R - 2 (B) P - 2; Q - 3; R - 1
(C) P - 3; Q - 1; R - 2 (D) P - 3; Q - 2; R - 1

Q.7 The first moment of area about the axis of bending for a beam cross-section is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) moment of inertia (B) section modulus

(C) shape factor (D) polar moment of inertia

4
Q.8 Polar moment of inertia (Ip), in cm , of a rectangular section having width, b = 2 cm and depth,
NPTEL REFERENCE
d = 6 cm is

Q.9 The target mean strength fcm for concrete mix design obtained from the characteristic strength fck
and standard deviation , as defined in IS:456-2000, is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) fck + 1.35 (B) fck + 1.45

(C) fck + 1.55 (D) fck + 1.65

2
Q.10The flexural tensile strength of M25 grade of concrete, in N/mm , as per IS:456-2000 is

NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.11 The modulus of elasticity, E  5000 fck where fck is the characteristic compressive strength of
concrete, specified in IS:456-2000 is based on NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) tangent modulus (B) initial tangent modulus

(C) secant modulus (D) chord modulus
 GATE 2014 SET-2 CIVIL – CE

Q.12 The static indeterminacy of the two-span continuous beam with an internal hinge, shown below, is
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.13 As per Indian Standard Soil Classification System (IS: 1498 - 1970), an expression for A-line is

7 (A) Ip = 0. 3 (wL  20) (B) Ip = 0.70 (wL  20) NPTEL REFERENCE

7 (C) Ip = 0. 3 (wL  10) (D) Ip = 0.70 (wL  10)

Q.14 The clay mineral primarily governing the swelling behavior of Black Cotton soil is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) Halloysite (B) Illite (C) Kaolinite (D) Montmorillonite

Q.15 The contact pressure for a rigid footing resting on clay at the centre and the edges are respectively

(A) maximum and zero (B) maximum and minimum NPTEL REFERENCE
(C) zero and maximum (D) minimum and maximum

Q.16 A certain soil has the following properties: Gs = 2.71, n = 40% and w = 20%. The degree of
saturation of the soil (rounded off to the nearest percent) is

NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.17 x y and along x, y and z directions

A plane flow has velocity components u  , v w0
T1 T2

respectively, where T1 ( 0) and T2 ( 0) are constants having the dimension of time. The given
flow is incompressible if
NPTEL REFERENCE

T1  T2 (C) (D)
(A)
T  T
T2
(B)
T  2 T1  T2
1 1
2 2

Q.18 Group I lists a few devices while Group II provides information about their uses. Match the devices
with their corresponding use. NPTEL REFERENCE 1
NPTEL REFERENCE 2
Group II
Group I

r 1. Capillary potential of soil water

P. Anemomete
2. Fluid velocity at a specific point in the flow stream
Q. Hygrometer
3. Water vapour content of air
R. Pitot Tube
4. Wind speed
S. Tensiometer

(A) P - 1; Q -2; R - 3; S - 4 (B) P - 2; Q - 1; R - 4; S- 3

(C) P - 4; Q - 2; R - 1; S - 3 (D) P - 4; Q - 3; R - 2; S - 1
 Q.19 An isolated 3-h rainfall event on a small catchment produces a hydrograph peak and point of
inflection on the falling limb of the hydrograph at 7 hours and 8.5 hours respectively, after the start
of the rainfall. Assuming, no losses and no base flow contribution, the time of concentration (in
hours) for this catchment is approximately NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 8.5 (B) 7.0 (C) 6.5 (D) 5.5

Q.20 The Muskingum model of routing a flood through a stream reach is expressed as
O2  K0 I2  K1I1  K2O1, where K0 , K1 and K2 are the routing coefficients for the concerned
reach, I1 and I2 are the inflows to the reach, and O1 and O2 are the outflows from the reach
corresponding to time steps 1 and 2 respectively. The sum of K0 , K1 and K2 of the model is
NPTEL REFERENCE
(A) −1 (B) − 0.5 (C) 0.5 (D) 1

