GATE 2023 CE (CE2) – Previous Year Questions with Solutions
All 65 questions of GATE 2023 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 – The line ran the page, right through the centre, and divided the page into two.
- Question 2 – Kind : : : Often : Seldom (By word meaning)
- Question 3 – In how many ways can cells in a 33 grid be shaded, such that each row and each column have exactly one shaded cell? An example of one valid shading is…
- Question 4 – There are 4 red, 5 green, and 6 blue balls inside a box. If N number of balls are picked simultaneously, what is the smallest value of N that…
- Question 5 – Consider a circle with its centre at the origin (O), as shown. Two operations are allowed on the circle. Operation 1: Scale independently along the x…
- Question 6 – Elvesland is a country that has peculiar beliefs and practices. They express almost all their emotions by gifting flowers. For instance, if anyone…
- Question 7 – Three husband-wife pairs are to be seated at a circular table that has six identical chairs. Seating arrangements are defined only by the relative…
- Question 8 – Based only on the following passage, which one of the options can be inferred with certainty? When the congregation sang together, Apenyo would also…
- Question 9 – If x satisfies the equation 48x=256, then x is equal to .
- Question 10 – Consider a spherical globe rotating about an axis passing through its poles. There are three points P, Q, and R situated respectively on the equator,…
- Question 11 – Let be a scalar field, and u be a vector field. Which of the following identities is true for div( u)?
- Question 12 – Which of the following probability distribution functions (PDFs) has the mean greater than the median?
- Question 13 – A remote village has exactly 1000 vehicles with sequential registration numbers starting from 1000. Out of the total vehicles, 30% are without…
- Question 14 – A circular solid shaft of span L = 5 m is fixed at one end and free at the other end. A torque T = 100 kN.m is applied at the free end. The shear…
- Question 15 – M20 concrete as per IS 456: 2000 refers to concrete with a design mix having .
- Question 16 – When a simply-supported elastic beam of span L and flexural rigidity EI (E is the modulus of elasticity and I is the moment of inertia of the section)…
- Question 17 – Muller-Breslau principle is used in analysis of structures for .
- Question 18 – A standard penetration test (SPT) was carried out at a location by using a manually operated hammer dropping system with 50% efficiency. The recorded…
- Question 19 – A vertical sheet pile wall is installed in an anisotropic soil having coefficient of horizontal permeability, k H and coefficient of vertical…
- Question 20 – Identify the cross-drainage work in the figure.
- Question 21 – Which one of the following options provides the correct match of the terms listed in Column-1 and Column-2? Column-1 Column-2 --- --- P: Horton…
- Question 22 – In the context of Municipal Solid Waste Management, ‘Haul’ in ‘Hauled Container System operated in conventional mode’ includes the .
- Question 23 – Which of the following is equal to the stopping sight distance?
- Question 24 – The magnetic bearing of the sun for a location at noon is 183° 30′. If the sun is exactly on the geographic meridian at noon, the magnetic declination…
- Question 25 – For the matrix [A]=bmatrix1&-1&0\\-1&2&-1\\0&-1&1bmatrix, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Question 26 – In the frame shown in the figure (not to scale), all four members (AB, BC, CD, and AD) have the same length and same constant flexural rigidity. All…
- Question 27 – With regard to the shear design of RCC beams, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Question 28 – The reason(s) of the nonuniform elastic settlement profile below a flexible footing, resting on a cohesionless soil while subjected to uniform…
- Question 29 – Which of the following is/are NOT active disinfectant(s) in water treatment?
- Question 30 – As per the Indian Roads Congress guidelines (IRC 86: 2018), extra widening depends on which of the following parameters?
