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Geotechnical Engineering - Civil Engineering Previous Year Questions

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

26Papers
20Years
235Questions
1Topics

Geotechnical Engineering question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Medium 135 57.4%
Easy 90 38.3%
Hard 10 4.3%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 148 63%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 74 31.5%
Fill in the blanks 7 3%
MSQ 6 2.6%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Civil Engineering
235 Qs

Most asked topics

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Geotechnical Engineering
235 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Soil Properties and Classification
53 Qs
Shallow and Deep Foundations
50 Qs
Seepage and Effective Stress
38 Qs
Site Investigation, Earth Pressure and Slope Stability
36 Qs
Soil Shear Strength and Stress Distribution
29 Qs
Compaction and Consolidation
29 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2023 [Session 2]
10 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2021 [Session 2]
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
10 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
7 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
7 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
5 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
8 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2013
10 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2012
9 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2011
10 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
10 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2009
11 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
14 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2007
13 Qs

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Soil Properties and Classification

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53 questions24 papers18 years

Shallow and Deep Foundations

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50 questions24 papers19 years

Seepage and Effective Stress

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38 questions22 papers18 years

Site Investigation, Earth Pressure and Slope Stability

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36 questions24 papers19 years

Soil Shear Strength and Stress Distribution

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29 questions16 papers15 years

Compaction and Consolidation

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29 questions21 papers19 years

Included previous year papers

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Civil Engineering (CE) 20262026
8 questions in this view		2026
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20262026
8 questions in this view		2026
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]2025
8 questions in this view		2025
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]2025
9 questions in this view		2025
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]2024
8 questions in this view		2024
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]2024
8 questions in this view		2024
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2023 [Session 2]2023
10 questions in this view		2023
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]2022
9 questions in this view		2022
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2021 [Session 2]2021
8 questions in this view		2021
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]2020
9 questions in this view		2020
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]2019
9 questions in this view		2019
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]2018
10 questions in this view		2018
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]2017
7 questions in this view		2017
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]2016
9 questions in this view		2016
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]2016
9 questions in this view		2016
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]2015
7 questions in this view		2015
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]2015
5 questions in this view		2015
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]2014
8 questions in this view		2014
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Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]2014
9 questions in this view		2014
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20132013
10 questions in this view		2013
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20122012
9 questions in this view		2012
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20112011
10 questions in this view		2011
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20102010
10 questions in this view		2010
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20092009
11 questions in this view		2009
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20082008
14 questions in this view		2008
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Civil Engineering (CE) 20072007
13 questions in this view		2007
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2007 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Soil Shear Strength and Stress Distribution
Civil Engineering (CE) 2007
A clay soil sample is tested in a triaxial apparatus in consolidated-drained conditions at a cell pressure of 100 kN/m². What will be the pore water pressure at a deviator stress of 40 kN/m²?
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Site Investigation, Earth Pressure and Slope Stability
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
The degree of disturbance of the sample collected by the sampler is expressed by a term called the “area ratio”. If the outer diameter and inner diameter of the sampler are \( D_o \) and \( D_i \) respectively, the area ratio is given by
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Soil Properties and Classification
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 2]
As per Indian Standard Soil Classification System (IS: 1498 - 1970), an expression for A-line is
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2015 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Soil Properties and Classification
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
A fine-grained soil has 60% (by weight) silt content. The soil behaves as semi-solid when water content is between 15% and 28%. The soil behaves fluid-like when the water content is more than 40%. The 'Activity' of the soil is
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2015 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Soil Properties and Classification
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
A 588 cm³ volume of moist sand weighs 1010 gm. Its dry weight is 918 gm and specific gravity of solids, \( G \) is 2.67. Assuming density of water as 1 gm/cm³, the void ratio is __________.
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Soil Properties and Classification
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
In the consolidated undrained triaxial test on a saturated soil sample, the pore water pressure is zero
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