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GATE Air and Noise Pollution: Particulate Pollutants – Previous Year Questions

8 GATE previous year questions on Particulate Pollutants (Air and Noise Pollution, Environmental Science and Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 ES Q46 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which are dominant removal mechanisms for spherical particles below 10 µm in a fabric filter?
  2. GATE 2022 ES Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In bag filtration, arrange mechanisms for particles of decreasing size.
  3. GATE 2023 ES Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A boiler emits fine particulate matter at a location with high plume rise. Which control is best if the collected particles will be reused?
  4. GATE 2024 ES Q29 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which equipment controls industrial particulate air pollution?
  5. GATE 2024 ES Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A settling chamber has height H, length L, horizontal air speed V h and particle terminal settling speed V t. Which equality defines the minimum…
  6. GATE 2024 ES Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A particle moves at 18 m/s in a cyclone of radius25 cm. Find centrifugal/gravitational force ratio, to two decimals, using g=9.8 m/s².
  7. GATE 2025 ES Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A dispersoid has spherical equal-density particles. Diameters1,10,100 µm have respective counts1000,500,10 and number-removal efficiencies99%,75%,10%.…
  8. GATE 2026 ES Q21 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In air pollution control device design, the size of particles removed with 50% efficiency is called