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GATE 2017-2018 :: GATE Architecture and Planning

  1. An aircraft flying at an altitude of 5000 m above mean sea level takes aerial photographs of a flat terrain having an average elevation of 1000m above mean sea level. 
    The scale of photographs is 1:20000. The focal length of the camera (in cm) is
  2. A.
    15
    B.
    20
    C.
    25
    D.
    30

  3. An aircraft flying at an altitude of 5000 m above mean sea level takes aerial photographs of a flat terrain having an average elevation of 1000m above mean sea level. The scale of photographs is 1:20000.
    The area covered on ground (in hectare) by each photo format of 18 cm x 18 cm is
  4. A.
    1266
    B.
    1276
    C.
    1286
    D.
    1296

  5. 2 ton of cement is used to make 10 ton of hardened concrete having a water cement ratio of 0.45. One cubic meter of this concrete has a mass of 2.5 ton. 
    Quantity of water used (in kg) is
  6. A.
    90
    B.
    450
    C.
    900
    D.
    945

  7. 2 ton of cement is used to make 10 ton of hardened concrete having a water cement ratio of 0.45. One cubic meter of this concrete has a mass of 2.5 ton. 
    The area of 200 mm thick slab (in sq. m) that can be cast using the entire 10 ton of concrete will be
  8. A.
    10
    B.
    15
    C.
    20
    D.
    25

  9. A group housing project spread over 20 hectares with FAR 1.5 has to accommodate different housing units in the following manner:

    The gross density of the above housing complex (in persons per hectare) is
  10. A.
    125 - 130
    B.
    130 - 135
    C.
    135 - 140
    D.
    140 - 145

  11. An unplastered brickwork has a resistivity of 0.83 m degC/W. For a 230 mm thick brick wall, the inside and outside surface resistances are 0.123 and 0.1 m2 degC/W respectively. 
    The R-value of the given wall section (in m2 degC/W) is
  12. A.
    0.41
    B.
    0.5
    C.
    0.67
    D.
    1.05

  13. An unplastered brickwork has a resistivity of 0.83 m degC/W. For a 230 mm thick brick wall, the inside and outside surface resistances are 0.123 and 0.1 m2 degC/W respectively. 
    The brick wall has an overall dimension of 6m x 3m with a 1m x 2m window assembly (U-value = 2.5 W/m2 degC) and a 1m x 2.1m door assembly (U-value = 1.25 W/m2 degC). The overall U-value of the wall (UO) (in W/m2 degC) is
  14. A.
    1.8
    B.
    2.3
    C.
    2.6
    D.
    3.7

  15. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below? 
    Pacify
  16. A.
    Excite
    B.
    Soothe
    C.
    Deplete
    D.
    Tire

  17. Choose the most appropriate pair of words from the options given below to complete the following sentence: 
    The high level of ___ of the questions in the test was ___ by an increase in the period of time allotted for answering them.
  18. A.
    difficulty, compensated
    B.
    exactitude, magnified
    C.
    aptitude, decreased
    D.
    attitude, mitigated

  19. Choose the grammatically CORRECT sentence:
  20. A.
    He laid in bed till 8 o'clock in the morning.
    B.
    He layed in bed till 8 o'clock in the morning.
    C.
    He lain in bed till 8 o'clock in the morning.
    D.
    He lay in bed till 8 o'clock in the morning.