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GATE Urban Land Use and Transportation: Aggregate and disaggregate transport demand models and forecasting – Previous Year Questions

15 GATE previous year questions on Aggregate and disaggregate transport demand models and forecasting (Urban Land Use and Transportation, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AR Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In congested-network assignment, all used routes between an OD pair have equal travel time, no greater than an unused route. What is this condition?
  2. GATE 2021 AR Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – What is the dependent variable in a regression-based trip-generation model?
  3. GATE 2021 AR Q31 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Freight flows are converted to truck flows using which factor?
  4. GATE 2021 AR Q50 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which algorithms find shortest paths in a transport network?
  5. GATE 2022 AR — Planning Q57 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match models P logit, Q Greenshields, R gravity, S multiple regression with 1 trip assignment, 2 modal split, 3 traffic flow, 4 trip generation, 5…
  6. GATE 2023 AR — Planning Q54 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Travel-demand prediction considers P modal alternatives, Q population, R land use. Which are relevant?
  7. GATE 2023 AR — Planning Q57 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P EPA MOVES, Q Fratar model, R growth-factor method, S user equilibrium with 1 traffic assignment, 2 trip production, 3 trip distribution, 4…
  8. GATE 2023 AR — Planning Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Daily household trip rates by household size 1, 2, 3+ are: zero vehicles 0.5, 2, 4; one vehicle 0.6, 2.5, 5; two or more vehicles 1, 3, 6.…
  9. GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An EcoCity park has inverse demand P=1500−7.5Q, where P is ticket price₹ and Q integer tickets/hour. Find maximum hourly revenue in rupees, as an…
  10. GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Present population 175000 grows 0.85% per year. Daily trips obey Y=142+0.675X, where X is population. Find daily trips after 10 years, as an integer.
  11. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Metro ridership 367200/day will replace 18% of existing trips. Existing shares are two-wheelers 22%, four-wheelers 17%, public bus 16%,…
  12. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q55 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Which traffic-analysis-zone statements are correct?
  13. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Mode attributes(cost₹, in-vehicle min, out-of-vehicle min) are rail(20, 20, 10), bus(10, 40, 7.5), paratransit(15, 35, 5). Utility…
  14. GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Metro ridership 367200/day will replace 18% of existing trips. Existing shares are two-wheelers 22%, four-wheelers 17%, public bus 16%,…
  15. GATE 2026 AR — Planning Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Daily light-rail demand is Q=43000−850P, with fare P in rupees. If fare falls from₹30 to₹25, find ridership increase in percent, to two decimals.