CE GATE 2008 - Online Test

Q1. An automobile with projected area 2.6 m2 is running on a road with a speed of 120 km per hour. The mass density and the kinematic viscosity of air are 1.2 kg/m3 and 1.5 × 10-5 m2/s, respectively. The drag coefficient is 0.30.
The drag force on the automobile is

Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q2. An automobile with projected area 2.6 m2 is running on a road with a speed of 120 km per hour. The mass density and the kinematic viscosity of air are 1.2 kg/m3 and 1.5 × 10-5 m2/s, respectively. The drag coefficient is 0.30.
The metric horse power required to overcome the drag force is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q3. The ground conditions at a site are shown in the figure below. 

The total stress, pore water pressure and effective stress (kN/m2) at the point P
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q4. The capacities of “ One-way 1.5 m wide sidewalk (persons per hour)” and “ One-way 2 lane urban road (PCU per hour, with no frontage access, no standing vehicles and very little cross traffic)” are respectively
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q5. The shape of the STOP sign according to IRC:67-2001 is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q6. The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q7. A roundabout is provided with an average entry with of 8.4 m, width of weaving section as 14 m, and length of the weaving section between channelizing islands as 35 m. The crossing traffic and total on the weaving section are 1000 and 2000 PCU per hour respectively. The nearest rounded capacity of the roundabout ( in PCU per hour) is
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q8. The plan of a survey plotted to a scale of 10 m to 1 cm ie reduced in such a way that a line originally 10 cm long now measures 9 cm. The area os the reduced plan is measured as 81 cm2. The actual area (m2) of the survey is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q9. It is proposed to widen and strength and existing 2-lane NH section as a divided highway. The existing traffic in one direction is 2500 commercial vehicles (CV) per day. The construction will take 1 year. The design CBR of soil subgrade is found to be 5 per cent. Given : traffic growth rate for CV = 8 per cent, vehicle damage factor =3.5 (standard axles per CV), design life = 10 years and traffic distribution factor =0.75. The cumulative standard axles (msa) computed are
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.


Q10. The lengths and bearing of a closed traverse PQRSP are given below. 

The missing length and bearing, respectively of the line SP are
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.