Q.21 The dominating microorganisms in an activated sludge process reactor are NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) aerobic heterotrophs (B) anaerobic heterotrophs

(C) autotrophs (D) phototrophs

Q.22 The two air pollution control devices that are usually used to remove very fine particles from the
flue gas are NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) Cyclone and Venturi Scrubber

(B) Cyclone and Packed Scrubber
(C) Electrostatic Precipitator and Fabric Filter
(D) Settling Chamber and Tray Scrubber

Q.23 The average spacing between vehicles in a traffic stream is 50 m, then the density (in veh/km) of
the stream is

NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.24 A road is being designed for a speed of 110 km/hr on a horizontal curve with a super elevation of
8%. If the coefficient of side friction is 0.10, the minimum radius of the curve (in m) required for safe
vehicular movement is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 115.0 (B) 152.3 (C) 264.3 (D) 528.5

Q.25 The survey carried out to delineate natural features, such as hills, rivers, forests and man-made
features, such as towns, villages, buildings, roads, transmission lines and canals is classified as
NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) engineering survey (B) geological survey

(C) land survey (D) topographic survey
 Q. 26 – Q. 55 carry two marks each.

�� �� −1
Q.26
The expression lim�� →0 is equal to NPTEL REFERENCE
��

(A) log �� (B) 0 (C) �� log �� (D) ∞

Q.27 An observer counts 240 veh/h at a specific highway location. Assume that the vehicle arrival at the
location is Poisson distributed, the probability of having one vehicle arriving over a 30-second time interval is
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.28 6 0 4 4 
 
The rank of the matrix  2 14 8 18 is
 
 14 14 0 10
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.29 Water is flowing at a steady rate through a homogeneous and saturated horizontal soil strip of 10 m
length. The strip is being subjected to a constant water head (H) of 5 m at the beginning and 1 m at
2
d H
the end. If the governing equation of flow in the soil strip is 2
 0 (where x is theNPTEL
distance
REFERENCE
dx
along the soil strip), the value of H (in m) at the middle of the strip is

2
Q.30 The values of axial stress () in kN/m , bending moment (M) in kNm, and shear force (V) in kN
acting at point P for the arrangement shown in the figure are respectively NPTEL REFERENCE

Cable Frictionless
Pulley

P Beam Q
(0.2 m  0.2 m)

3m

50 kN

(A) 1000, 75 and 25 (B) 1250, 150 and 50

(C) 1500, 225 and 75 (D) 1750, 300 and 100
Q.31 The beam of an overall depth 250 mm (shown below) is used in a building subjected to two
different thermal environments. The temperatures at the top and bottom surfaces of the beam are
−5
36C and 72C respectively. Considering coefficient of thermal expansion (α) as 1.50×10 per C,
the vertical deflection of the beam (in mm) at its mid-span due to temperature gradient is

36 C NPTEL REFERENCE
250 mm

72 C
1.5 m 1.5 m

Q.32 The axial load (in kN) in the member PQ for the arrangement/assembly shown in the figure given
below is

P NPTEL REFERENCE

2m

160 kN

R
Q Beam
S
2m 2m

Q.33 Considering the symmetry of a rigid frame as shown below, the magnitude of the bending moment
(in kNm) at P (preferably using the moment distribution method) is

24 kN/m

4Ic P 4Ic
6m NPTEL REFERENCE
Ic Ic Ic

8m 8m

(A) 170 (B) 172 (C) 176 (D) 178

Q.34 A prismatic beam (as shown below) has plastic moment capacity of Mp, then the collapse load P of
the beam is
P
P 2

L L L NPTEL REFERENCE
2 2 3

2M p 4M p 6M p 8M p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
L L L L

Q.35 The tension (in kN) in a 10 m long cable, shown in the figure, neglecting its self-weight is
NPTEL REFERENCE
3m 3m

S
P Q
y
Cable Cable
R

120 kN

(A) 120 (B) 75 (C) 60 (D) 45

Q.36 For the state of stresses (in MPa) shown in the figure below, the maximum shear stress (in MPa) is

