GATE 2025 CE (CE2) – Previous Year Questions with Solutions
All 65 questions of GATE 2025 CE (CE2) with answers and explanations. Read each question, then practise it by topic or as a full paper.
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- Question 1 – Even though I had planned to go skiing with my friends, I had to at the last moment because of an injury. Select the most appropriate option to…
- Question 2 – The President, along with the Council of Ministers, to visit India next week. Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.
- Question 3 – An electricity utility company charges ₹ 7 per kWh (kilo watt-hour). If a 40-watt desk light is left on for 10 hours each night for 180 days, what…
- Question 4 – In the context of the given figure, which one of the following options correctly represents the entries in the blocks labelled (i), (ii), (iii), and…
- Question 5 – A bag contains Violet (V), Yellow (Y), Red (R), and Green (G) balls. On counting them, the following results are obtained: (i) The sum of Yellow balls…
- Question 6 – "His life was divided between the books, his friends, and long walks. A solitary man, he worked at all hours without much method, and probably courted…
- Question 7 – For the clock shown in the figure, if O* = O\ Q\ S\ Z\ P\ R\ T, and X* = X\ Z\ P\ W\ Y\ O\ Q, then which one among the given options is most…
- Question 8 – Consider a five-digit number PQRST that has distinct digits P, Q, R, S, and T, and satisfies the following conditions: P < Q S > P > T R < T If…
- Question 9 – A business person buys potatoes of two different varieties P and Q, mixes them in a certain ratio and sells them at ₹ 192 per kg. The cost of the…
- Question 10 – Three villages P, Q, and R are located in such a way that the distance PQ = 13 km, QR = 14 km, and RP = 15 km. A straight road joins Q and R. It is…
- Question 11 – For the matrix [A] given below, the transpose is . [A] = bmatrix 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 1 & 4 & 5 \\ 4 & 3 & 2 bmatrix
- Question 12 – Integration of (x) with x i.e., (x)\,dx = .
- Question 13 – Consider the following statements (P) and (Q): (P): Fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag can be used as mineral admixtures in concrete.…
- Question 14 – Consider the pin-jointed truss shown in the figure. Influence line is drawn for the axial force in the member G-I, when a unit load travels on the…
- Question 15 – The most suitable test for measuring the permeability of clayey soils in the laboratory is .
- Question 16 – A hydraulic jump occurs in an open channel when the slope of the channel changes from .
- Question 17 – The bacteria mainly responsible for crown corrosion in a sewer is .
- Question 18 – The recommended minimum traffic growth rate and design period considered for structural design of flexible pavements for national highways in India as…
- Question 19 – After applying the correction for elevation and temperature, the runway length is 700 m. The corrected runway length (in m) for an effective gradient…
- Question 20 – The point where the road alignment changes from a tangent to a curve is known as .
- Question 21 – Consider a velocity vector, V in (x, y, z) coordinates given below. Pick one or more CORRECT statements(s) from the choices given below. V = ux + vy
- Question 22 – Given that A and B are not null sets, which of the following statements regarding probability is/are CORRECT?
- Question 23 – In the context of construction materials, which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?
- Question 24 – Which of the following statements is/are INCORRECT?
- Question 25 – Pick one or more CORRECT statement(s) from the choices given below, in the context of upstream and downstream cut-offs provided below the concrete…
- Question 26 – In the context of the effect of drainage density on the run-off generation and the hydrograph at the catchment outlet, all other factors remaining the…
- Question 27 – Identify the treatment technology/technologies NOT recommended for highly biodegradable organic solid wastes.
- Question 28 – Which of the following statements is/are INCORRECT?
