The steel angle section shown in the figure has elastic section modulus of 150.92 cm³ about the horizontal X - X axis, which passes through the centroid of the section. The shape factor of the section is _________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

GATE 2024 Civil Engineering Q33 — Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering · Strength of Materials

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Figure from the original GATE 2024 paper. (IISc Bangalore archive)

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Strength of Materials has appeared in GATE Civil Engineering 3 times across 3 years (2021, 2024, 2026).

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