GATE Building Construction, Materials, and Structural Systems: Building structural systems – Previous Year Questions
9 GATE previous year questions on Building structural systems (Building Construction, Materials, and Structural Systems, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2022 AR — Architecture Q56 – In the weightless pin-jointed truss shown, tension is positive and compression negative. Find force in member TU in kN, to one decimal place.
- GATE 2023 AR — Architecture Q60 – Match structural forms P hyperboloid, Q geodesic dome, R diagrid, S umbrella with 1 Petronas Towers, 2 Palazzo del Lavoro, 3 Eden Project biomes, 4…
- GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q43 – For the beam and loads shown, ignore self-weight and find the maximum hogging-moment magnitude in kN·m, to one decimal.
- GATE 2024 AR — Architecture Q43 – For the beam and loads shown, ignore self-weight and find the maximum hogging-moment magnitude in kN·m, to one decimal.
- GATE 2024 AR — Architecture Q62 – A vertically suspended 5 m aluminium rod has section 0.20×0.04 m and mass 21.20 kg/m. Use g=10 m/s² and E=70000 MPa. Find maximum tensile strain in…
- GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q34 – A see-saw has a 50 kg box 5 m to the left of fulcrum P and box B 8 m to the right. Find B’s mass for static equilibrium in kg.
- GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q34 – A see-saw has a 50 kg box 5 m to the left of fulcrum P and box B 8 m to the right. Find B’s mass for static equilibrium in kg.
- GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q62 – A simply supported beam under full-span UDL deflects 24 mm at midspan. Double its span and depth, keeping other parameters unchanged. Find new…
- GATE 2026 AR — Architecture Q63 – Overhanging beam ABC has supports at A, B with AB 6 m and overhang BC 2 m. A 12 kN/m UDL covers the full 8 m. At an internal point P between A and B…