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GATE 2008 Civil Engineering Question Paper
1 t o 20 car r y one mark each
1 The product of mat rices (PQ)
-
P is
(A) P
- 1
(B) Q
- 1
(C) P
- 1
Q
- 1
(D) PQP
- 1


2 The general solut ion of
2
2
dx
y d
+ y = 0 is
(A) y= P cos x + Q sin x (B) y= P cos x
(C) y = P six x (D) y = P sin
2
x

3 A mild st eel specimen is under uni-axial t ensile st ress. Youngs modules and yield st ress for mild st eel
are 2 10
5
MPa respect ively. The maximum amount of st rain energy per unit volume t hat can be
st ored in t his specimen wit hout permanent set is
(A) 156 Nmm/ mm
3
(B) 15.6 Nmm/ mm
3

(C) 1.56 Nmm/ mm
3
(D) 0.156 Nmm/ mm
3


4 A reinforced concret e st ruct ure has t o be const ruct ed along a sea coast . The minimum grade of
concret e t o be used as per I S: 456-2000 is
(A) M 15 (B) M 20 (C) M 25 (D) M 30

5 I n t he design of a reinforced concret e bean t he requirement for bond is not get t ing sat isfied. The
economical opt ion t o sat isfy t he requirement for bond is by
(A) bundling of bars
(B) providing smaller diamet er bars more in number
(C) providing larger diamet er bars less in number
(D) providing same diamet er bars more in number

6 The shape of t he cross-sect ion, which has a largest shape fact or, is
(A) rect angular (B) I -sect ion (C) diamond (D) solid circular

7 Group symbols assigned t o silt y sand and clayey sand are respect ively
(A) SS and CS (B) SM and CS (C) SM and SC (D) MS and CS

8 When a ret aining wall moves away from t he back-fill, t he pressure exert ed on t he wall is t ermed as
(A) Passive eart h pressure
(B) Swelling pressure
(C) Pore pressure
(D) Act ive eart h pressure

9 Compact ion by vibrat ory roller is t he best met hod of compact ion in case of
(A) moist silt y sand
(B) well graded dry sand
(C) clay of medium compressibilit y
(D) silt of high compressibilit y

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10 A person st anding on t he bank of a canal drops a st one on t he wat er surface. He not ices t hat t he
dist urbance on t he wat er in not t raveling up-st ream. This is because t he flow in t he canal is
(A) sub-crit ical (B) super-crit ical (C) st eady (D) uniform

11 A flood wave wit h a known inflow hydrograph is rout ed t hrough a large reservoir. The out flow
hydrograph will have
(A) at t enuat ed peak wit h reduced t ime-base
(B) at t enuat ed peak wit h increased t ime-base
(C) increased peak wit h increased t ime-base
(D) increased peak wit h reduced t ime-base

12 A st able channel is t o be designed for a discharge of Q m
3
/ s wit h silt fact or f as per Laceys met hod.
The mean flow velocit y (m/ s) in t he channel is obt ained by
(A) (Qf
2
/ 140)
1/ 6
(B) (Qf / 140)
1/ 3

(C) (Q
2
f
2
/ 140)
1/ 6
(D) 0.48 (Q / f)
1/ 3


13 The base widt h of an element ary profile of gravit y dam of height H is b. The specific gravit y of t he
mat erial of t he dam is G and uplift pressure coefficient is K. t he correct relat ionship for no t ension at
t he heel is given by
(A)
K G
1
H
b

= (B) K G
H
b
= (C)
K G
1
H
b

= (D)
K G K
1
H
b

=

14 Two primary air pollut ant s are
(A) sulphur oxide and ozone (B) nit rogen oxide and peroxyacet ylnit rat e
(C) sulphur oxide and hydrocarbon (D) ozone and peroxyacet ynit rat e

15 Two biodegradable component s of municipal solid wast e are
(A) plast ics and wood (B) cardboard and glass
(C) leat her and t in cans (D) food wast es and garden t rimmings

16 The specific gravit y of paving bit umen as per I S: 73 1992 lies bet ween
(A) 1.10 and 1.06 (B) 1.06 and 1.02
(C) 1.02 and 0.97 (D) 0.97 and 0.92

17 A combined value of flakiness and elongat ion index is t o be det ermined for a sample of aggregat es.
The sequence in which t he t wo t est s are conduct ed is
(A) elongat ion index t est followed by flakiness index t est on t he whole sample.
(B) flakiness index t est followed by elongat ion index t est on t he whole sample.
(C) flakiness index t est followed by elongat ion index t est on t he non-flaky aggregat es.
(D) elongat ion index t est followed by flakiness index t est on non-elongat ed aggregat es.