- Question 31 – The steady-state temperature distribution in a square plate ABCD is governed by the 2-dimensional Laplace equation. The side AB is kept at a…
- Question 32 – An unconfined compression strength test was conducted on a cohesive soil. The test specimen failed at an axial stress of 76 kPa. The undrained…
- Question 33 – The pressure in a pipe at X is to be measured by an open manometer as shown in figure. Fluid A is oil with a specific gravity of 0.8 and Fluid B is…
- Question 34 – For the elevation and temperature data given in the table, the existing lapse rate in the environment is °C/100 m (round off to two decimal places).…
- Question 35 – If the size of the ground area is 6 km × 3 km and the corresponding photo size in the aerial photograph is 30 cm × 15 cm, then the scale of the…
- Question 36 – The solution of the differential equation d3ydx3-5.5d2ydx2+9.5dydx-5y=0 is expressed as y=C 1e2.5x+C 2e x+C 3e x, where C 1,C 2,C 3,, are constants,…
- Question 37 – Two vectors [2,1,0,3]T and [1,0,1,2]T belong to the null space of a 44 matrix of rank 2. Which one of the following vectors also belongs to the null…
- Question 38 – Cholesky decomposition is carried out on the following square matrix [A]=bmatrix8&-5\\-5&a 22bmatrix. Let l ij and a ij be the (i,j)th elements of…
- Question 39 – In a two-dimensional stress analysis, the state of stress at a point is shown in the figure. The values of length of PQ, QR, and RP are 4, 3, and 5…
- Question 40 – Two plates are connected by fillet welds of size 10 mm and subjected to tension, as shown in the figure. The thickness of each plate is 12 mm. The…
- Question 41 – In the given figure, Point O indicates the stress point of a soil element at initial non-hydrostatic stress condition. For the stress path (OP), which…
- Question 42 – The figure shows a vertical retaining wall with backfill consisting of cohesive-frictional soil and a failure plane developed due to passive earth…
- Question 43 – A compound symmetrical open channel section as shown in the figure has a maximum of critical depth(s).
- Question 44 – The critical flow condition in a channel is given by . [Note: – kinetic energy correction factor; Q – discharge; A c – cross-sectional area of flow at…
- Question 45 – Match the following air pollutants with the most appropriate adverse health effects: Air pollutant Health effect to human and/or test animal --- ---…
- Question 46 – A delivery agent is at a location R. To deliver the order, she is instructed to travel to location P along straight-line paths of RC, CA, AB and BP of…
- Question 47 – Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Question 48 – In the context of water and wastewater treatments, the correct statements are:
- Question 49 – Which of the following statements is/are TRUE for the aerobic composting of sewage sludge?
- Question 50 – The figure presents the time-space diagram for when the traffic on a highway is suddenly stopped for a certain time and then released. Which of the…
- Question 51 – Consider the Marshall method of mix design for bituminous mix. With the increase in bitumen content, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Question 52 – A 5 cm long metal rod AB was initially at a uniform temperature of T 0 °C. Thereafter, temperature at both the ends are maintained at 0 °C. Neglecting…
- Question 53 – A beam is subjected to a system of coplanar forces as shown in the figure. The magnitude of vertical reaction at Support P is N (round off to one…
- Question 54 – For the frame shown in the figure (not to scale), all members (AB, BC, CD, GB, and CH) have the same length, L and flexural rigidity, EI. The joints…
- Question 55 – Consider the singly reinforced section of a cantilever concrete beam under bending, as shown in the figure (M25 grade concrete, Fe415 grade steel).…
- Question 56 – A 2D thin plate with modulus of elasticity, E = 1.0 N/m2, and Poisson’s ratio, μ = 0.5, is in plane stress condition. The displacement field in the…
- Question 57 – An idealised frame supports a load as shown in the figure. The horizontal component of the force transferred from the horizontal member PQ to the…
- Question 58 – A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of 500 kN which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk…
- Question 59 – A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19…
- Question 60 – For the flow setup shown in the figure (not to scale), the hydraulic conductivities of the two soil samples, Soil 1 and Soil 2, are 10 mm/s and 1…
- Question 61 – A consolidated drained (CD) triaxial test was carried out on a sand sample with the known effective shear strength parameters, c′ = 0 and ϕ′ = 30°. In…
- Question 62 – A catchment may be idealized as a circle of radius 30 km. There are five rain gauges, one at the center of the catchment and four on the boundary…
- Question 63 – The cross-section of a small river is sub-divided into seven segments of width 1.5 m each. The average depth, and velocity at different depths were…
- Question 64 – The theoretical aerobic oxidation of biomass (C 5H 7O 2N) is given below: C 5H 7O 2N+5O 25CO 2+NH 3+2H 2O. The biochemical oxidation of biomass is…
- Question 65 – A system of seven river segments is shown in the schematic diagram. The R i’s, Q i’s, and C i’s (i = 1 to 7) are the river segments, their…