Branch: Civil Engineering

Time: 3 Hours GATE Full Length Mock Test - E Marks: 100

Read the following instructions carefully.

01. (i) Question Numbers 01 to 25 (25 questions) will carry one mark each.
(ii) Question numbers 26 to 55 (30 questions) will carry two marks each.
(iii) Question Numbers 56 to 60 (5 questions) will carry one mark each.
(iv) Question numbers 61 to 65 (5 questions) will carry two marks each.
02. Wrong answers carry 33% negative marks. (i.e., 0.33 marks for one mark & 0.66 marks for two marks)
However, there is no negative marking for Numerical Answer Type questions.

GROUP – I 03. A shear vane of 7.5 cm diameter and 11.0 cm

Each question carries One mark length was used to measure the shear
25  1 = 25 strength of soft clay. A torque of 600 kg. cm
was required to shear the soil. The vane was
01. Soil particles spherical in shape are poured in then rotated rapidly to cause remoulding of
to a liquid medium. If after some time the the soil. The torque required in the
soil particles attain a constant velocity of 0.4 remoulded state was 200 kg-cm. The clay
mm/s. Then the diameter of soil solid according to sensitivity criteria is classified
particles should be ______ (mm) as
(A) Insensitive clay (B) Normal clay
02. A prestressed concrete beam is post (C) Sensitive clay (D) Quick clay
tensioned by a cable to an initial prestress of
1000MPa. At the jacking end, slip was 04. Soil compacted to dry of optimum as
observed as 7mm. The ratio of percentage compared to that wet of the optimum
loss of stress due to anchorage slip if the (A) has less permeability
length of the beam is 20m to that of 5m. (B) swells less
(A) 0.25 (B) 4 (C) shrinks less
(C) 1 (D) 2 (D) has less resistance to compression

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05. The degree of freedom of the continuous 6 kN/m2

beam shown below. Assume that the beam is
inextensible P
A B C 5m
D
24 kN/m2
(A) 5 (B) 7
(C) 9 (D) 11 (A) 12 kN (B) 9 kN
(C) 6 kN (D) 3 kN
06. A beam AB is simply supported over a span
of 15 m. An udl of 25 kN/m intensity and 5 x 3/ 2  y3/ 2
10. If u then the value of
m length moves over the beam from end A to 4x  y
B. Calculate the maximum shear force at u u
x y is
section ‘c’. x y
(A) 29.17 kN (B) 54.167 kN (A) u (B) 2 u
(C) 24.99 kN (D) None of the above u 2
(C) (D)
2 u
07. The following type of levelling cannot be
done with a dumpy level 11. A 300 mm diameter friction pile is embedded
(A) Differential levelling 9 m into a homogeneous clayey deposit with
(B) Reciprocal levelling unconfined compressive strength of 80
(C) Trigonometric levelling kN/m2 and shear mobilization factor of 0.5.
(D) Profile levelling Using a factor of safety of 3, the allowable
load on the pile is_________(kN).
08. If A is a 4  4 matrix whose determinant is 5
then the value of the determinant of adjoint 12. The type of the partial differential equation
matrix of a matrix A4  4 is ____.  2u  2u  2u
4   3  5u = 0 is
x 2 y 2 xy
09. The active pressure distribution of a 5 m (A) Parabolic (B) Elliptic
retaining wall is shown in figure below. If (C) Hyperbolic (D) None of these
the depth of tension zone is 1m, then the .
difference between active force after 13. An airport is proposed at an elevation of
formation of crack and before formation of 440 m above the mean sea level. If the basic
crack is length of runway is 1260 m. Then the
corrected runway length for elevation is
_______ (m) (rounded to nearest integer)

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14. A vehicle moving at 70 kmph was stopped 18. A safe and wholesome water is the one
by applying brake and the length of skid which is
mark was 24.7 m. If the break efficiency of (A) unpolluted and free from diseases
the vehicle is assumed 97%, then the producing bacteria
retardation developed in the process of (B) unpolluted, free from disease producing
breaking is __________ m/sec2 (rounded bacteria and toxic substance as well as
upto two decimal places) excessive amounts of minerals and
organic matter.
15. The formation width of a double lane NH (C) unpolluted
embankment is (D) unpolluted, free from disease producing
(A) 7 m (B) 7.5 m bacteria and toxic substances
(C) 11 m (D) 12m (or) more
19. The phenolic compounds in public water
16. A colony of population 30,000 discards solid supply should not be more than
waste at a rate of 1.5kg per capita per day. (A) 0.1 ppm (B) 0.01 ppm
The components of solid waste and their (C) 0.001 ppm (D) 0.0001 ppm
densities are as below:
20. Match the following pairs
Type of solid Density
P (%) Column – I
waste (kg/m3) P. Francis turbine
Food waste 35% 800 Q. Kaplan turbine
Paper waste 15% 110 R. Pelton wheel
S. Hydroelectric power plant
Leather 10% 125
Fruit waste 20% 950 Column – II
1. Penstock
Other waste 20% 650
2. Adjustable guide vanes
3. Spear nozzle
Estimate the volume occupied by the solid 4. Adjustable runner vanes
waste (in m3)
P Q R S
17. Suppose that P(x = 2) = p(x = 3) given that x (A) 4 2 1 3
has poisson distribution. Then, P(x  0) (B) 2 4 3 1
equals (C) 1 4 2 3
(A) e–3 (B) 1 – e–3 (D) 3 4 1 2
(C) 1 – e–2.5 (D) e–2.5