18 The capacit ies of One-way 1.5m wide sidewalk (persons per hour) and Oneway 2-lane urban road
(PCU per hour, wit h no front age access, no st anding vehicles and very lit t le cross t raffic) are
respect ively
(A) 1200 and 2400 (B) 1800 and 2000
(C) 1200 and 1500 (D) 2000 and 1200
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19 The shape of t he STOP sign according t o I RC: 67-2001 is
(A) circular (B) t riangular
(C) oct agonal (D) rect angular

20 The t ype of surveying in which t he curvat ure of t he eart h is t aken int o account is called
(A) Geodet ic surveying (B) Plane surveying
(C) Preliminary surveying (D) Topographical surveying

21 t o 75 car r y t wo mar ks each

21 The equat ion k
1

2
2
z
2
2
z
h
k
x
h
c
c
+
c
c
= 0 can be t ransformed t o
2
2
2
1
2
z
h
x
h
c
c
+
c
c
= 0 by subst it ut ing
(A) x
1
= x
x
z
k
k
(B) x
1
= x
z
x
k
k

(C) x
1
= x
z
x
k
k
(D) x
1
= x
x
z
k
k


22. The value of
} }

3
0
x
0
) y x 6 ( dx dy is
(A) 13.5 (B) 27.0 (C) 40.5 (D) 54.0

23 Three values of x and y are t o be fit t ed in a st raight line in t he form y= a+ bx by t he met hod of least
squares. Given: Ex= 6, Ey= 21, Ex
2
= 14 and Exy= 46, t he values of a and b are respect ively
(A) 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 1 (D) 3 and 2

24 Solut ion of
dx
dy
=
y
x
at x = 1 and y = 3 is
(A) x-y
2
= 2 (B) x+ y
2
= 4 (C) x
2
-y
2
= -2 (D) x
2
+ y
2
= 4

25 I f probabilit y densit y funct ion of a random variable X is
f(x) = x
2
for 1 s x s 1, and
= 0 for any ot her value of x
Then, t he percent age probabilit y P |
.
|

\
|
s s
3
1
x
3
1
is
(A) 0.247 (B) 2.47 (C) 24.7 (D) 247

26 The Eigen values of t he mat rix [ P] =
(

5 2
5 4

(A) -7 and 8 (B) -6 and 5 (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 2

27 A person on a t rip has a choice bet ween privat e car and public t ransport . The probabilit y of using a
privat e car is 0.45. While using t he public t ransport , furt her choices available are bus and met ro, out
of which t he probabilit y of commut ing by a bus is 0.55. I n such a sit uat ion, t he probabilit y (rounded
up t o t wo decimals) of using a car, bus and met ro, respect ively would be
(A) 0.45, 0.30 and 0.25 (B) 0.45, 0.25 and 0.30
(C) 0.45, 0.55 and 0.00 (D) 0.45, 0.35 and 0.20

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28 The following simult aneous equat ions
x+ y+ z= 3
x+ 2y+ 3z= 4
x+ 4y+ kz= 6
will NOT have a unique solut ion for k equal t o
(A) 0 (B) 30 (C) 6 (D) 7

29 The inner (dot ) product of t wo vect ors P

and Q

is zero. The angle (degrees) bet ween t he t wo

vect ors is
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 90 (D) 120

30 Cross-sect ion of a column consist ing of t wo
st eel st rips, each of t hickness t and widt h b is
shown in t he figure below. The crit ical loads of
t he column wit h perfect bond and wit hout bond
bet ween t he st rips are P and P
0
respect ively.
The rat ion P/ P
0
is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

31 A rigid bar GH of lengt h L is support ed by
a hinge and a spring of st iffness K as
shown in t he figure below. The buckling
load, P
cr'
for t he bar will be

