GATE 2024 CE (CE1) – Previous Year Questions with Solutions
All 65 questions of GATE 2024 CE (CE1) with answers and explanations. Read each question, then practise it by topic or as a full paper.
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- Question 1 – If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simmer → seethe → smolder] is analogous to [break → raze → ]. Which one…
- Question 2 – In a locality, the houses are numbered in the following way: The house-numbers on one side of a road are consecutive odd integers starting from 301,…
- Question 3 – For positive integers p and q, with pq 1, (pq)p/q = p(p/q - 1). Then,
- Question 4 – Which one of the given options is a possible value of x in the following sequence? 3, 7, 15, x, 63, 127, 255
- Question 5 – On a given day, how many times will the second-hand and the minute-hand of a clock cross each other during the clock time 12:05:00 hours to 12:55:00…
- Question 6 – In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)−(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks. From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic…
- Question 7 – Three distinct sets of indistinguishable twins are to be seated at a circular table that has 8 identical chairs. Unique seating arrangements are…
- Question 8 – The chart given below compares the Installed Capacity (MW) of four power generation technologies, T1, T2, T3, and T4, and their Electricity Generation…
- Question 9 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule. 1 1 2 --- --- --- ---…
- Question 10 – During a half-moon phase, the Earth-Moon-Sun form a right triangle. If the Moon-Earth-Sun angle at this half-moon phase is measured to be 89.85°, the…
- Question 11 – The smallest positive root of the equation x5 - 5x4 - 10x3 + 50x2 + 9x - 45 = 0 lies in the range
- Question 12 – The second-order differential equation in an unknown function u: u(x, y) is defined as 2u x2 = 2. Assuming g: g(x), f: f(y), and h: h(y), the general…
- Question 13 – The probability that a student passes only in Mathematics is 13. The probability that the student passes only in English is 49. The probability that…
- Question 14 – The three-dimensional state of stress at a point is given by = pmatrix 10 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 40 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 pmatrix MPa. The maximum shear stress at…
- Question 15 – Concrete of characteristic strength 30 MPa is required. If 40 specimens of concrete cubes are to be tested, the minimum number of specimens having at…
- Question 16 – Consider the statements P and Q. P: Client's Preliminary Estimate is used for budgeting costs toward the end of planning and design phase. Q: Client's…
- Question 17 – The following figure shows the arrangement of formwork for casting a cantilever RC beam. [Figure: a cantilever RC beam projecting from an RC column,…
- Question 18 – A 2 m wide strip footing is founded at a depth of 1.5 m below the ground level in a homogeneous pure clay bed. The clay bed has unit cohesion of 40…
- Question 19 – Consider the statements P and Q. P: Soil particles formed by mechanical weathering, and close to their origin are generally subrounded. Q: Activity of…
- Question 20 – The number of degrees of freedom for a natural open channel flow with a mobile bed is
- Question 21 – The following table gives various components of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and a list of treatment/separation techniques. Component of MSW…
- Question 22 – A car is travelling at a speed of 60 km/hr on a section of a National Highway having a downward gradient of 2%. The driver of the car suddenly…
- Question 23 – As per the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the basic runway length is increased by x (%) for every y (m) raise in elevation from the…
- Question 24 – Which one of the following statements related to bitumen is FALSE?
- Question 25 – If the number of sides resulting in a closed traverse is increased from three to four, the sum of the interior angles increases by
- Question 26 – A surveyor observes a zenith angle of 93° 00' 00" during a theodolite survey. The corresponding vertical angle is
- Question 27 – Among the following statements relating the fundamental lines of a transit theodolite, which one is CORRECT?
- Question 28 – For the following partial differential equation, x2f x2 + y2f y2 = x2 + y22, which of the following option(s) is/are CORRECT?
- Question 29 – The elements that DO NOT increase the strength of structural steel are
- Question 30 – Consider a balanced doubly-reinforced concrete section. If the material and other sectional properties remain unchanged, for which of the following…
- Question 31 – The primary air pollutant(s) is/are
- Question 32 – Consider the data of f(x) given in the table. i 0 1 2 --- --- --- --- x i 1 2 3 f(x i) 0 0.3010 0.4771 The value of f(1.5) estimated using…
- Question 33 – The plane frame shown in the figure has fixed support at joint A, hinge support at joint F, and roller support at joint I. In the figure, A to I…
- Question 34 – An embankment is constructed with soil by maintaining the degree of saturation as 75% during compaction. The specific gravity of soil is 2.68 and the…
- Question 35 – A 30 cm diameter well fully penetrates an unconfined aquifer of saturated thickness 20 m with hydraulic conductivity of 10 m/day. Under the steady…
- Question 36 – What are the eigenvalues of the matrix bmatrix 2 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 4 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 2 bmatrix ?