4
4
NPTEL REFERENCE
2 2

Q.37 An infinitely long slope is made up of a c-φ soil having the properties: cohesion (c) = 20 kPa, and
dry unit weight (d) = 16 kN/m . The angle of inclination and critical height of the slope are 40 and 5 m,
3

respectively. To maintain the limiting equilibrium, the angle of internal friction of the soil (in degrees) is
NPTEL REFERENCE
Q.38 Group I in-situ field tests carried out for soil exploration, while Group II provides a list of
enlists sub-soil strength characterization. Match the type of tests with the characterization
parameters for
parameters. NPTEL REFERENCE
Group II
Group I
er Test (PMT) 1. Menard’s modulus (Em)
P. Pressuremet Penetration Test (SCPT) 2. Number of blows (N)
Q. Static Cone netration Test (SPT) 3. Skin resistance (fc)
R. Standard Test (VST) 4. Undrained cohesion (cu)
Pe
S. Vane Shear
(A) P - 1; Q - 3; R - 2; S - 4 (B) P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
(C) P - 2; Q - 3; R - 4; S - 1 (D) P - 4; Q - 1; R - 2; S - 3

Q.39 A single vertical friction pile of diameter 500 mm and length 20 m is subjected to a vertical
compressive load. The pile is embedded in a homogeneous sandy stratum where: angle of internal
friction (φ) = 30, dry unit weight (d) = 20 kN/m and angle of wall friction () = 2φ/3.
3

Considering the coefficient of lateral earth pressure (K) = 2.7 and the bearing capacity factor
(Nq) = 25, the ultimate bearing capacity of the pile (in kN) is

NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.40 A circular raft foundation of 20 m diameter and 1.6 m thick is provided for a tank that applies a
bearing pressure of 110 kPa on sandy soil with Young's modulus, Es' = 30 MPa and Poisson's ratio,
υs = 0.3. The raft is made of concrete (Ec = 30 GPa and υc = 0.15). Considering the raft as rigid, the
elastic settlement (in mm) is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 50.96 (B) 53.36 (C) 63.72 (D) 66.71

Q.41 A horizontal nozzle of 30 mm diameter discharges a steady jet of water into the atmosphere at a
rate of 15 litres per second. The diameter of inlet to the nozzle is 100 mm. The jet impinges normal
to a flat stationary plate held close to the nozzle end. Neglecting air friction and considering the
3
density of water as 1000 kg/m , the force exerted by the jet (in N) on the plate is
NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.42 A venturimeter having a throat diameter of 0.1 m is used to estimate the flow rate of a horizontal
pipe having a diameter of 0.2 m. For an observed pressure difference of 2 m of water head and
coefficient of discharge equal to unity, assuming that the energy losses are negligible, the flow rate
3
(in m /s) through the pipe is approximately equal to NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 0.500 (B) 0.150 (C) 0.050 (D) 0.015

2
Q.43 acceleration due to gravity as 9.81 m/s , the velocity of flow (in m/s) corresponding to the critical
depth (at which the specific energy is minimum) is NPTEL REFERENCE
Q.44 the existing 18% to the field capacity of the soil at 28%. The effective root zone of the crop is 70
3 3
cm. If the densities of the soil and water are 1.3 g/cm and 1.0 g/cm respectively, the depth of
irrigation water (in mm) required for irrigating the crop is NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.45 With reference to a standard Cartesian (x, y) plane, the parabolic velocity distribution profile of
fully developed laminar flow in x-direction between two parallel, stationary and identical plates that
are separated by distance, h, is given by the expression

ℎ2 �� 2
�� = − ��� �1 − 4 � � �
ℎ
�
8��
���
�

In this equation, the y = 0 axis lies equidistant between the plates at a distance h/2 from the two
plates, p is the pressure variable and µ is the dynamic viscosity term. The maximum and average
velocities are, respectively NPTEL REFERENCE