(A) 0.5 KL

(B) 0.8 KL

(C) 1.0KL

(D) 1.2KL

32 The degree of st at ic indet erminacy of t he rigid
frame having t wo int ernal hinges as shown in t he
figure below, is
(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 5

33 The members EJ and I J of a st eel t russ
shown in t he figure below are subj ect ed
t o a t emperat ure rise of 30C. The
coefficient of t hermal expansion of st eel
is 0.000012 per C per unit lengt h. The
displacement (mm) of j oint E relat ive t o
j oint H along t he direct ion HE of t russ, is
(A) 0.255
(B) 0.589
(C) 0.764
(D) 1.026

t
t
b
P
K
H
L
G
H
G
F
E
I
J
E J
I
H
G
3000mm 3000mm
3
0
0
0
m
m

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34 The maximum shear st ress in a solid shaft of circular cross-sect ion having diamet er subj ect ed t o a
t orque T is t . I f t he t orque is increased by four t imes and t he diamet er of t he shaft is increased by
t wo t imes, t he maximum shear st ress in t he shaft will be
(A) 2t (B) t (C) t / 2 (D) t / 4

35 The span(s) t o be loaded uniformly for maximum posit ive (upward) react ion at support P, as shown in
t he figure below, is (are)






(A) PQ only (B) PQ and QR (C) QR and RS (D) PQ and RS

36 A vert ical PQ of lengt h L is fixed at it s t op end P and has a flange t o t he bot t om end A weight W is
dropped vert ically from a height h (< L) on t o t he flange. The axial st ress in t he rod can be reduced
by
(A) increasing t he lengt h of t he rod
(B) decreasing t he lengt h of t he rod
(C) decreasing t he area of cross-sect ion of t he rod
(D) increasing t he modulus of elast icit y of t he mat erial

37 Un-fact ored maximum bending moment s at a sect ion of a reinforced concret e beam result ing from a
frame analysis are 50, 80, 120 and 180kNm under dead, live, wind and eart hquake loads respect ively.
The design moment (kNm) as per I S: 456- 2000 for t he limit st at e of collapse (flexure) is
(A) 195 (B) 250 (C) 345 (D) 372

38 A reinforced concret e column cont ains longit udinal st eel equal t o 1 percent of net cross-sect ional area
of t he column. Assume modular rat ion as 10. t he loads carried (using t he elast ic t heory) by t he
longit udinal st eel and t he net area of concret e, are P
s
and P
c
respect ively. The rat ion P
s
/ P
c
expressed
as percent is
(A) 0.1 (B) 1 (C) 1.1 (D) 10

39 A pre-t ensioned concret e member of sect ion 200mm 250mm cont ains t endons of area 500 mm
2
at
t he cent re of gravit y of t he sect ion. The pre-st ress in t endons is 1000N/ mm
2
. Assuming modular rat io
as 10, t he st ress (N/ mm
2
) in concret e is
(A) 11 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5

40 Rivet s and bolt s subj ect ed t o bot h shear st ress (t
vf, cal
) and axial t ensile st ress (o
t f,cal
) shall be so
proport ioned t hat t he st resses do not exceed t he respect ive allowable st resses t
vf
and o
t f
, and t he
value of
|
|
.
|

\
|
o
o
+
t
t
t f
cal , t f
vf
cal , vf
does not exceed
(A) 1.0 (B) 1.2 (C) 1.4 (D) 1.8




P Q R S
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41 A cont inuous beam is loaded as shown in t he figure below. Assuming a plast ic moment capacit y equal
t o MP, t he minimum load at which t he beam would collapse is






(A)
L
M 4
p
(B)
L
M 6
p
(C)
L
M 8
p
(D)
L
M 10
p


42 The maximum t ensile st ress at t he sect ion X - X shown in t he figure below is








(A)
bd
P 8
(B)
bd
P 6
(C)
bd
P 4
(D)
bd
P 2


43 The st epped cant ilever is subj ect ed t o movement s, M as shown in t he figure below. The vert ical
deflect ion at t he free end (neglect ing t he self weight ) is
(A)
EI 8
ML
2

