GATE 2011 PAPER WITH ANSWER
Q.1 to Q.25 one mark each.
Q.1 Capital town of
Gandhinagar has been designed by
(A) Normal Foster (B) B.V. Doshi (C) H.K. MEWADA
(D) Le Carbusier
Answer – (C)
Q.2 Rajiv Awas Yojana of Ministry of Housing, Government of India
addresses housing for
(A) Middle Income Group (B)
Low income Group (C) H.I.G (D) Slum Development
Answer – (D)
Q.3 The triangle space formed
by two consecutive arches is
(A) Tympanum (B) Spandrel (C)
Regula (D) Extrados
Answer – (B)
Note:- A “spandrel, less often Spandril or
Spoundrel, is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangle
enclosure.”
Q.4 Rose Window is an iconic
feature of
(A) Notre Dame , paris (b) Hagia Sofia, Istanbul (C) St. Peter’s Rome (D)
Victoria Memorial , Kolkata
Answer – (A)
Q.5 Purity of colour is
described by
(A) Hue (B) Value (C) Chroma (D)
Tone
Answer – (C)
Note:-Saturation (also called Chroma) is a purity
of color. High saturation colors look rich and full. Low saturation colors look
dull and grayish.
Q.6 A slab simply supported
on all its edge with a ratio of longer side to shorter side greater or equal to
2.0 is designed as
(A) One way slab (B) Two way slab (C) Flat Slab (D) Coffered Slab
Answer – (A)
Q.7 Entablature consist of
(A) Architrave, tenia,
Cornice (B) Architrave, Frieze, Cornice (C) Frieze, Cornice, Triglyphs (D)
Cornice, Guttae, Tympanum
Answer – (B)
Q.8 Town planned for ‘motor
age’ refer to
(A) Toronto, ontalio (B)
Nassan shores, Long island (C) Radburn, New Jersey (D) Green belt, Maryland
Answer – (C)
Q.9 The minimum road curb
length required for parking 10 cars perpendicular to the road is
(A) 15 m (B) 25 m (C)
35 m (D) 40 m
Answer – (B)
Q.10 Which of the following
generates heat island?
(A) Urban Area (B)Coastal
area (C) Wetlands (D) Forest Area
Answer – (A)
Note:-Heat island refers to urban air and surface
temperatures that are higher than nearby rural areas. many cities and suburbs
have air temperature that are 2 to 10 degree Fahrenheit (1to 6 degree Celsius)
warmer than the surrounding land cover.
Q.11 The most suitable
earthquake resistant built up plan form
Answer- (C)
Q.12 Transfer of Development
Right (TDR) is a tool used for
(A) Human development (B) Land
development (C) Economic Development (D) Infrastructure development
Answer- (B)
Note:-Transfer of development right (TDR) is a way
of controlling land use to complement zoning and strategic planning for more
effective urban growth management and land conservation. TDR is as a creative
innovative , and experimental form of development control.
Q.13 Dandaka form of settlement
layout is basically a
(A) Grid
Iron pattern (B) Right radial pattern (C)
radial pattern (D) informal pattern
Notes:-ancient’s India town planning layout
Q.14 Maximum horizontal angle
form the speaker in a seating area of a lecture theatre should be
70* (B) 90* (C) 120* (D) 140*
Answer – (D)
Q.15 ‘U-value ‘ refers to
(A) Utility function for
convective heat transfer
(B) Thermal transmittance of building component
(C) Energy transfer between
thermal bridge
(D) Measure of area related
heating and cooling loads
Answer – (B) Thermal transmittance. The U-Factor or
U-value, is the overall heat transfer coefficient that describes how well a
building element conducts heat or the rate of transfer of heat (in Watts) through one square meter od a
structure divided by the difference in temperature across the structure.
Q.16 Consistency of cement is
measures by
(A) Pycometer
(B) Slump cone
(C) Universal testing Machine
(D) Vicat’s apparatus
(B) Slump cone
(C) Universal testing Machine
(D) Vicat’s apparatus
Answer – (D)
Q.17 The appropriate material
for flooring of an external ramp of a building would be
(A) Polished granite
(B) Wax polished marble
(C) Glazed ceramic tile
(D) Rough finish sandstone
Answer – (D)
Q.18 Which of the following
is NOT a member of a steel Truss?
(A) Gusset Plate
(B) Wall Plate
(C) Fish Plate
(D) Anchor Bolts
Answer – (C)
Q.19 Identify the odd among
the following
(A) Security deposit
(B) Professional tax
(C) Performance bank
guarantee
(D) Eastern money
Answer – (B)
Q.20 Weep hole is a term used
to describe
(A) Performance in the cast
iron pipe used for boring
(B) Holes in relating wall for draining water
(C) Holes in the cover plate
of floor traps
(D) Holes dug in earth to
recharge ground water
Answer – (B)
Note:-A Weep hole is a small opening in the brick
or stone mortar joint that is designed to allow water to “Weep” from behind the
Wall’s veneer. That’s right , the brick on your home is a veneer, a simple covering
that hides the rough framing of the exterior walls of the home.
