GATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 Q.1-Q. 5S carry one mark each. Ql The fishermen, the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the government. (A) whom (B) to which (©) to whom (©) that Q2_ Some students were not involved in the stiike, If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions is/are logically necessary? ‘Some who were involved in the strike were students. ‘No student was involved in the strike. At least one student was involved in the strike. ‘Some who were not involved in the strike were students. Bee (A) Land 2 ®)3 o4 (©) 2and3 Q3 The radius as well as the height of a circular cone increases by 10%. The percentage increase in its volume 1s . @i B) 210 © 331 © 728 Q4 Five mumbers 10, 7, 5, 4 and 2 are to be arranged in a sequence from left to right following the directions given below: 1. No two odd or even numbers are next to each other 2. The second mumber from the left is exactly half of the lefl-most number. 3. The middle number is exactly twice the right-most umber. Which is the second number from the right? 2 @a4 ©7 @) 10 Q5_— Until Iran came along, India had never been in kabadai. (A) defeated (B) defeating (©) defeat (D) defeatistGATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 Q.6-Q.10 carry two marks each. Q6 Q7 Qs Qo Since the last one year, after a 125 basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest rates on suall saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates ‘Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage? (A) Whenever the Reserve Bank of India reduces the repo rate, the interest rates on small saving schemes are also reduced (B) Interest rates on small saving schemes are always maintained on par with fixed deposit interest rates (©)The goverment sometimes takes into consideration the demands of banking institutions before reducing the interes: rates on small saving schemes, A ion in interest rates on small saving schemes follow only after @ reduction in reduction in i small repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India Tn a country of 1400 million population, 70% own mobile phones. Among the mobile phone owners, only 294 million access the Inteet. Among these Internet users, only half ‘buy goods from e-commerce portals. What is the percentage of these buyers in the country? (a) 10.50 B) 14.70 (©) 15.00 (©) 50.00 ‘The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the centuries. Since the medieval petiod dhrupad styles were identified as baanis. Terms like gavaki and baaj were used to refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization of music ‘education the term gharana became accegtable. Gharana originally referred to hereditary anusicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples. ‘Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct? (A) dhrupad, bani (B) gavaki, vocal (C) bagi, institution (D) gharana, lineage ‘Two trains started at 7AM from the same point. The first train travelled north at a speed of 80knv/h and the second train travelled south at a speed of 100 knv/h. The time at which they ‘were 540 km apart is AM. s (B)10 ou () 1130 cyGATE 2019 General Aptitude (GA) Set-8 QUO “Tread somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of a head-hunter in his own community.” Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon (A) the prestige of the kingdom (B) the prestige of the heads (© the number of taxer he could levy (D) the mumber of heads he could gather END OF THE QUESTION PAPERGATE 2019 Mecca Fagin, Q. 1-Q. 25 carry one mark each. QI One of the eigenvalues for the following matrix is a 2 Is al (Aja—4 (B)-a—4 ©4 (D) -4 Q2 The curl of vector fields shown below is not zero for I mK “A ) © O) Q3 The smallest period of funetion f(x) = sin (SE) is . (A) 20 & ®r oak ann n OFGATE 9 Matec Eagincering a4 Qs Q6 1 The directional derivative of @ = x? +y along the unit vector @ = = (Bi + 4f) at (1) is (3 (B)2 ©l (wo Liquid steel is kept in a graphite crucible for sufficiently long time such that equilibrium is established. Activity of earbon (with respect to graphite as the standard state) in the liquid is (yoo os © 10 20 ‘The variation of standard free energies for two oxides AO and BO with temperature are shown below. Ace ‘The correct statement with reference to the above figure is (A) AO isa gas (B)BOisa gas (©) A will reduce BO above temperature Ty (D)B will reduce AO below temperature TsGATE 9 Matec Eagincering Q7 Qs Terminal rise velocity of a spherical shaped solid in a liquid obeys the following functional relationship: U=f(d.Wou,p) Where, U is the terminal rise velocity, d is the diameter of the solid, W’ is the apparent weight of the solid, y is the viscosity of liquid and p is the density of liquid. According to Buckingham II theorem, the number of independent dimensionless variables needed to describe the phenomenon is Al (B)2 ©3 (ys ‘Consider electrodeposition of copper on a copper electrode from an aqueous solution containing 0.5 x 10° mol. em™$ CuSO, Given: Faraday constant, F = 96500 Coulomb per gram equivalent. Assume transport of reactant is rate limiting, and mass transfer coefficient is 10-* cm. s~?. The limiting current density (in mA. cm?) is (A) 483 (B)9.65 (©) 1930 (D) 38.60GATE 2019 Mesathepa Engine Q9__ The correct sequence of steelmaking operations is [BOF: Basic Oxygen Furnace; LF: Ladle Furnace; VD: Vacuum Degassing; CC: Continous Casting). (A) BOF>LF VD >CC (8) CC BOF 9LF >vD (© vD 3cc BOF 3LF (D) LF >BOF >VD >CC Q10 The common ore of titanium is (A) Bauxite (B) Chaleopyrite (©) Cassiterite () Mmenite QUI Coarse suspended particles are to be separated ftom a flowing gas in a dust catcher. All factors remaining same, maximum gas-solid separation is expected from the dust catcher shown below. Inet Inset tntet inter = - fourier outlet, ower a @ 0 oyGare 19 Messe Enginesing Qi2 Qs Qua Qus Qs The Boudouard (or, carbon gasification) seaction is. (A) C+ 504g) > C08) (B) C(s)+0,(g) > CO,(g) (© C(s)+CO,(g) > 2CO(g) ©) COlg)+50(8) > CO) ‘The fastest diffusing element in iron at 1100 °C is A Ni (B)Co Oc mec ‘Hydrogen bonds are stronger than (A) Ionic bonds (B) Metallic bonds (© van der Waals bonds (D) Covalent bonds ‘The carbide that is primarily responsible for intergranular corrosion in austenitic stainless steel is (A) CrsCe (B) Fac (©) sic (D) Masc During low strain rate (= 0.1 per second) deformation of a metal at room temperature, the ‘one that deforms by twinning mode is (A) Fe (B) Mg © al @) NiGATE 9 Matec Eagincering Quy Qs Qi Ina tensile creep test of a metal, Nabarro-iTerring mechanism is favored over Coble mechanism for (A) larger grain size and lower temperature (B) smaller grain size and higher temperature (©) larger grain size and higher temperature (D) smaller grain size and lower temperature Beach marks are commonly observed on the fractured surfaces of metals after a . (A) Creep test (B) Fatigue test (© Impact test (D) Compression test The length of intemal cracks in two samples of the same glass is measured to be Cy =0.5 mm and C2 =2 mm. The ratio () of the fracture strength of the two samples 2 is (os B10 (© 20 @) 40GATE 2019 Matec Eagincering Q20 Two blocks of the same metal are to be welded. The configuration that will undergo the least distortion after welding is a DEE Q21. The most suitable non-destructive testing method for detecting small internal flaws in a dense bulk material is (A) Dye penetrant method (B) Ultrasonic inspection (© Eddy current testing (D) Magnetic particle inspection Q22. Alligatoring is a defect commonly observed in (A) Extrusion (B) Deep drawing (© Sheet metal forming (D) Rolling wT TarGATE 2019 Mezcal Engine Q23 The standard deviation (rounded off to one decimal place) of the following set of five numbers is 6, 8, 8, 9,9 Q21 AFC crystal with a lattice parameter of 9.3615 nm is used to measure the wavelenath of, monochromatic X-rays. The Bragg angle (0) for the reflection from (111) planes is 21.682. ‘The wavelength of X-rays (in nm, rounded off to three decimal places) is Q25 A plate of width 100 cm and thickness 5 cm is rolled to a thickness of 3 cm. If the entry velocity is 10 cm. s~, the exit velocity of the plate (in cm. s~*, rounded off to one decimal place) i Assume no change in the width of the plate.GATE 9 Q. 26-Q. 55 carry two marks each. Q26 in Column TI. Column 1: Reactors / refining sites (P) Blast furnace runner (QaoD (R) Torpedo car (S) BOF (A) P4, QU, R2, $3 (©)P-2.Q1.RH, $3 Qu in Column II. Column I: Injection metallurgy techniques (P) Aluminium wire feeding (Q Calcium treatment (®) Argon rinsing (S) Lime powder injection (A)P2, GL.R3, St (©P3,Q4R1S2 ‘Match the reactors / refining sites in Column T with the corresponding refining processes ‘Column Ti: Refining processes 1. De-carburization 2. Extemal De-sulfurization 3. De-phosphorization 4, External De-siliconization (B) P-4,Q2,R-3,S-1 (D) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4 Match the injection metallurgy techniques in Column I with the comesponding objectives ‘Column I: Objectives 1 Inclusion modification 2. Mixing of liquid steel 3 e-sniphurization 4, Deoxidation (B) P-4, Q3, R-2, Sl (D) P-4, G1, R-2, S-3are 2009 Metabepea Egieeing Q28 The table (see options below) providing correct information about crystal structure, co- ordination number and packing fraction is (Note: FCC: Face centered cubic; BCC: Body centered cubic; DC: Diamond cubic. CN; Coordination number; PF: Packing fraction] @ (B) Crystal structure CN PF Crystal structure CN PP FCC 12 0.74 FCC 8 074 BCC 8 068 BCC 4 0.68 Dc 4 034 DC 6 034 © @) Crystal structure CN PF Crystal structure CN PF Fcc 8 052 FCC 120 0.74 BCC 12 0.68 BCC 8 0.68 De 12 074 DC 4 0.74 wr ToGare 19 Messe Enginesing Q29. Match the phase transformation in Column I with the corresponding reaction in Column IL [Note: a, B, 7 are solid phases; L, Ls, Lo are liquid phases.] Column I: Phase transformation Column II: Reaction (P) Peritectic Lysate (Q) Monotectie 2L+b oa (R) Eutectoid 3.Lsbta (S) Syntectic 4 L+asp (A) PA, Q3, RL S-2 (B) P3,Q4,R2, S-1 (©) PA,Q3,R4, $2 (D) P4,.Q2,R3, SL 30. Ina typical scanning electron microscope (SEM) image, information about topography and atomic contrast are obtained from. (A) secondary electron and auger electron, respectively. (B) primary electron and secondary electron, respectively. (©) secondary electron and back-seatter electron, respectively. (D) back-scatter electron and auger election, respectively. cr TarGare 19 Q32 Column I: Ceramics @) @ ® ) Mullite Spinel ferrites Tungsten carbide Barium titanate (A) P2,Q3,R1,S4 (© P3,Q4,RLS2 Messe Enginesing Q31. Match the ceramics in Column I with conesponding application in Column TL. Column I: Application L. 2. Cutting tools Refractories Piezoelectric ‘Seft magnet (B) PA, QI, R283 (D) P2,Q4,R1,S-3 ‘An aluminium single crystal is loaded in tension along [170] axis. Among the following slip systems, the one that will be activated first is, (a) aTIOTN (© ivf io} 8) QTyO1y) (D) GTplo1}GATE 9 Matec Eagincering Q33 The comect Moht’s circle construction for the stress state given below is, v 0, =30 MPa (B) | —| (A) -40 (©) (D) La #2GATE 9 Matec Eagincering Qa4 Q3s Q36 ‘Match the automobile