List of top Questions asked in GATE AR- 2026

Match the following strategies in Group-I with their corresponding descriptions in Group-II.

Group I		Group II
P	Transfer of Development Rights	1	Financial support by the Government for Public-Private-Partnership projects
Q	Betterment Levy	2	Tax imposed on unused or underdeveloped plots
R	Viability Gap Funding	3	Award of additional F.A.R. in different locations in exchange of land for public purpose
S	Vacant Land Tax	4	One-time fee to recover investment for enhanced public infrastructure
		5	Fee for land use change from agriculture to non-agriculture

In a transport network, all the nodes (represented by A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) and their connecting links are shown in the figure below. The values mentioned alongside the links represent the travel time (in minutes) between nodes. Following the shortest path, the minimum time required to commute from node A to node G (in minutes) is (in integer).

A classified vehicle count was conducted in the midblock of a two-lane one-way collector road during peak hour (08:00 A.M. - 09:00 A.M.) on a weekday. The vehicle counts and corresponding passenger car unit (PCU) are shown in the table below. If the maximum design capacity per lane of that road is 1300 PCU/hr, then the volume to capacity ratio of that road is (rounded off to two decimal places).

Vehicle Type	Hourly Vehicle Count (08:00 A.M. - 09:00 A.M.)	PCU Value
Bus	52	2.50
Truck	24	3.00
Car	720	1.00
Motorized Two-Wheeler	1050	0.50
Auto Rickshaw	275	0.80
E-Rickshaw	410	0.80
Bicycle	90	0.30

Based on Greenshield's model, a speed-density relationship is developed on the data of a traffic stream. This relationship is represented as \(v = 75 - 0.03k\), where \(v\) (in km/hr) is the mean speed at density \(k\) (in vehicle/km). The jam density (in vehicle/km) of this traffic stream is (in integer).

Which of the following options is/are means of first and last mile connectivity with respect to urban transit systems?

The demand function of a light rail transit system (LRTS) of a city is represented as \(Q = 43000 - 850P\), where \(Q\) is the ridership/day and \(P\) is the fare/ride. If the existing fare of Rs. 30 per ride is reduced to Rs. 25 per ride, then the consequent increased ridership of the LRTS (in percentage) is (rounded off to two decimal places).