(B)
EI 4
ML
2

(C)
EI 2
ML
2

(D) Zero

44 The liquid limit (LL), plast ic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) of a cohesive soil sat isfy t he relat ion
(A) LL> PL< SL (B) LL> PL> SL (C) LL< PL< SL (D) LL< PL> SL

45 A foot ing 2m 1m exert s a uniform pressure of 150kN/ mm
2
on t he soil. Assuming a load dispersion
of 2 vert ical t o 1 horizont al, t he average vert ical st ress (kN/ m
2
) at 1.0m below t he foot ing is
(A) 50 (B) 75 (C) 80 (D) 100

46 A direct shear t est was conduct ed on a cohesion-less soil (c= 0) specimen under a normal st ress of
200kN/ m
2
. The specimen failed at a shear st ress of 100kN/ m2. The angle of int ernal frict ion of t he
soil (degrees) is
(A) 26.6 (B) 29.5 (C) 30.0 (D) 32.6

47 A pile of 0.50m diamet er and lengt h 10m is embedded in a deposit of clay. The undrained st rengt h
paramet ers of t he clay are cohesion = 60kN/ m
2
and t he angle in int ernal frict ion = 0. The skin
frict ion capacit y (kN) of t he pile for an adhesion fact or of 0.6, is
(A) 671 (B) 565 (C) 283 (D) 106

G H I J
P P
L1 L2 L2 L2 L2
L3 L3 L3
L3 L3
P
X
X
d2
d2
b
d
L2 L2
2EI
M
EI
M
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48 A sat urat ed clay st rat um draining bot h at t he t op and bot t om undergoes 50 percent consolidat ion in
16 years under an applied load. I f an addit ional drainage layer were present at t he middle of t he clay
st rat um, 50 percent consolidat ion would occur in
(A) 2 years (B) 4 years (C) 8 years (D) 16 years

49 A t est plat e 30cm 30cm rest ing on a sand deposit set t les by 10mm under a cert ain loading
int ensit y. A foot ing 150cm 200cm rest ing on t he same sand deposit and loaded t o t he same load
int ensit y set t les by
(A) 2.0mm (B) 27.8mm (C) 3.02mm (D) 50.0mm

50 A volume of 3.0 10
6
m
3
of groundwat er was pumped out from an unconfined aquifer, uniformly
from an area of 5km
2
. The pumping lowered t he wat er t able from init ial level of 102m t o 99m. The
specific yield of t he aquifer is
(A) 0.20 (B) 0.30 (C) 0.40 (D) 0.50

51 A weir on a permeable foundat ion wit h down-st ream sheet pile is shown in t he figure below. The exit
gradient as per Khoslas met hod is










(A) 1 in 6.0 (B) 1 in 5.0 (C) 1 in 3.4 (D) 1 in 2.5

52 Water emerges from an ogee spillway with velocity = 13.72 m/s and depth = 0.3 m at its toe. The tail water depth required to
form a hydraulic jump at the toe is
(A) 6.48m (B) 5.24m (C) 3.24m (D) 2.24m

53 The flow of wat er (mass densit y = 1000 kg/ m
3
and kinemat ic viscosit y = 10-6 m
2
/ s) in a commercial
pipe, having equivalent roughness k
s
as 0.12 mm, yields an average shear st ress at t he pipe
boundary = 600 N/ m
2
. The value of ks/ being t he t hickness of laminar sub-layer) for t his pipe is
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.50 (C) 6.0 (D) 8.0

54 A river reach of 2.0km long wit h maximum flood discharge of 10000m
3
/ s is t o be physically modeled
in t he laborat ory where maximum available discharge is 0.20m3/ s. For a geomet rically similar model
based on equalit y of Froude number, t he lengt h of t he river reach (m) in t he model is
(A) 26.4 (B) 25.0 (C) 20.5 (D) 18.0

55 An out let irrigat es an area of 20ha. The discharge (I / s) required at t his out let t o meet t he
evapot ranspirat ion requirement of 20mm occurring uniformly in 20 days neglect ing ot her field losses
is
(A) 2.52 (B) 2.31 (C) 2.01 (D) 1.52

