GATE 2024 CE (CE2) – Previous Year Questions with Solutions
All 65 questions of GATE 2024 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 – If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [drizzle → rain → downpour] is analogous to [ → quarrel → feud]. Which one…
- Question 2 – Statements: 1. All heroes are winners. 2. All winners are lucky people. Inferences: I. All lucky people are heroes. II. Some lucky people are heroes.…
- Question 3 – A student was supposed to multiply a positive real number p with another positive real number q. Instead, the student divided p by q. If the…
- Question 4 – If the sum of the first 20 consecutive positive odd numbers is divided by 202, the result is
- Question 5 – The ratio of the number of girls to boys in class VIII is the same as the ratio of the number of boys to girls in class IX. The total number of…
- Question 6 – In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)−(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks. Yoko Roi stands (i) as an author for standing (ii) as…
- Question 7 – Seven identical cylindrical chalk-sticks are fitted tightly in a cylindrical container. The figure below shows the arrangement of the chalk-sticks…
- Question 8 – The plot below shows the relationship between the mortality risk of cardiovascular disease and the number of steps a person walks per day. Based on…
- Question 9 – Five cubes of identical size and another smaller cube are assembled as shown in Figure A. If viewed from direction X, the planar image of the assembly…
- Question 10 – Visualize a cube that is held with one of the four body diagonals aligned to the vertical axis. Rotate the cube about this axis such that its view…
- Question 11 – A partial differential equation 2T x2 + 2T y2 = 0 is defined for the two-dimensional field T: T(x, y), inside a planar square domain of size 2 m × 2…
- Question 12 – The statements P and Q are related to matrices A and B, which are conformable for both addition and multiplication. P: (A + B)T = AT + BT Q: (AB)T =…
- Question 13 – The second derivative of a function f is computed using the fourth-order Central Divided Difference method with a step length h. The CORRECT…
- Question 14 – The function f(x) = x3 - 27x + 4, 1 x 6 has
- Question 15 – Consider two Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs): P: dydx = x4 + 3x2y2 + 2y4x3y Q: dydx = -y2x2 Which one of the following options is CORRECT?
- Question 16 – A 3 m long, horizontal, rigid, uniform beam PQ has negligible mass. The beam is subjected to a 3 kN concentrated vertically downward force at 1 m from…
- Question 17 – Consider the statements P and Q. P: In a Pure project organization, the project manager maintains complete authority and has maximum control over the…
- Question 18 – For a thin-walled section shown in the figure, points P, Q, and R are located on the major bending axis X−X of the section. Point Q is located on the…
- Question 19 – Consider the following data for a project of 300 days duration. Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) = Rs. 200 Budgeted Cost of Work Performed…
- Question 20 – A simply supported, uniformly loaded, two-way slab panel is torsionally unrestrained. The effective span lengths along the short span (x) and long…
- Question 21 – The structural design method that DOES NOT take into account the safety factors on the design loads is
- Question 22 – The contact pressure distribution shown in the figure belongs to a
- Question 23 – Which one of the following saturated fine-grained soils can attain a negative Skempton's pore pressure coefficient (A)?
- Question 24 – The following figure shows a plot between shear stress and velocity gradient for materials/fluids P, Q, R, S, and T. [Figure: shear stress against…
- Question 25 – What is the CORRECT match between the air pollutants and treatment techniques given in the table? Air pollutants Treatment techniques --- --- P - NO 2…
- Question 26 – Which one of the following products is NOT obtained in anaerobic decomposition of glucose?