components in Column T with the corresponding manufacturing processes in Column II. Column I: Automobile components Column II: Manufacturing process (P) Engine block 1. Forging, (Q Brake pad 2. Sheet metal forming (R) Connecting rod 3. Casting (S) Door panel 4, Powder metallurgy (A) PH, Q2,.R3, $4 (B)P-3, Q4, RA, S-2 (©P3,.Q2,R4, 84 (D) P-4, Q1,R3, $2 ‘The equilibrium constant for the following reaction at 300 K is C (graphite) +2H,(g)—> CH, (g) Given: At300K, At 74,900 j.mol™*; BS* = -80 J.mol"*.K-4; R= 8314 J.mol*K-* (A) 5.6 x 10° (B)3.6 x 10” (©) 4.0 x 10° (D) 7.3 x 108 A50 cm long rod is placed against a vertical wall such that the bottom of the rod is 30. em_ away fiom the wall. Ifthe bottom of the sed is pulled horizontally away from the wall at 4.cm.s~1, the top of the rod starts sliding down the wall with an instantaneous velocity , rounded off to two decimal places) of magnitudeGATE 9 Matec Eagincering Q37 The probability of solving a problem by Smdent A is (1/3), and the probability of solving ‘the same problem by Student B is (2/5). The probability (rounded off to two decimal places) that at least one of the students solves the problem is Q38 Numerical value of work done (rouaded off to the nearest integer) by a position- dependent force F = xi +5x¥) (where f and j are unit vectors) along the path, x from (0,0) to (2,2) in the xy plane is y (0,0) x Q39 The estimated value of the cube root of 37 (rounded off to two decimal places) obtained from the Newton-Raphson method after two iterations (x2) is {Start with an initial guess value of xp = 1] wT TaGATE 9 Matec Eagincering Q40 Qa ‘The partial pressure of zine (in torr, rounded off to two decimal places) in equilibrium with liquid lead containing 0.03 mole % zine at 900 K is, Giver : Vapour pressure of pure zinc (pz,) at 900 K is 0.027 atm. Henry’s law coefficient (Vin) for zine at infinite dilute solution in lead on Raoultian seale is 8.55. Ltorr = 1.316 x 10-8 atm Steady state radial heat conduction through a hollow, infinitely long zirconia cylinder is ‘governed by the following ordinary differential equation: Adal, ae rar dr ld( ar )- ° Where, 7 iy he emperatue and r is Une radial distance, The inner surface of the hollow cylinder is maintained at 1473 K and the outer surface at 973 K. The rate of heat loss per ‘unit length through the outer surface of the hollow eylinder (in Wm, rounded off to the nearest integer) is, Given: Inner radius of cylinder = 0.05 1; outer radius of cylinder = 0.07 m and thermal ‘conductivity of zirconia (f)=2 Wem" K-GATE 9 Matec Eagincering Qa Qs Qa A 50 mm (diameter) sphere of solid nickel is oxidized in a gas mixture containing 60% argon and 40% oxygen by volume. The rete of oxidation of nickel is controlled by the rate of transport of oxygen through the concentration boundary layer. The rate of oxidation (in moles of nickel per minute (mol/min), rounded off to two decimal places) is Given: Total pressure = 1atm.; Temperature = 1173 K; Concentration of oxygen at the surface of the solid = 0; Boundary layer mass transfer coefficient = 0.03 m.s~?; Universal ‘gas constant, R = 8.205 x 10° m®, atm K~*. mol? . Assume ideal gas behavior. Equilibrium concentration of dissolved nitrogen (in wt.%, rounded off fo three decimal places) in pure liquid iron, exposed to atmospheric air at 1873 K, is Given: Sieverts’ Iaw constant as ¢ function of temperature (/; in Kelvin) is 318 108) Ki [ FT oss, where Kjy) has the dimension of atm=(/?). Assume [fy]=[w1.% N], where [hy]is the activity of nitrogen with respect to 1 wt.