56 A wast ewat er sample cont ains 10
- 56
mmol / I of OH
-
ions at 25C. The pH of t his sample is
(A) 8.6 (B) 8.4 (C) 5.6 (D) 5.4

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57. Group I list s est imat ion met hods of some of t he wat er and wast ewat er qualit y paramet ers. Group I I
list s t he indicat ors used in t he est imat ion met hods. Mat ch t he est imat ion met hod (Group I ) wit h t he
corresponding indicat or (Group I I ).
Group I Group I I
P. Azide modified Winkler
met hod for dissolved oxygen
1. Eriochrome Black T
Q. Dichromat e met hod for
chemical oxygen demand
2. Ferrion
R. EDTA t it rimet ric met hod for
hardness
3. Pot assium chromat e
S. Mohr or Argent omet ric
met hod for chlorides
4. St arch

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

58. Det ermine t he correct ness or ot herwise of t he following Assert ion [ a] and t he Reason [ r]
Asser t i on : I t eliminat es backing up of sewage in t he incoming smaller diamet er sewer.
(A) Bot h [ a] and [ r] are t rue and [ r] is t he correct reason for [ a]
(B) Bot h [ a] and [ r] are t rue but [ r] is not t he correct reason for [ a]
(C) Bot h [ a] and [ r] are false
(D) [ a] is t rue but [ r] is false

59. The 5-day BOD of a wast ewat er sample is obt ained as 190 mg/ I (wit h k = 0.01h
-1
). The ult imat e
oxygen demand (mg/ I ) of t he sample will be
(A) 3800 (B) 475 (C) 271 (D) 190

60. A wat er t reat ment plant is required t o process 28800 m
3
/ d of raw wat er (densit y = 1000 kg/ m
3
,
kinemat ic viscosit y = 10
-6
m
2
/ s). The rapid mixing t ank impart s a velocit y gradient of 900s
-1
t o blend
35mg/ I of alum wit h t he flow for a det ent ion t ime of 2 minut es. The power input (W) required for
rapid mixing is
(A) 32.4 (B) 36 (C) 324 (D) 32400

61. Mat ch Group I (Terminology) wit h Group I I (Definit ion/ Brief Descript ion) for wast ewat er t reat ment
syst ems
Group I Group I I
P. Primary t reat ment 1. Cont aminant removal by
physical forces
Q. Secondary t reat ment 2. I nvolving biological and / or
chemical react ion
R. Unit operat ion 3. Conversion of soluble organic
mat t er t o business
S. Unit process 4. Removal of solid mat erials
from incoming wast ewat er
(A) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2 (B) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
(C) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1 (D) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4

62. A roundabout is provided wit h an average ent ry widt h of 8.4 m, widt h of weaving sect ion as 14 m,
and lengt h of t he weaving sect ion bet ween channelizing islands as 35 m. The crossing t raffic and
t ot al t raffic on t he weaving sect ion are 1000 and 2000 PCU per hour respect ively. The nearest
rounded capacit y of t he roundabout (in PCU per hour is)
(A) 3300 (B) 3700 (C) 4500 (D) 5200

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63. Design paramet ers for a signalized int ersect ion are shown in t he figure below. The green t ime
calculat ed for maj or and minor roads are 34 and 18s respect ively.
The crit ical lane volume on t he maj or road changes t o 440 vehicles per hour per lane and t he crit ical
lane volume on t he minor road remains unchanged. The green t ime will




















(A) increase for t he maj or road and remain same for t he minor road.
(B) I ncrease for t he maj or road and decrease for t he minor road.
(C) Decrease for bot h t he roads.
(D) Remain unchanged for bot h t he roads.

