2013 GATE Civil Paper
2013 GATE Civil Paper
2013 GATE Civil Paper
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CE:CIVIL ENGINEERING
Duration: Three Hours Maximum Marks:100
General Instructions:
2. The clock will be set at the server. The countdown timer in the top right corner of screen will display
the remaining time available for you to complete the examination. When the timer reaches zero, the
examination will end by itself. You will not be required to end or submit your examination.
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considered for evaluation.
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1. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. Questions are of multiple choice type or
numerical answer type. A multiple choice type question will have four choices for the answer with
only one correct choice. For numerical answer type questions, the answer is a number and no choices
will be given. A number as the answer should be entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor.
2. Questions Q.1 – Q.25 carry 1mark each. Questions Q.26 – Q.55 carry 2marks each. The 2marks
questions include two pairs of common data questions and two pairs of linked answer questions. The
answer to the second question of the linked answer questions depends on the answer to the first
question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is not attempted,
then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be evaluated.
3. Questions Q.56 – Q.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA) section and carry a total of 15 marks.
Questions Q.56 – Q.60 carry 1mark each, and questions Q.61 – Q.65 carry 2marks each.
4. Questions not attempted will result in zero mark. Wrong answers for multiple choice type questions
will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all 1 mark questions, ⅓ mark will be deducted for each wrong
answer. For all 2 marks questions, ⅔ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. However, in the
case of the linked answer question pair, there will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the
first question and no negative marks for wrong answer to the second question. There is no negative
marking for questions of numerical answer type.
5. Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
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Q.2 What is the minimum number of multiplications involved in computing the matrix product PQR?
Matrix has 4 rows and 2 columns, matrix has 2 rows and 4 columns, and matrix has 4 rows and
1 column. __________
Q.3 A 1-h rainfall of 10 cm magnitude at a station has a return period of 50 years. The probability that
a 1-h rainfall of magnitude 10 cm or more will occur in each oftwo successive years is:
(A) 0.04 (B) 0.2 (C)0.02 (D) 0.0004
Q.4 Maximum possible value of Compacting Factor for fresh (green) concrete is:
(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.0
Q.5 As per IS 800:2007, the cross-section in which the extreme fiber can reach the yield stress, but
cannot develop the plastic moment of resistance due to failure by local buckling is classified as
Q.7 As per IS 456:2000 for M20 grade concrete and plain barsin tension the design bond stress
1.2 .Further, IS 456:2000 permits this design bond stress value to be increased by 60 %
for HSD bars. The stress in theHSDreinforcing steel barsin tension, 360 . Find the
required development length, , for HSD barsin terms of the bar diameter, . __________
Q.8 The ‘plane section remains plane’ assumption in bending theory implies:
(A) strain profile is linear
(B) stress profile is linear
(C) both strain and stress profiles are linear
(D)shear deformations are neglected
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Q.10 The pin-jointed 2-D truss is loaded with a horizontal force of 15 at joint S and another 15
vertical force at joint U, as shown.Find the force in member RS (in ) and report your answer
taking tension as positive and compression as negative. __________
4m 4m 4m
R S
15
4m
Q V U T
4m
15
W
Q.11 A symmetric I-section (with width of each flange 50 , thickness of each flange 10 ,
depth of web = 100 mm, and thickness of web 10 ) of steel is subjected to a shear force of
100 . Find the magnitude of the shear stress(in / in the web at its junction with the top
flange. __________
Q.12 In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 1.980 and a volume of0.001 . After
being completely dried in an oven, the mass of the sample is 1.800 .Specific gravity is 2.7.
Unit weight of water is 10 / . The degree of saturation of the soil is:
Q.13 The ratio Nf/Nd is known as shape factor, where Nf is the number of flow lines and Nd is the
number of equipotential drops. Flow net is always drawn with a constant b/a ratio, where b and a
are distances between two consecutive flow lines and equipotential lines, respectively. Assuming
that b/a ratio remains the same, the shape factor of aflow net will change if the
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Q.15 Four columns of a building are to be located within a plot size of 10 m x 10 m. The expected load
on each column is 4000 kN. Allowable bearing capacity of the soil deposit is 100 kN/m2. The type
of foundation best suited is
(A) isolated footing (B) raft foundation
(C) pile foundation (D)combined footing
Q.16 For subcritical flow in an open channel, the control section for gradually varied flow profiles is
(A) at the downstream end (B) at the upstream end
(C) at both upstream and downstream ends (D) at any intermediate section
Q.17 Group-I contains dimensionless parameters and Group- II contains the ratios.