Q.21 Busway , Bus-duct and
Raceway are component of
(A) Security System
(B) Air conditioning system
(C) Electrical system
(D) Water supply systems
Answer – (C)
Q.22 The difference between
Wet Bulb Temperature and Dry Bulb Temperature is called
(A) Dry bulb depression
(B) Wet bulb depression
(C) Variable depression
(D) Atmospheric depression
Answer – (B)
Q.23 In India, one of the
Improvement Initiatives is
(A) Special Residential Zone
(B) Valmiki Ambedkar Malin Basti Awas Yojana
(C) Indira Awas Yojana
(D) Eco Housing
Answer – (B)
Q.24 Suspended Floors a
structure system used in
(A) Lloyeds Building, London
(B) Jin Mao Building,
Shanghai
(C) Petronas Tower,
kualalampur
(D) Hongkong Shanghai Bank, Hongkong
Answer – (D)
Q.25 Residual method of
valuation is used to determine
(A) Public Private partnership Deal
(B) Rent
(C) Property Tax
(D) Selling Price
Answer – (A)
Q.26 to Q.55 carry two marks each.
Answer – (D)
Q.27
Answer – (B)
Note:- Room size = 5m x 3.5m x 5m
(length x breath x height)
Area of 5m long wall = 5x3 = 15mx2m
= 30m2
Area of 3.5 m wide wall = 3.5x3 =
10.5mx2 = 21m2
Door opening area = 1mx2m = 2m2
Window opening area = 1mx1m = 1m2
Total area of interior wall excluding
door and window = 30+21-3 = 48m
The quantity of plaster require for
interior walls is 48 sq m.(Because quantity of plaster is measured in sq m.)
Q.28 One cubic metre of ordinary
Portland cement yields of M15 concrete in the range of
(A) 2 to 3 cum
(B) 4 to 5 cum
(C) 7 to 8 cum
(D) 8 to 9 cum
Answer – (B)
Q.29
Answer – (Marks to all)
Q. 30
Answer – (A)
Q.31
Answer – (Marks to all)
Q. 32
Answer – (C)
Q.33
Answer – (B)
Q. 34
Answer – (A)
Note:- The Gestalt theorists were
the 1st group of psychologists to systematically perceptual
organisation around the 1920’s , in Germany. Gestalt means when parts
identified indivisually have different characteristics to the whole (Gestalt
means “organised to whole”) e.g. describing a tree – its parts are trunk,
branches, leaves, perhaps blossoms or fruit but when you look at an entire tree,
you are not conscious of the parts, you are aware of whole object – the tree.
Q.35 A site
in a map drawn to scale of 1:16000 measures 75 sqcm. The actual area of the site
in hectares is
(A) 120
(B) 168
(C) 192
(D) 256
Answer – (C)
Q.36
Answer – (B)
Q. 37
Answer – (D)
Q. 38
Answer – (A)
Q.39
Answer – (B)
Q.40
Answer – (D)
Q.41
Answer – (B)
Q.42
Answer – (B)
Q.43
Answer – (A)
Q.44
Answer – (C)
Q.45
Answer – (B)
Q.46
Answer – (Mark to all)
Q.47
Answer – (A)
Common
Data Questions
Questions
48 and 49
A beam of
span L is simply supported at two ends. One half span of the beam weight W and
the remaining half span weight 2W.
Q.48 Maximum
shear force in the beam will be
(A) W (B)
1.25W (C) 1.75W (D) 3W
Q.49 Maximum
bending moment will occur at
Answer – (C)
(A) L/16
from midpoint of the beam
(B) Midpoint
of the beam
(C) L/7 from
midpoint of the beam
(D) One of
the endpoints of the beam
Answer – (A)
Common
Data Questions
Questions
50 and 51:
Answer – (B) for 50 & (A) f0r 51
Linked
Question Answers
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 52 and 53:
Answer – (B) for 52 (C) for 53
Statement
for Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:
Answer – (A) for 54 & (B) for 55
General Aptitute Questions
Q.56 to
60.
Q.56 Choose
the word from the options given below that is most nearly opposite in meaning
to the given word:
Amalgamate
(A) merge
(B) split
(C) collect
(D) separate
Answer – (A)
Q57. Choose
the most appropriate word from the options given below to comlplete the
following sentences.
If you are trying to make a strong
impression on your audience, you connot do so by being understand , tentative
or _____________.
(A)
Hyperbolic
(B)
Restrained
(C)
Argumentative
(D)Indifferent
Answer – (B)
Q.58 Choose
the most appropriate word(s) from the option given below to complete the
following sentence.
I
completed __________________Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.
(A)
To
visit
(B)
Having
to visit
(C)
Visiting
(D)For a visit
Answer – (C)
Q.59
Answer – (B)
Q.60 Which
of the following options is the closest in the meaning to the word below:
Inexplicable
(A)
Incomprehensive
(B)
Indelible
(C)
Inextricable
(D) Infallible
Answer – (A)
Q. 61
Answer – (D)
Q.62
Answer – (C)
Q.63
Answer – (A)
Q.64
Answer – (D)
Q.65
Answer – (C)
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