64. I t is proposed t o widen and st rengt hen an exist ing 2-lane NH sect ion as a divided highway. The
exist ing t raffic in one direct ion is 2500 commercial vehicles (CV) per day. The const ruct ion will t ake 1
year. The design CBR of soil subgrade is found t o be 4 percent . Given : t raffic growt h rat e for CV = 8
percent , vehicle damage fact or = 3.5 (st andard axles per CV), design life = 10 years and t raffic
dist ribut ion fact or = 0.75. The cumulat ive st andard axles (msa) comput ed are
(A) 35 (B) 37 (C) 65 (D) 70

65. A linear relat ionship is observed bet ween speed and densit y on a cert ain sect ion of a highway. The
free flow speed is observed t o be 80 km per hour and t he j am densit y is est imat ed as 100 vehicles
per km lengt h. Based on t he above relat ionship, t he maximum flow expect ed on t his sect ion and t he
speed at t he maximum flow will respect ively be
(A) 8000 vehicles per hour and 80 km per hour
(B) 8000 vehicles per hour and 25 km per hour
(C) 2000 vehicles per hour and 80 km per hour
(D) 2000 vehicles per hour and 40 km per hour

66. The plan of a survey plot t ed t o a scale of 10 m t o 1 cm is reduced in such a way t hat a line originally
10 cm long now measures 9 cm. The area of t he reduced plan is measured as 81 cm
2
. The act ual
(m
2
) of t he survey is
(A) 10000 (B) 6561 (C) 1000 (D) 656
7m wide
Minor
Road
2-Lane
Maj or Road
4-lane Divided
14m wide
1
8
0

V
P
H

t urns prohibit ed
660 VPH
500 VPH
1
8
0

V
P
H

VPH vehicles per hour
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67. The lengt h and bearings of a closed t raverse PQRSP are given below.
Line Lengt h(m) Bearing (WCB)
PQ 200 0

QR 1000 45

RS 907 180

SP ? ?
The missing lengt h and bearing, respect ively of t he line SP are
(A) 207 m and 270 (B) 707 and 270
(C) 707 m and 180 (D) 907 and 270

68. The focal lengt h of t he obj ect glass of a t acheomet er is 200 mm, t he dist ance bet ween t he vert ical
axis of t he t acheomet er and t he opt ical cent re of t he obj ect glass is 100 mm and t he spacing bet ween
t he upper and lower line of t he diaphragm axis is 4 mm. Wit h t he line of collimat ion perfect ly
horizont al, t he st aff int ercept s are 1 m (t op), 2m (middle), and 3 m (bot t om). The horizont al dist ance
(m) bet ween t he st aff and t he inst rument st at ion is
(A) 100.3 (B) 103.0 (C) 150.0 (D) 153.0

69 . A road is provided wit h a horizont al circular curve having deflect ion angle of 55 and cent re line
radius of 250 m. A t ransit ion curve is t o be provided at each end of t he circular curve of such a lengt h
t hat t he rat e of gain of radial accelerat ion is 0.3m/ s
3
at a speed of 50 km per hour. Lengt h of t he
t ransit ion curve required at each of t he ends is
(A) 2.57 m (B) 33.33 m (C) 35.73 m (D) 1666.67 m

70. A light house of 120 m height is j ust visible above t he horizon from a ship. The correct dist ance (m)
bet ween t he ship and t he light house considering combined correct ion for curvat ure and refract ion, is
(A) 39.098 (B) 42.226 (C) 39098 (D) 42226


COMMON DATA QUESTI ONS

Common Dat a f or Quest i ons 71,72 and 73 :

A rect angular channel 6.0 m wide carries a discharge of 16.0m
3
/ s under uniform condit ion wit h normal dept h
of 1.60 m. Mannings n is 0.015.

71. The longit udinal slope of t he channel is

(A) 0.000585 (B) 0.000485 (C) 0.000385 (D) 0.000285

72. A hump is t o be provided on t he channel bed. The maximum height of t he j ump wit hout affect ing t he
upst ream flow condit ion is

(A) 0.50 m (B) 0.40 m (C) 0.30 m (D) 0.20 m

73. The channel widt h is t o be cont ract ed. The minimum widt h t o which t he channel can be cont ract ed
wit hout affect ing t he upst ream flow condit ion is
(A) 3.0 m (B) 3.8 m (C) 4.1 m (D) 4.5 m

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Common Dat a f or Quest i ons 74 and 75 :
A reinforced concret e beam of rect angular cross sect ion of breadt h 230 mm and effect ive dept h 400 mm is
subj ect ed t o a maximum fact ored shear force of 120 kN. The grade of concret e, mains st eel and st irrup st eel
are M20, F415 and Feb 250 respect ively. For t he area of main st eel provided, t he design shear st rengt h t
c
as
per I S : 456-2000 is 0.48N/ mm
2
. The beam is designed for collapse limit st at e.