- Question 27 – The longitudinal sections of a runway have gradients as shown in the table. End to end for sections of runway (m) Gradient (%) --- --- 0 to 200 +1.0…
- Question 28 – In general, the outer edge is raised above the inner edge in horizontal curves for
- Question 29 – Various stresses in jointed plain concrete pavement with slab size of 3.5 m × 4.5 m are denoted as follows: Wheel load stress at interior = S wli; at…
- Question 30 – For a reconnaissance survey, it is necessary to obtain vertical aerial photographs of a terrain at an average scale of 1: 13000 using a camera. If the…
- Question 31 – What is the CORRECT match between the survey instruments/parts of instruments shown in the table and the operations carried out with them?…
- Question 32 – To finalize the direction of a survey, four surveyors set up a theodolite at a station P and performed all the temporary adjustments. From the station…
- Question 33 – The steel angle section shown in the figure has elastic section modulus of 150.92 cm3 about the horizontal X−X axis, which passes through the centroid…
- Question 34 – A reinforced concrete pile of 10 m length and 0.7 m diameter is embedded in a saturated pure clay with unit cohesion of 50 kPa. If the adhesion factor…
- Question 35 – A 2 m wide rectangular channel is carrying a discharge of 30 m3/s at a bed slope of 1 in 300. Assuming the energy correction factor as 1.1 and…
- Question 36 – In a sample of 100 heart patients, each patient has 80% chance of having a heart attack without medicine X. It is clinically known that medicine X…
- Question 37 – A linearly elastic beam of length 2l with flexural rigidity EI has negligible mass. A massless spring with a spring constant k and a rigid block of…
- Question 38 – A critical activity in a project is estimated to take 15 days to complete at a cost of Rs. 30,000. The activity can be expedited to complete in 12…
- Question 39 – A homogeneous, prismatic, linearly elastic steel bar fixed at both the ends has a slenderness ratio (l/r) of 105, where l is the bar length and r is…
- Question 40 – Consider the statements P and Q related to the analysis/design of retaining walls. P: When a rough retaining wall moves toward the backfill, the wall…
- Question 41 – A round-bottom triangular lined canal is to be laid at a slope of 1 in 1500, to carry a discharge of 25 m3/s. The side slopes of the canal…
- Question 42 – A hypothetical multimedia filter, consisting of anthracite particles (specific gravity: 1.50), silica sand (specific gravity: 2.60), and ilmenite sand…
- Question 43 – The consolidated data of a spot speed study for a certain stretch of a highway is given in the table. Speed range (kmph) Number of observations ---…
- Question 44 – Three vectors p, q, and r are given as p = i + j + k, q = i + 2j + 3k, r = 2i + 3j + 4k Which of the following is/are CORRECT?
- Question 45 – Consider the statements P, Q, and R. P: Compacted fine-grained soils with flocculated structure have isotropic permeability. Q: Phreatic surface/line…
- Question 46 – In the context of pavement material characterization, the CORRECT statement(s) is/are
- Question 47 – The expression for computing the effective interest rate (i eff) using continuous compounding for a nominal interest rate of 5% is i eff = m (1 +…
- Question 48 – Consider two matrices A = bmatrix 2 & 1 & 4 \\ 1 & 0 & 3 bmatrix and B = bmatrix -1 & 0 \\ 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 bmatrix. The determinant of the matrix AB is…
- Question 49 – For the 6 m long horizontal cantilever beam PQR shown in the figure, Q is the mid-point. Segment PQ of the beam has flexural rigidity EI = 2 105 kN.m2…
- Question 50 – The horizontal beam PQRS shown in the figure has a fixed support at point P, an internal hinge at point Q, and a pin support at point R. A…
- Question 51 – A concrete column section of size 300 mm × 500 mm as shown in the figure is subjected to both axial compression and bending along the major axis. The…
- Question 52 – The table shows the activities and their durations and dependencies in a project. Activity Duration (Days) Depends on --- --- --- A 8 - B 4 A C 4 B D…
- Question 53 – A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of…
- Question 54 – The in-situ percentage of voids of a sand deposit is 50%. The maximum and minimum densities of sand determined from the laboratory tests are 1.8 g/cm3…
- Question 55 – A drained triaxial test was conducted on a saturated sand specimen using a stress-path triaxial testing system. The specimen failed when the axial…
- Question 56 – A storm with a recorded precipitation of 11.0 cm, as shown in the table, produced a direct run-off of 6.0 cm. Time from start (hours) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8…
- Question 57 – A 500 m long water distribution pipeline P with diameter 1.0 m, is used to convey 0.1 m3/s of flow. A new pipeline Q, with the same length and flow…
- Question 58 – A 2 m × 1.5 m tank of 6 m height is provided with a 100 mm diameter orifice at the center of its base. The orifice is plugged and the tank is filled…
- Question 59 – A rectangular channel is 4.0 m wide and carries a discharge of 2.0 m3/s with a depth of 0.4 m. The channel transitions to a maximum width contraction…
- Question 60 – A circular settling tank is to be designed for primary treatment of sewage at a flow rate of 10 million liters/day. Assume a detention period of 2.0…
- Question 61 – An organic waste is represented as C 240O 200H 180N 5S. (Atomic weights: S-32, H-1, C-12, O-16, N-14). Assume complete conversion of S to SO 2 while…
- Question 62 – A horizontal curve of radius 1080 m (with transition curves on either side) in a Broad Gauge railway track is designed and constructed for an…
- Question 63 – A vertical summit curve on a freight corridor is formed at the intersection of two gradients, +3.0% and −5.0%. Assume the following: Only large-sized…
- Question 64 – A child walks on a level surface from point P to point Q at a bearing of 30°, from point Q to point R at a bearing of 90° and then directly returns to…
- Question 65 – Differential levelling is carried out from point P (BM: +200.000 m) to point R. The readings taken are given in the table. Points Back Sight Fore…