The correct match of dimensionless parameters in Group- I with ratios in Group-II is:
(A) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (B) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
(C) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1 (D) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4
Q.18
For a two dimensional flow field, the stream function is given as
3 2
2
y x 2 . The
magnitude of discharge occurring between the stream lines passing through points (0,3) and (3,4)
is:
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 1.5 (D) 2
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Group-I Group-II
The correct match of water quality parameters in Group-I with titrants in Group-II is:
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B)P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
(C)P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 (D) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
Q.21 A water treatment plant is designed to treat 1 m3/s of raw water. It has 14 sand filters. Surface area
of each filter is 50 m2. What is the loading rate (in ) with two filters out of service for routine
∙
backwashing? __________
Q.22 Selectthe strength parameter of concrete usedindesign of plain jointed cement concrete pavements
from the following choices:
Q.23 It was observed that 150 vehicles crossed a particular location of a highway ina duration of 30
minutes. Assuming that vehicle arrival follows a negative exponential distribution, find out the
number of time headways greater than 5 seconds in the above observation? __________
Q.24 For two major roads with divided carriageway crossing at right angle,a full clover leaf interchange
with four indirect ramps is provided. Following statements are made on turning movements of
vehiclesto all directions from both roads. Identify the correct statement:
Q.25 The latitude and departure of a line AB are +78 m and -45.1 m, respectively. The whole circle
bearing of the line AB is:
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100 30
30 20
x
10 dx
4
Q.28 6
1 8
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D)
15 3
Q.29 Find the value of λ such that the function f (x ) is a valid probability density function. __________
f ( x) ( x 1)(2 x) for 1 x 2
0 otherwise
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3m 4m
2m
P T R
100 kNm
2m
W
R
P
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Q.34 Beaam haas internal hiinges in spanns and as shownn. The beammmay be sub bjected to a
moving distribuuted verticall load of maaximum intensity 4 ⁄ of any leength anywh here on the
beaam. The maaximum absoolute value of o the shear force
f (in ) that can occcur due to this
t loading
justt to the right of support Q shall be:
P Q R S
5m 5m 20 m 5m 5m
(A
A) 30 (B
B) 40 (C) 45 ((D) 55
Q.35 A rectangular
r c
concrete beamm 250 w
wide and 600 deep is pre-stresseed by meanss of 16 high
tensile wires, each
e of 7 mm m diameter, located at200 fromm the bottom m face of th he beamat a
givven section. If the effective pre-streess in the wires is700 , what is the maximu um sagging
bennding momennt (in ) (correct to 1-decimal
1 plaace) due to live
l loadthat this sectiono
of the beam
cann withstand without
w caussing tensile stress
s at the bottom face of the beam m? Neglect th he effect of
deaad load of beam. ___________
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Stand pipe
+10
0
Lake Lake bottom
-10
-30
Sand
(under artesian pressure)
-40
Rock
Q.37 The soil profile above the rock surface for a 25oinfinite slope is shown in the figure, where su is the
undrained shear strength and t is total unit weight. The slip will occur at a depth of
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Retaining wall
Soil 1:
2 m t = 15 kN/m3; c' = 0; ' = 30o
Soil 2:
2 m t = 20 kN/m3; c' = 0; ' = 40o
Q.39 A 2 km long pipe of 0.2 m diameter connects two reservoirs. The difference between water levels
in the reservoirs is 8 m. The Darcy-Weisbachfriction factor of the pipe is 0.04. Accounting for
frictional, entry and exit losses, the velocity in the pipe (in m/s) is:
(A) 0.63 (B)0.35 (C) 2.52 (D) 1.25
Q.40 The normal depth in a wide rectangular channel is increased by 10%. The percentage increase in
the discharge in the channel is:
(A) 20.1 (B) 15.4 (C) 10.5 (D) 17.2
Q.41 The transplantation of rice requires 10 days and total depth of water required during transplantation
is 48 cm. During transplantation, there is an effective rainfall (useful for irrigation) of 8 cm. The
duty of irrigation water (in hectares/cumec) is:
(A) 612 (B) 216 (C)300 (D) 108
Q.42 A settling tank in a water treatment plant is designed for a surface overflow rate of30 .