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21. Excess of alumina in brick earth makes the 25. One day rainfall of 12 cm at a place ‘X’ was
brick found to have a return period of 100 years.
(A) Impermeable The probability that a one-day rainfall of this
(B) Brittle and weak (or) longer magnitude will not occur at all
(C) To lose cohesion ‘X’ during the next 50 years.
(D) To crack and warp on drying (A) 40% (B) 60%
(C) 50% (D) 55%
22. Due to attack of dry rot, the timber
(A) Cracks (B) Shrinks
(C) Reduces to powder (D) None of these GROUP – II
Each question carries Two marks
23. The state of stress at a point is shown on 30  2 = 60
element in the figure below
60 MPa 26. If the plate load test shows settlement of
xy = 30 MPa
plate as 15 mm, for a 400 mm wide plate
then how much more settlement a footing of
45 MPa width 1.2m will have for a clayey soil
compared to sandy soil
(A) 74.4 mm (B) 45.6 mm
The major principal stress (in MPa) at the (C) 15.6 mm (D) 12.4 mm
point as
(A) 67.8 MPa (B) 53 MPa 27. A simply supported beam of span 4000 mm is
(C) 47 MPa (D) 58.2 MPa loaded with a uniformly distributed load of
50 kN/m. fy for the material is 250 MPa.
24. Which one of the following is the incorrect Which rolled steel section is required?
statement about infiltration curve
(A) The surface runoff is equal to the Steel table
difference between the rainfall and the I-Section Z in cm3
infiltration that occurs during the period
ISMB 500 1808.67
of rainfall excess
(B) Rainfall simulators usually give higher ISMB 400 1022.90
values of infiltration than those given by ISMB 300 606.06
infiltrometers ISMB 600 3060.4
(C) The actual rain-drop impact is simulated
in double ring infiltrometer (A) ISMB 500 (B) ISMB 400
(D) All of the above (C) ISMB 300 (D) ISMB 600

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28. The plan of a proposed spoil heap is shown 30. In order to determine the bulk density of a
in the figure below. The heap will stand on a soil insitu, 4.7 kg of soil was extracted from
thick deposit of soft clay with elastic a hole at the surface of the soil. The hole
modulus of 15 MN/m2 and Poisson’s ratio of required 3.65 kg of loose dry sand for its
0.5. The uniform pressure on the soil may be filling. If it takes 6.75 kg of the same sand to
assumed as 150 kN/m2. What is the fill a calibrating can of 4.5 litre capacity, the
immediate settlement under the point marked bulk density of the soil is ________ (kN/m3)
X at the surface of the soil.
40 m 31. The solution of differential equation
x2y – 2 xy + 2y = 8 interms of arbitrary
constant c1 and c2 is
(A) y = c1 x + c2 x2 + 4
120 m 20 m (B) y = c1 x + c2 x2 + 2
X c
(C) y  1  c 2 x  2
40 m x
c
(D) y  1  c 2 x  4
Influence factor for vertical displacement due x
to elastic compression
Rectangular If 32. A 20 m thick isotropic clay stratum overlies
(L/B) Centre Corner an impervious rock. If coefficient of
1 1.12 0.56 consolidation of soil is 5 × 10–4 cm2/sec, then
1.5 1.36 0.68 how much more years it will take for 90%
2 1.53 0.77 consolidation from 50% consolidation.
5 2.1 0.05 (A) 50 years (B) 213 years
10 2.52 1.23 (C) 115 years (D) 165 years
100 3.38 1.69
33. A uniform simply supported beam is
(A) 0.168 m (B) 0.231 m subjected to clockwise moments at both end
(C) 0.515 m (D) 0.624 m A and B is 2, then the ratio of applied
moments at A and B will be
29. If an object moves along the line segment (A) 1.25 (B) 1.5 (C) 2 (D) 4
from (0, 0, 0) to (3, 6, 10) subject to the force
f  x 2 i  y 2 j  z 2 k then the work done by 34. The minimum value of the function
force is 4 x2 + 9y2 + 8x – 36 y + 24 is
1243 (A) – 16 (B) 16
(A) (B) 1243
3 1 1
(C) (D)
3 1 16 16
(C) (D)
1243 1243
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35. The cross sectional area of three sections of Pan evaporation = 20 cm