- Question 29 – The "order" of the following ordinary differential equation is . d3ydx3 + (d2ydx2)6 + (dydx)4 + y = 0
- Question 30 – The design shear strength of a reinforced concrete rectangular beam with a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm, is 0.3 MPa. The torsional…
- Question 31 – From a flow-net diagram drawn under a concrete dam, following information are obtained: (i) The head difference between upstream and downstream side…
- Question 32 – A 6 m thick clay stratum has drainage at both its top and bottom surface due to the presence of sand strata. The time to complete 50% consolidation is…
- Question 33 – Consider steady flow of water in the series pipe system shown below, with specified discharge. The diameters of Pipes A and B are 2 m and 1 m,…
- Question 34 – Free residual chlorine concentration in water was measured to be 2 mg/l (as Cl 2). The pH of water is 8.5. By using the chemical equation given below,…
- Question 35 – A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of 1 cm = 40 m and the result was 468 m. Later, it was discovered…
- Question 36 – Pick the CORRECT solution for the following differential equation dydx = ex-y
- Question 37 – A circular tube of thickness 10 mm and diameter 250 mm is welded to a flat plate using 5 mm fillet weld along the circumference. Assume Fe410 steel…
- Question 38 – The figure shows a propped cantilever with uniform flexural rigidity EI (in N.m2) and subjected to a moment M (in N.m). Consider forces and…
- Question 39 – Let the state of stress at a point in a body be the difference of two plane states of stress shown in the figure. Consider all the possible planes…
- Question 40 – Consider a reinforced concrete beam section of 350 mm width and 600 mm depth. The beam is reinforced with the tension steel of 800 mm2 area at an…
- Question 41 – For a partially saturated soil deposit at a construction site, water content (w) is 15%, degree of saturation (S) is 67%, void ratio (e) is 0.6 and…
- Question 42 – Consider flow in a long and very wide rectangular open channel. Width of the channel can be considered as infinity compared to the depth of flow.…
- Question 43 – Match the following in Column I with Column II. Column I Column II --- --- (1) Vehicle Damage Factor A. Stability of subgrade soil (2) Passenger Car…
- Question 44 – Consider the function given below and pick one or more CORRECT statement(s) from the following choices. f(x) = x3 - 152x2 + 18x + 20
- Question 45 – Pick the CORRECT eigen value(s) of the matrix [A] from the following choices. [A] = bmatrix 6 & 8 \\ 4 & 2 bmatrix
- Question 46 – In the pin-jointed truss shown in the figure, the members that carry zero force are identified. Which of the following options is/are zero-force…
- Question 47 – In the context of shear strength of soil, which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?
- Question 48 – The drag force, F D on a sphere due to a fluid flowing past the sphere is a function of viscosity, , the mass density, , the velocity of flow, V, and…
- Question 49 – A compound has a general formula C aH bO cN d and molecular weight 187. A 935 mg/l solution of the compound is prepared in distilled deionized water.…
- Question 50 – The free flow speed of a highway is 100 km/h and its capacity is 4000 vehicle/h. Assume speed density relation is linear. For a traffic volume of 2000…
- Question 51 – Consider a discrete random variable X whose probabilities are given below. The standard deviation of the random variable is (round off to one decimal…
- Question 52 – A steel beam supported by three parallel pin-jointed steel rods is shown in the figure. The moment of inertia of the beam is 8 107 mm4. Take modulus…
- Question 53 – The figure shows a network diagram for a construction project. The activities A, B, C, D, E, and F are represented by arrows and their durations are…
- Question 54 – A reinforced concrete beam has a support section with width of 300 mm and effective depth of 500 mm. The support section is reinforced with 3 bars of…
- Question 55 – The bank of a canal has the profile shown in the figure. The material is a homogeneous clay with a bulk unit weight of 20 kN/m3, undrained cohesion of…
- Question 56 – A designer used plate load test to obtain the value of the bearing capacity factor N . A circular plate of 1 m diameter was placed on the surface of a…
- Question 57 – A 4 4 group pile, with each pile 20 m long and 500 mm in diameter, is installed in a square pattern in a clayey soil, as shown in the figure. The…
- Question 58 – A 60 cm diameter well completely penetrates a confined aquifer of permeability 5 10-4 m/s. The length of the strainer (spanning the entire thickness…
- Question 59 – The peak of flood hydrograph due to a 3-hour duration storm in a catchment is 180 m3/s. The total rainfall depth is 6.6 cm. It can be assumed that the…
- Question 60 – The shaft of a 6 m wide gate in the figure will fail at a moment of 3924 kN.m about the hinge P. The maximum value of water depth h (in m) that the…
- Question 61 – The analyses results of a water sample are given below. The non-carbonate hardness of the water (in mg/L) as CaCO 3 is (in integer). Ca2+ = 150 mg/L…
- Question 62 – A community generates 1 million litres/day (MLD) of wastewater. This wastewater is treated using activated sludge process (ASP). The working volume of…
- Question 63 – A settling chamber is used for the removal of discrete particulate matter from air with following conditions. Horizontal velocity of air = 0.2 m/s;…
- Question 64 – On a two-lane highway, a horizontal curve of radius 300 m is provided. The design speed is 80 km/h. If the longest wheelbase of vehicle expected on…
- Question 65 – If the Fore Bearing of the lines AB and BC are 60° and 122°, respectively, then the interior angle ABC (in degrees) is (round off to the nearest…