Civil Engineering :: GATE Exam Questions
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A pre-tensioned concrete member of section 200 mm x 250 mm contains tendons of area 500 mm2 at centre of gravity of the section. The prestress in the tendons is 1000 N/mm2. Assuming modular ratio as 10, the stress (N/mm2) in concrete is
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A river 5 m deep consists of a sand bed with saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m3 . vw = 9.81 kN/m3. The effective vertical stress at 5 m from the top of sand bed is
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Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of waste water is a measure of
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The effective width of a reinforced concrete T beam flange under compression, according to IS : 456-1978, given I0 is the distance between the adjacent zero moment points, b is the breadth of the rib and D is the thickness of the flange, is
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In using the data from a plate bearing test for determining the modulus of subgrade reaction, the value of settlement to be used is :
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The net effective cross sectional area calculated in the steel angle tension member design, accounts for:
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A light house of 120 m height is just visible above the horizon from a ship. The correct distance (m) between the ship and the light house considering combined correction for curvature and refraction, is
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Water distribution systems are sized to meet the
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Determine the correctness of otherwise of the following Assertion [A] and the Reason [R].
Assertion [A] : The crown of the outgoing larger diameter sewer is always matched with the crown of incoming smaller diameter sewer.
Reason [R] : It eliminates backing up of sewage in the incoming smaller diameter sewer.