an embankment at an interval of 20 m are 25 Average seepage discharge = 1,640,000 m3
m2, 67 m2, and 110 m2. The volume The average rainfall during that month is
according to trapezoidal rule is _____
(A) 8260 m3 (B) 2753.33 m3 (A) 26.56 cm (B) 16.56 cm
(C) 5430.81 m3 (D) 2790 m3 (C) 10 cm (D) 8.28 cm

36. The moisture content of soil in the root zone
of an agricultural crop at certain stage is
found to be 0.08, the field capacity of the soil
is 0.2. The root zone depth is 1.4 m. The
consumptive use of crop at this stage is 3
mm/day and there is no percolation during
this period. Irrigation efficiency is 65% it is
intended to raise the moisture content to the
field capacity in 9 days through irrigation.
The necessary depth of irrigation is (Assume
s = 1.4)
(A) 360 mm (B) 398 mm
(C) 340 mm (D) 380 mm
39. A BG railway curved track have ‘cant’ of 15
cm. If the maximum design speed on curve is
90 kmph, the length of transition curve is
______ (m). (rounded upto nearest integer)
40. Three vehicles are traversing a 1-mile
segment of a highway and the following
observation is made:
Vehicle A : 2 min
Vehicle B : 5 min
Vehicle C : 5 min
The average travel speed of the three vehicle
is __________ mile/hr

37. Four persons P, Q, R and S take turns (in the 41. A 60 cm high, 40 cm diameter cylindrical
sequence P, Q, R, S, P, Q, R, S, P, ......) in water tank is being transported on a level
rolling a fair die. The first person to get a six road. The highest acceleration anticipated is
wins. The probability that S wins is 4 m/s2. The allowable initial water height in
125 125 the tank if no water is to spill out during
(A) (B)
671 571 acceleration is
125 125 (A) 8.2 cm (B) 45.2 cm
(C) (D)
471 371 (C) 51.8 cm (D) 40.2 cm

38. Following observation were made for 42. Water flows through a 15cm diameter
conducting the water budget of a reservoir horizontal pipe at a rate of 0.06m3/s and a
over a period of one month of 30 days pressure drop of 30kPa per 30m of the pipe is
Average surface area = 20 km2 measured. The friction factor is _________.
Mean surface inflow rate = 12 m3/sec
Reduction in storage = 15,000,000 m3 43. A shallow wide rectangular channel has a
Pan evaporation coefficient = 0.78 flow of 3000 m3/sec with a velocity of 2
Mean surface outflow rate = 18 m3/sec m/sec. Manning’s coefficient (n) for the river
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is 0.025. If a hydraulic model with vertical maximum shear stress theory, the minimum
scale 1:50 and horizontal scale of 1:1000, is diameter of the bar is ______ mm
to be built, what would be the Manning’s
coefficient (n) for the model _____ × 10–2 49. The shear force diagram for the beam shown
is 12 kN/m
44. What is the intake per sec of a bell mouth
canal intake for a city of 1,25,000 Persons,
drawing water from a canal which runs only
2m 1m
for 12 hours a day. Take average 10 kN
consumption per person as 135 lpcd
(A) 0.195 m3 (B) 16.875 m3
(A) (B)
(C) 0.391 m3 (D) 1.406 m3 18 kN
8 kN
12 kN
2 kN
45. In an industry, a machine emitting a sound of 2 kN

pressure 455 bar. The noise produced by the

machine is ___________dB. 8 kN
(C) 8 kN (D)
2 kN
46. The oxidation pond is designed for a hot 2 kN
4 kN
climatic residential colony with 6000
persons, contributing sewage at 150 litres per
8 kN
capita per day. The 5-day BOD of sewage is 8 kN

250 mg/l. Considering OLR of 300

kg/ha/day, and effective depth as 1.2 m, The
capacity of the oxidation pond is____(in m3)
47. A couple of rapid gravity filters with under
drainage system of a central manifold pipe
with laterals is used for treating water
required for a population of 75,000. The rate
of supply is 160 litres per day per person. If
the filters are rated to work 5000 litres per
hour per sq.m. then the area of the
perforations of laterals in sq.m is _______.
50. A slender bar AB with pinned ends is held
between immovable supports as shown in the
figure below.
Increase in temperature (T) of the bar that
will produce buckling at the Euler’s load is
_____(C) (rounded upto 2 decimal places)
A
L

48. A circular bar is subjected to bending

moment of 10 kN.m and torque of 30 kN.m. B

The yield stress of material is 250 Mpa.

