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Seepage and Effective Stress - Geotechnical Engineering - Civil Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Seepage and Effective Stress - Geotechnical Engineering - Civil Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Medium 24 72.7%
Easy 9 27.3%

Question type distribution

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MCQ 21 63.6%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 9 27.3%
Fill in the blanks 2 6.1%
MSQ 1 3%

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Civil Engineering
33 Qs

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Geotechnical Engineering
33 Qs

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Seepage and Effective Stress
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Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2013
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2012
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2011
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
2 Qs

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Civil Engineering (CE) 202620261View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]20252View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]20252View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]20241View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]20241View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]20221View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]20201View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]20191View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]20182View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]20171View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]20162View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]20163View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]20151View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]20142View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]20141View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201320133View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201220122View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201120112View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201020102View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200820082View paper

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2014 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
A long slope is formed in a soil with shear strength parameters: \( c' = 0 \) and \( \phi' = 34^\circ \). A firm stratum lies below the slope and it is assumed that the water table may occasionally rise to the surface, with seepage taking place parallel to the slope. Use \( \gamma_{sat} = 18 \text{ kN/m}^3 \) and \( \gamma_w = 10 \text{ kN/m}^3 \). The maximum slope angle (in degrees) to ensure a factor of safety of 1.5, assuming a potential failure surface parallel to the slope, would be
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
The flow net constructed for the dam is shown in the figure below. Taking the coefficient of permeability as $3.8 \times 10^{-6} \text{ m/s}$, the quantity of flow (in $\text{cm}^3/\text{s}$) under the dam per meter of dam is ________
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
Water is flowing at a steady rate through a homogeneous and saturated horizontal soil strip of 10 m length. The strip is being subjected to a constant water head (H) of 5 m at the beginning and 1 m at the end. If the governing equation of flow in the soil strip is \(\frac{d^2 H}{dx^2} = 0\) (where x is the distance along the soil strip), the value of H (in m) at the middle of the strip is ______________
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2015 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]

Which of the following statements is TRUE for the relation between discharge velocity and seepage velocity?

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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
A seepage flow condition is shown in the figure. The saturated unit weight of the soil \(\gamma_{sat} = 18\) kN/m³. Using unit weight of water, \(\gamma_w = 9.81\) kN/m³, the effective vertical stress (expressed in kN/m²) on plane X-X is __________

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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
Seepage is occurring through a porous media shown in the figure. The hydraulic conductivity values (k₁, k₂, k₃) are in m/day.

The seepage discharge (m³/day per m) through the porous media at section PQ is

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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
The relationship between the specific gravity of sand (G) and the hydraulic gradient (i) to initiate quick condition in the sand layer having porosity of 30% is
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
The seepage occurring through an earthen dam is represented by a flownet comprising of 10 equipotential drops and 20 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of the soil is 3 mm/min and the head loss is 5 m. The rate of seepage (expressed in cm³/s per m length of the dam) through the earthen dam is __________
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
A tracer takes 100 days to travel from Well-1 to Well-2 which are 100 m apart. The elevation of water surface in Well-2 is 3 m below that in Well-1. Assuming porosity equal to 15%, the coefficient of permeability (expressed in m/day) is
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2017 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
A sheet pile has an embedment depth of 12 m in a homogeneous soil stratum. The coefficient of permeability of soil is \( 10^{-6} \) m/s. Difference in the water levels between the two sides of the sheet pile is 4 m. The flow net is constructed with five number of flow lines and eleven number of equipotential lines. The quantity of seepage (in \( cm^3/s \) per m, up to one decimal place) under the sheet pile is ________
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2018 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]

A flownet below a dam consists of 24 equipotential drops and 7 flow channels. The difference between the upstream and downstream water levels is 6 m. The length of the flow line adjacent to the toe of the dam at exit is 1 m. The specific gravity and void ratio of the soil below the dam are 2.70 and 0.70, respectively. The factor of safety against piping is

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2018 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
Three soil specimens (Soil 1, Soil 2 and Soil 3), each 150 mm long and 100 mm diameter, are placed in series in a constant head flow set-up as shown in the figure. Suitable screens are provided at the boundaries of the specimens to keep them intact. The values of coefficient of permeability of Soil 1, Soil 2 and Soil 3 are 0.01, 0.003 and 0.03 cm/s, respectively.

The value of h in the set-up is

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
An anisotropic soil deposit has coefficient of permeability in vertical and horizontal directions as \(k_z\) and \(k_x\), respectively. For constructing a flow net, the horizontal dimension of the problem's geometry is transformed by a multiplying factor of
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2020 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
Permeability tests were carried out on the samples collected from two different layers as shown in the figure (not drawn to the scale). The relevant horizontal (kh) and vertical (kv) coefficients of permeability are indicated for each layer.
The ratio of the equivalent horizontal to vertical coefficients of permeability, is

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2022 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
A soil sample is underlying a water column of height \(h_1\) as shown in the figure. The vertical effective stresses at points A, B, and C are \(\sigma'_A\), \(\sigma'_B\), and \(\sigma'_C\), respectively. Let \(\gamma_{sat}\) and \(\gamma'\) be the saturated and submerged unit weights of the soil sample, respectively, and \(\gamma_w\) be the unit weight of water. Which one of the following expressions correctly represents the sum \((\sigma'_A + \sigma'_B + \sigma'_C)\)?

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2024 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
An infinite slope is made up of cohesionless soil with seepage parallel to and up to the sloping surface. The angle of slope is 30° with respect to horizontal ground surface. The unit weights of the saturated soil and water are 20 kN/m³ and 10 kN/m³, respectively. The minimum angle of shearing resistance of the soil (in degrees) for the critically stable condition of the slope is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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2024 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]

A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of potential drops as 10 and the average length of the element as 3 m. Specific gravity of the soil is 2.65. For a factor of safety of 2.0 against piping failure, void ratio of the soil is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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2025 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
In an oedometer apparatus a specimen of fully saturated clay has been consolidated under a vertical pressure of 100 kPa and is at equilibrium state. Immediately on increasing the vertical pressure to 150 kPa, the effective stress \(\sigma'\) and excess pore water pressure \(\Delta u\) will be
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2025 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
Two soils of permeabilities k₁ and k₂ are placed in a horizontal flow apparatus, as shown in the figure. For Soil 1, L₁ = 50 cm, and k₁ = 0.055 cm/s; for Soil 2, L₂ = 30 cm, and k₂ = 0.035 cm/s. The cross sectional area of the horizontal pipe is 100 cm², and the head difference (Δh) is 150 cm. The discharge (in cm³/s) through the soils is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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2025 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Seepage and Effective Stress
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]

Which of the following statements is/are INCORRECT?

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