ℎ 2 ���� 2
(A) �������� = − and ���������������� = ��������
8�� ����
2
3
ℎ ���� 2
(B) �������� = and ���������������� = ��������
8�� ����2 3
ℎ ���� 3
(C) �������� = − and ���������������� = ��������
8�� ����
2
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Q.46 A suspension of sand like particles in water with particles of diameter 0.10 mm and below is
3 2
flowing into a settling tank at 0.10 m /s. Assume g = 9.81 m/s , specific gravity of particles = 2.65,
2 2 2
and kinematic viscosity of water =1.0105×10 cm /s. The minimum surface area (in m ) required
for this settling tank to remove particles of size 0.06 mm and above with 100% efficiency is
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Q.47 A surface water treatment plant operates round the clock with a flow rate of 35 m /min. The water
o
temperature is 15 C and jar testing indicated an alum dosage of 25 mg/l with flocculation at a Gt
4
value of 4×10 producing optimal results. The alum quantity required for 30 days (in kg) of
operation of the plant is NPTEL REFERENCE

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Q.48 An effluent at a flow rate of 2670 m /d from a sewage treatment plant is to be disinfected. The
laboratory data of disinfection studies with a chlorine dosage of 15 mg/l yield the model
0.145t
Nt  No e where Nt = number of micro-organisms surviving at time t (in min.) and
3
No = number of micro-organisms present initially (at t = 0). The volume of disinfection unit (in m )
required to achieve a 98% kill of micro-organisms is NPTEL REFERENCE
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Q.49 A waste water stream (flow = 2 m /s, ultimate BOD = 90 mg/l) is joining a small river (flow =
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12 m /s, ultimate BOD = 5 mg/l). Both water streams get mixed up instantaneously. Cross-
2 '
sectional area of the river is 50 m . Assuming the de-oxygenation rate constant, k = 0.25/day, the
BOD (in mg/l) of the river water, 10 km downstream of the mixing point is
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(A) 1.68 (B) 12.63 (C) 15.46 (D) 1.37

Q.50 In a Marshall sample, the bulk specific gravity of mix and aggregates are 2.324 and 2.546
respectively. The sample includes 5% of bitumen (by total weight of mix) of specific gravity 1.10.
The theoretical maximum specific gravity of mix is 2.441. The void filled with bitumen (VFB) in
the Marshall sample (in %) is NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.51 A student riding a bicycle on a 5 km one-way street takes 40 minutes to reach home. The student
stopped for 15 minutes during this ride. 60 vehicles overtook the student (assume the number of
vehicles overtaken by the student is zero) during the ride and 45 vehicles while the student stopped.
The speed of vehicle stream on that road (in km/hr) is NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 7.5 (B) 12 (C) 40 (D) 60

Q.52 v  [80 2
On a section of a highway the speed-density relationship is linear and is given by k];

3
where �� is in km/h and �� is in veh/km. The capacity (in veh/h) of this section of the highway
would be NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 1200 (B) 2400 (C) 4800 (D) 9600

Q.53 A pre-timed four phase signal has critical lane flow rate for the first three phases as 200, 187 and
210 veh/hr with saturation flow rate of 1800 veh/hr/lane for all phases. The lost time is given as 4
seconds for each phase. If the cycle length is 60 seconds, the effective green time (in seconds) of
the fourth phase is NPTEL REFERENCE

Q.54 A tacheometer was placed at point P to estimate the horizontal distances PQ and PR. The
corresponding stadia intercepts with the telescope kept horizontal, are 0.320 m and 0.210 m,
o
respectively. The QPR is measured to be 61 30' 30". If the stadia multiplication constant = 100
and stadia addition constant = 0.10 m, the horizontal distance (in m) between the points Q and R is

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Q.55 The chainage of the intersection point of two straights is 1585.60 m and the angle of intersection is
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140 . If the radius of a circular curve is 600.00 m, the tangent distance (in m) and length of the
curve (in m),respectively are NPTEL REFERENCE

(A) 418.88 and 1466.08 (B) 218.38 and 1648.49

(C) 218.38 and 418.88 (D) 418.88 and 218.38

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