% ‘Henrian standard state. Pressure drop in the granular zone of a blast furnace is 300 mm of water per meter of the bed height. The bed permeability is 0.8 m*.N~!.s~'. The volumetric flow rate of gas per ‘unit area through the bed [in (m?.s~1).m™*, rounded off to the nearest integer] is Assume Darey’s law is applicable and g =9.8 m.s~*. Density of water = 1000 kg.m 3. TarGATE 9 Qs Q46 Qa7 Mecca Fagin, ‘A blast fiumace charged with hematite containing 90 wt.% Fe2Os produces liquid iron with 3.6 wt.% carbon. Coke containing 90 w1.% carbon is charged at a rate of S00 ke per Metric ton of liquid iron produced. The blast fumace top gas contains (by volume), 22% CO, 18% COb, and balance nitrogen. The vokmme of the blast furnace top gas [in m* (NTP), rounded off to the nearest integer] is Given: Assume ideal gas behavior, and molar volume of the gas at NTP is 22.4 liter. 100 Metric tons of copper concentrate containing 21 wt.% Cu is to be processed in 6 months with 25 working days per month and 8 working hows per day. The concentrate is leached by sulphuric acid and electrolyzed in 10 cells arranged in series. The minimum eurent rating (Ampere per month per cell, rounded off to the nearest integer) is Giver ‘araday constant = 96500 Coulomb per gram equivalent. Atomic weight of copper is 63. ‘Cold working of iron leads to increase in dislocation density from 10" to 10" m7?. The assuviated stored emery (ia MJ.m~*, 1uaded off to one decimal place) is Given: Shear modulus of iron = 82 GPa, Burger’s vector, 5 sn 1). dy = 0.2856 um.GATE 2019 Mezcal Engine QU8 The critical radius (in nm, rounded off to one decimal place) of nickel nucleus during solidification at 1673 K is Given: Enthalpy of fusion of nickel = 2.65 x 10? J.m7*; Liquid-solid interfacial energy = 0.5 J.m~*, and Equilibrium melting temperature of nickel = 1728 K Q49 A material, made up of altemating layers of metals A and B, is loaded as shown below. If the volume % of B is 25%, the elastic modulus (in GPa, rounded off to one decimal place) of the material is Ha Mes astic moduli of A and B are 200 GPa and 100 GPa, respectively. cr ToaGATE 2019 Metabepea Egieeing Q50. The S-N curve for a steel is shown below. If the stress ratio, (Gmin/Gmax) = —0.8, the ‘maximum stress (in MPa, rounded off to the nearest integer) that the steel ean withstand for infinite fatigue life is 500 |- Stress 400 Amplitude (MPa) 300 | 200 \ \ L 10° 10° 107 Number of cycles Q51_ True stress - true strain behavior of a metal is given by the flow curve equation 7 =1750e°"” , where ois in MPa. The true stress at necking (in MPa, rounded off to the nearest integes) is, Q52_ In sand-mold casting of a metal, it takes 180 seconds for complete solidification of a 27 emt cube-shaped casting. All other parameters remaining constant, the total solidification time (in seconds, rounded off to one decimal place) for a cylinder-shaped [radius = 1 em and height ~ 6 em] casting of the same metal, is cr zaGATE 2019 Mecca Fagin, Q53_ If the solid-solid interfacial energy (yss) is 0.87 J.m~ and solid-liquid interfacial energy (ys1) is 0.5 J.m™?, the dihedral angle (qh, in degree, rounded off to one decimal place) during sintering is Particle Q54. The maximum possible reduction (in mm, rounded off to one decimal place) of a 100 mm thick slab during rolling is Given: The coefficient of friction betweer roll and the slab is 0.2, and the roll diameter is 200 mm, Q55. Amare welding is performed at 400 Ampetes, 20 V at a traverse speed of 5 mm.s~*. Ifthe heat transfer efficiency is 0.6, the energy iaput per unit length (in J. mm, rounded off to the nearest integer) during the process is END OF THE QUESTION PAPER cr 7a16.0 to 17.4 2.90 to 3.10 a 2/5 Zl £) 2 2/8 SsKey 0.59 to 0.61 8.50 to 9.00 0.04 to 0.06 0.039 to 0.042 2 2347 to 2357 2 1927 to 1937 1485 to 1495, 0.4to5.1 2 11.0 to 12.5 155.0 to 165.0 330 to 335 1160 to 1260 130.0 to 134.0 58.0 to 60.2 955 to 965