74. The spacing (mm) of 2-legged 8 mm st irrups t o be provided is
(A) 40 (B) 115 (C) 250 (D) 400

75. I n addit ion, t he beam is subj ect ed t o a t orque whose fact ored value is 10.90 kNm. The st irrups have
t o be provided t o carry a shear (kN) equal t o
(A) 50.42 (B) 130.56 (C) 151.67 (D) 200.23

Li nked Answer Quest i ons: 76 t o 85 car r y t wo mar ks each
St at ement f or Li nked Answer Quest i ons 76 and 77:
Beam GHI is support ed by t hree pont oons as shown in t he figure below. The horizont al cross-sect ional area
of each pont oon is 8 m
2
, t he flexural rigidit y of t he beam is 10000 kN-m
2
and t he unit weight of wat er is 10
kN/ m
3
.







76 When t he middle pont oon is removed, t he deflect ion at H will be
(A) 0.2m (B) 0.4m (C) 0.6m (D) 0.8m

77 When t he middle pont oon is brought back t o it s posit ion as shown in t he figure above, t he react ion at
H will be
(A) 8.6kN (B) 15.7kN (C) 19.2kN (D) 24.2kN

St at ement f or Li nked Answer Quest i ons 78 and 79:

The ground condit ions at a sit e are shown in t he figure below









78. The sat urat ed unit weight of t he sand (kN/ m
3
) is
(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 21 (D) 24

79. The t ot al st ress, pore wat er pressure and effect ive st ress (kN/ m
2
) at t he point P are, respect ively
(A) 75, 50 and 25 (B) 90, 50 and 40 (C) 105, 50 and 55 (D) 120, 50 and 70


G F I
P 48kN
5m 5m
Pont oons
Wat er t able is at ground level
Wat er Cont ent = 20%
Specific gravit y of solids = 2.7
Unit weight of wat er = 10kN/ m
Sand
GL
5m
P
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St at ement f or Li nked Answer Quest i ons 80 and 81:

A column is support ed on a foot ing as shown in t he figure below. The wat er t able is at a dept h of 10m below
t he base of t he foot ing.














80. The net ult imat e bearing capacit y (kN/ m
2
) of t he foot ing based on Terzaghis bearing capacit y
equat ion is
(A) 216 (B) 432 (C) 630 (D) 846

81. The safe load (kN) t hat t he foot ing can carry wit h a fact or of safet y 3 is
(A) 282 (B) 648 (C) 945 (D) 1269

St at ement f or Li nked Answer Quest i ons 82 and 83 :
An aut omobile wit h proj ect ed area 2.6m
2
is running on a road wit h speed of 120 km per hour. The mass
densit y and t he kinemat ic viscosit y of air are 1.2 kg/ m
3
and 1.5 10
- 5
m
2
/ s, respect ively. The drag coefficient
is 0.30
82. The drag force on t he aut omobile is
(A) 620 N (B) 600 N (C) 580 N (D) 520 N

83. The met ric horse power required t o overcome t he drag force is
(A) 33.23 (B) 31.23 (C) 23.23 (D) 20.23

St at ement f or Li nked Answer Quest i ons 84 and 85 :

A horizont al circular curve wit h a cent re line radius of 200 m is provided on a 2-lane, 2-way SH sect ion. The
widt h of t he 2-lane road of 7.0 m. Design speed for t his sect ion is 80 km per hour. The brake react ion t ime is
2.4 s, and t he coefficient s of frict ion in longit udinal and lat eral direct ions are 0.355 and 0.15, respect ively.

84. The safe st opping sight dist ance on t he sect ion is
(A) 221 m (B) 195 m (C) 125 m (D) 65 m

85. The set -back dist ance from t he cent re line of t he inner lane is
(A) 7.93 m (B) 8.10 m (C) 9.60 m (D) 9.77 m


Foot ing
Column
Sand
Y = 18kN/ m
3

N
q
= 24
N
f
= 20
GL
1.5m 3.0m
1.0m