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GATE Geomatics Engineering: Maps, scale, coordinate systems, cartography and map projections – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Maps, scale, coordinate systems, cartography and map projections (Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 CE (CE1) Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A student is scanning his 10 inch × 10 inch certificate at 600 dots per inch (dpi) to convert it to raster. What is the percentage reduction in number…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q45 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – A map is prepared with a scale of 1: 1000 and a contour interval of 1 m. If the distance between two adjacent contours on the map is 10 mm, the slope…
  3. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of 1 cm = 40 m and the result was 468 m. Later, it was discovered…
  4. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A tourist visiting a city holds a map prepared at a scale of 1:25000. The tourist measures the distance between place A and place B in the city as…