CE GATE 2010 - Online Test
Q1. A fine grained soil has liquid limit of 60 and plastic limit of 20. As per the
plasticity chart, according to IS classification, the soil is represented by the letter
symbols
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q2. Ion concentration obtained for a groundwater sample (having pH = 8.1) are given below
Total hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) present in the above water sample is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q3. Modern warfare has changed from large scale clashes of armies to suppression of
civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be
suited to such warfare; and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments
who think that chemical agents are useful tools for their cause.
Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage:
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q4. Quick sand condition occurs when
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q5. The e-log P curve shown in the figure is representative of
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. Ion concentration obtained for a groundwater sample (having pH = 8.1) are given below
Carbonate hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) presnt in the above water sample is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. If σh, σv, σh and σv represent the total horizontal stress, total vertical stress,
effective horizontal stress and effective vertical stress on a soil element, respectively,
the coefficient of earth pressure at rest is given by
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8. Aggregate impact value indicates the following property of aggregates
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q9. The moisture holding capacity of the soil in a 100 hectare farm is 18 cm/m . The field is
to be irrigated when 50 percent of the available moisture in the root zone is depleted.
The irrigation water is to be supplied by a pump working for 10 hours a day, and water
application efficiency is 75 percent. Details of crops planned for cultivation are as follows
The capacity of irrigation system to irrigate crop ‘X ’ in 36 hectares is
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q10. The moisture holding capacity of the soil in a 100 hectare farm is 18 cm/m . The field is to be irrigated when 50 percent of the available moisture in the root zone is depleted. The irrigation water is to be supplied by a pump working for 10 hours a day, and water application efficiency is 75 percent. Details of crops planned for cultivation are as follows
The area of crop ‘Y ’ that can be irrigated when the available capacity of irrigation
system is 40 litres/sec is
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