∙
Assumespecific gravity of sedimentparticles = 2.65, density of water (ρ) = 1000 kg/m3, dynamic
viscosity of water (µ)=0.001 N.s/m2,and Stokes’ lawisvalid.The approximate minimum size of
particles that would be completely removed is:
Q.43 A student began experiment for determination of 5-day, 20°C BOD on Monday. Since the 5thday
fell on Saturday, the final DO readings were taken on next Monday. On calculation, BOD (i.e. 7
day, 20°C) was found to be 150 mg/L. What would be the5-day, 20°C BOD (in mg/L)? Assume
value of BOD rate constant (k) at standard temperature of 20°C as 0.23/day (base e). __________
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Elevation, m Temperature, °C
4 21.25
444 15.70
Q.45 The percent voids in mineral aggregate (VMA) and percent air voids (Vv) in a compacted
cylindrical bituminous mix specimen are 15 and 4.5respectively. The percent voids filled with
bitumen (VFB) for this specimen is:
After applying the correction due to local attraction, the corrected fore bearing of line BC will be:
Q.47 A theodolite is set up at station A and a 3 m long staff is held vertically at station B. The depression
angle reading at 2.5 m marking on the staffis 6°10´. The horizontal distance between A and B is
2200 m. Height of instrument at station A is 1.1 m and R.L. of A is 880.88 m.Apply the curvature
and refraction correction, and determine the R.L. of B (in m). __________
A propped cantilever made of a prismatic steel beam is subjected to a concentrated load P at mid span as
shown. P
1.5m 1.5m
Q.48 If load 80 ,find the reaction (in ) (correct to 1-decimal place)using elastic analysis.
__________
Q.49 If the magnitude of load is increased till collapse and the plastic moment carrying capacity of steel
beam section is 90 , determine reaction (in )(correct to 1-decimal place) using plastic
analysis. __________
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For a portion of national highway where a descending gradient of 1 in 25 meets with an ascending gradient
of 1 in 20, a valley curve needs to be designed for a vehicle travelling at 90 kmphbased on the following
conditions.
(i) headlight sight distance equalto the stopping sight distance (SSD) of a level terrain
consideringlength of valley curve> SSD.
(ii) comfort condition with allowablerate of change of centrifugal acceleration = 0.5 m/sec3.
Assume total reaction time = 2.5 seconds; coefficient of longitudinal friction of the pavement= 0.35; height
of head light of the vehicle =0.75 m; andbeam angle = 1°.
Q.50 What is the length of valley curve (in m) based on the head light sight distance condition?
__________
Q.51 What is the length of valley curve (in m)based on the comfort condition? __________
A multistory building with a basement is to be constructed. The top 4 m consists of loose silt, below which
dense sand layer is present up to a great depth. Ground water table is at the surface. The foundation consists
of the basement slab of 6 m width which will rest on the top of dense sand as shown in the figure. For
dense sand, saturated unit weight = 20kN/m3, and bearing capacity factors Nq = 40 and N = 45. For loose
silt, saturated unit weight = 18kN/m3, Nq = 15 and N = 20.Effective cohesion c' is zero for both soils.Unit
weight of water is 10 kN/m3. Neglect shape factor and depth factor.
Average elastic modulus E and Poisson’s ratio of dense sand is 60 x 103kN/m2 and 0.3 respectively.
Ground surface
6 m
Dense sand
Q.52 Using factor of safety = 3, the net safe bearing capacity (in kN/m2) of the foundation is:
Q.53 The foundation slab is subjected to vertical downward stresses equal to net safe bearing capacity
derived in the above question. Using influence factor If = 2.0, and neglecting embedment depth and
rigidity corrections, the immediate settlement of the dense sand layer will be:
(A) 58 mm (B) 111 mm (C) 126 mm (D) 179 mm
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At a station, Storm I of 5 hour duration with intensity 2 cm/h resulted in a runoff of 4 cm and Storm II of 8
hour duration resulted in a runoff of 8.4 cm. Assume that the ϕ-index is the same for both the storms.
Q.54 The ϕ-index (in cm/h) is:
Q.58 Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below:
Primeval
(A) Modern (B) Historic
(C) Primitive (D) Antique
(B) intimate
(C) secret
(D) pleasant
Q.60 Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair:
Medicine: Health
(A) Science: Experiment (B) Wealth: Peace
(C) Education: Knowledge (D) Money: Happiness
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Q.63 Following table provides figures (in rupees) on annual expenditure of a firm for two years - 2010
and 2011.
In 2011, which of the following two categories have registered increase by same percentage?
(A) Raw material and Salary & wages
(B) Salary & wages and Advertising
(C) Power & fuel and Advertising
(D) Raw material and Research & Development
Q.64 A firm is selling its product at Rs. 60 per unit. The total cost of production is Rs. 100 and firm is
earning total profit of Rs. 500. Later, the total cost increased by 30%. By what percentage the price
should be increased to maintained the same profit level.
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 30
Which of the given conclusions is logically valid and is inferred from the above
statements?
(A) Abhishek is elder to Anshul
(B) Anshul is elder to Abhishek
(C) Abhishek and Anshul are of the same age
(D) No conclusion follows
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