- Question 37 – A vector field p and a scalar field r are given by p = (2x2 - 3xy + z2)i + (2y2 - 3yz + x2)j + (2z2 - 3xz + x2)k r = 6x2 + 4y2 - z2 - 9xyz - 2xy + 3xz…
- Question 38 – Find the correct match between the plane stress states and the Mohr's circles.
- Question 39 – The beam shown in the figure is subjected to a uniformly distributed downward load of intensity q between supports A and B. [Figure: a beam…
- Question 40 – A homogeneous shaft PQR with fixed supports at both ends is subjected to a torsional moment T at point Q, as shown in the figure. The polar moments of…
- Question 41 – A vertical smooth rigid retaining wall is supporting horizontal ground with dry cohesionless backfill having a friction angle of 30°. The inclinations…
- Question 42 – A flow velocity field V: V(x, y) for a fluid is represented by V = 3i + (5x)j In the context of the fluid and the flow, which one of the following…
- Question 43 – For assessing the compliance with the emissions standards of incineration plants, a correction needs to be applied to the measured concentrations of…
- Question 44 – The free mean speed is 60 km/hr on a given road. The average space headway at jam density on this road is 8 m. For a linear speed-density…
- Question 45 – A map is prepared with a scale of 1: 1000 and a contour interval of 1 m. If the distance between two adjacent contours on the map is 10 mm, the slope…
- Question 46 – Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?
- Question 47 – The return period of a large earthquake for a given region is 200 years. Assuming that earthquake occurrence follows Poisson's distribution, the…
- Question 48 – A 2 m × 2 m tank of 3 m height has inflow, outflow and stirring mechanisms. Initially, the tank was half-filled with fresh water. At t = 0, an inflow…
- Question 49 – The plane truss shown in the figure has 13 joints and 22 members. The truss is made of a homogeneous, prismatic, linearly elastic material. All…
- Question 50 – An inverted T-shaped concrete beam (B1) in the figure, with centroidal axis X − X, is subjected to an effective prestressing force of 1000 kN acting…
- Question 51 – The initial cost of an equipment is Rs. 1,00,000. Its salvage value at the end of accounting life of 5 years is Rs. 10,000. The difference in…
- Question 52 – A slab panel with an effective depth of 250 mm is reinforced with 0.2% main reinforcement using 8 mm diameter steel bars. The uniform center-to-center…
- Question 53 – The total primary consolidation settlement (S c) of a building constructed on a 10 m thick saturated clay layer is estimated to be 50 mm. After 300…
- Question 54 – An infinite slope is made up of cohesionless soil with seepage parallel to and up to the sloping surface. The angle of slope is 30° with respect to…
- Question 55 – A soil sample was consolidated at a cell pressure of 20 kPa and a back pressure of 10 kPa for 24 hours during a consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial…
- Question 56 – The ordinates of a 1-hour unit hydrograph (UH) are given below. Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Ordinates of 1-hour UH (m3/s) 0…
- Question 57 – A standard round bottom triangular canal section as shown in the figure has a bed slope of 1 in 200. Consider the Chezy's coefficient as 150 m1/2/s.…
- Question 58 – A spillway has unit discharge of 7.5 m3/s/m. The flow depth at the downstream horizontal apron is 0.5 m. The tail water depth (in meters) required to…
- Question 59 – A 5 m × 5 m closed tank of 10 m height contains water and oil, and is connected to an overhead water reservoir as shown in the figure. Use w = 10…
- Question 60 – Activated carbon is used to remove a pollutant from wastewater in a mixed batch reactor, which follows first-order reaction kinetics. At a reaction…
- Question 61 – A water treatment plant treats 25 MLD water with a natural alkalinity of 4.0 mg/L (as CaCO 3). It is estimated that, during coagulation of this water,…
- Question 62 – The number of trains and their corresponding speeds for a curved Broad Gauge section with 437 m radius, are • 20 trains travel at a speed of 40 km/hr…
- Question 63 – The figure presents the trajectories of six vehicles within a time-space domain. The number in the parentheses represents unique identification of…
- Question 64 – The following data is obtained from an axle load survey at a site: Average rear axle load = 12000 kg Number of commercial vehicles = 800 per day The…
- Question 65 – A bird is resting on a point P at a height of 8 m above the Mean Sea Level (MSL). Upon hearing a loud noise, the bird flies parallel to the ground…