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GATE Building Construction, Materials, and Structural Systems: Design with steel and RCC – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Design with steel and RCC (Building Construction, Materials, and Structural Systems, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AR Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A simply supported steel I-beam spans 8 m under 15 kN/m UDL. Overall depth 450 mm and second moment of area 18000 cm⁴. Find maximum bending stress in…
  2. GATE 2023 AR — Architecture Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A simply supported RCC beam spans 4 m and carries a 250 mm thick, 2 m high brick wall over its full span. Beam section is 250 mm×600 mm. Unit weights…
  3. GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An RCC beam has width 250 mm, effective depth 400 mm, factored shear 120 kN and concrete shear strength 0.35 N/mm². Use two-legged 8 mm stirrups with…
  4. GATE 2026 AR — Architecture Q60 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which statements about steel construction are correct?