Taking factor of safety as 2 and using
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Given used and shear strength of concrete is

L=4m 0.5MPa, effective cover is 50mm. The shear
 = 12  10–6/C force for which the stirrups are to be
d = 100 mm designed is
Where  - coefficient of thermal expansion (A) 253.75kN (B)126.875kN
d = diameter of the bar (C) 93.34kN (D) 160.41kN

51 A square beam placed such that neutral axis 55. Stiffness matrix for the frame shown below
is parallel to side of square and side 200 mm with co ordinate system is
1
is subjected to a maximum shear force of 100 2I E
2
kN. The maximum shear stress is 4m
(A) 3.33 MPa (B) 2.5 MPa
(C) 2.8 MPa (D) 3.75 MPa
2I 5 m

52. One cubic metre of cement concrete (1: 2: 4)

is to be mixed by volume. Number of cement A
bags of 50 kg required will be ____.
(Rounded to nearest integer) 2EI EI  1.55EI EI 
(A)   (B) 
 EI 2EI  EI 2EI

53. A fixed rectangular beam of size 200mm  3.6EI EI  3.6EI EI 

(D) 
2EI
(C) 
400 mm (effective depth) is reinforced with
 EI EI   EI
bars of Fe415 grade steel is designed as
balanced section. The beam is made of M25
grade concrete. The maximum permissible
value of service load (including self weight)
in “kN/m” that can be imposed on the beam
of span 6m is
(A) 16.36 kN/m (B) 4.083 kN/m
(C) 24.53kN/m (D) 49.06kN/m

54. A reinforced concrete beam of size 350mm 

550mm (effective) is reinforced with 4 Nos
of 20mm bar diameter out of which 2 bars
are bent up at 45o near the supports. The
factored shear force at supports is 350kN.
M25 grade concrete and Fe415 grade steel is

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General Aptitude 59. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is

GROUP – III 36. Find the sum of the squares of these
Each question carries One mark numbers.
(A) 388 (B) 252
51=5
(C) 344 (D) 296

56. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs.

60. The calendar for the year 2005 will be the
He was ________ by the insult and spun
same for the year
round to face his enemy.
(A) 2011 (B) 2012
(A) sting (B) stood
(C) 2014 (D) 2007
(C) stung (D) hit
.

57. Each item in this section has a sentence with

GROUP – IV
three underlined parts labelled (A), (B) and
Each question carries Two marks
(C). Read each sentence to find out whether
there is any error in any underlined part and 5  2 = 10
indicate your response on the Answer Sheet
against the corresponding letter i.e., (A), (B), 61. The length of a rectangle is increased by 50%
(C). If you find no error, your response and the breadth by 60%. Then the perimeter
should be indicated as (D). of the rectangle will increase by what per
cent.
Please note that the interview for the post (A) 56 (B) 25
(A) (B) (C) 26 (D) Data Inadequate

shall be held on June 15, 2019 between 10.00 62. Find the compound interest on Rs. 7500 at
a.m. to 2.00 p.m. No error. 4% per annum for 2 years, compounded
(C) (D) annually.
(A) Rs. 610 (B) Rs.612
58. The following question has a pair of (C) Rs.614 (D) Rs.616
capitalized words followed by four pair of
words. Choose the pair which best expresses 63. The ratio between the present ages of P and
the relationship similar to that expressed in Q is 6 :7. If Q is 4 years old than P, what will
the capitalized pair. be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4
years?
SUGGEST : DEMAND (A) 3 : 4 (B) 3 : 5
(C) 7 : 8 (D) 4 : 8
(A) Deny : Request (B) Question : Ask
(C) Give : Receive (D) Take : Grab
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64. The line chart given below shows the 65. The Marketing Department of Dello Motors
expenditure on clothes (in 000') for the given released the following advertisement.
years. “Dello Motors manufacture the safest cars.
Last year Auto Re-Search a reputed
magazine, reported that in the last five years
Dello Cars were involved in at least 20%
fewer accidents than cars built by any other
manufacturer.”
What does this ad unfairly infer?
(A) Dello Motors follow better safety
systems while manufacturing.
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
(B) If a brand of car is involved in fewer
accidents it is an indicator of safety.
Expenditure in year 2016 is how much (C) The report published by Auto Re-Search
percent more than the expenditure in year has in-built bias in it.
2015? (D) Dello cars manufactured this year are as
(A) 19.07 (B) 23.57 safe as the cars manufactured last year.
(C) 21.16 (D) 17.64

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