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GATE Highway Pavements: Design of flexible and rigid pavements – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Design of flexible and rigid pavements (Highway Pavements, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q29 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Various stresses in jointed plain concrete pavement with slab size of 3.5 m × 4.5 m are denoted as follows: Wheel load stress at interior = S wli; at…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The following data is obtained from an axle load survey at a site: Average rear axle load = 12000 kg Number of commercial vehicles = 800 per day The…
  3. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q18 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The recommended minimum traffic growth rate and design period considered for structural design of flexible pavements for national highways in India as…
  4. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match the following in Column I with Column II. Column I Column II --- --- (1) Vehicle Damage Factor A. Stability of subgrade soil (2) Passenger Car…
  5. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the following statements with respect to rigid pavements: Statement-1: Bottom-up cracking (BUC) in rigid pavements is caused at the edge of…
  6. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q45 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following statements is/are TRUE with respect to the type of stresses to be considered for the design of rigid pavements?