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Petroleum Engineering Previous Year Questions

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

11Papers
11Years
600Questions
11Topics

Petroleum Engineering question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 342 57%
Medium 253 42.2%
Hard 5 0.8%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 292 48.7%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 248 41.3%
MSQ 60 10%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Petroleum Engineering
600 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Engineering Mathematics
154 Qs
Reservoir Engineering
143 Qs
Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology
68 Qs
Petroleum Production Operations
46 Qs
Petroleum Formation Evaluation
43 Qs
Oil and Gas Well Testing
32 Qs
Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry
26 Qs
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
26 Qs
Offshore Drilling and Production Practices
25 Qs
Petroleum Exploration
20 Qs
Latest Trends in Petroleum Engineering
17 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Rock and Fluid Properties
67 Qs
Calculus
61 Qs
Reservoir Flow and Drive Mechanisms
56 Qs
Drilling Fluids and Cementing
35 Qs
Probability and Statistics
28 Qs
Drawdown, Buildup and Type-curve Analysis
27 Qs
Formation Evaluation and Log Interpretation
26 Qs
Offshore Platforms and Station Keeping
20 Qs
Numerical Methods
20 Qs
Production-system Analysis and Flow Assurance
20 Qs
Linear Algebra
17 Qs
Material Balance and Reserve Estimation
16 Qs
Well-log Principles and Tools
15 Qs
Differential Equations
15 Qs
Chemical and Miscible Flooding
14 Qs
Complex Variables
13 Qs
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources
13 Qs
Environmental Impacts, Oil Spills and Compliance
12 Qs
Drilling Problems and Well Control
11 Qs
Occupational Health and Safety Systems
11 Qs
Reservoir Geology and Petroleum Systems
10 Qs
Surface Processing, Storage and Transportation
10 Qs
Exploration Methods and Resource Evaluation
10 Qs
Formation Damage, Stimulation and Artificial Lift
9 Qs
Well Planning, Rigs and Drilling Methods
9 Qs
Completion, Servicing and Workover
7 Qs
EOR Screening and Displacement Efficiency
7 Qs
Bits, Drill Strings and Casing Design
7 Qs
Directional and Advanced Drilling
6 Qs
Thermal, Microbial and Low-salinity Recovery
5 Qs
Reservoir Management and Geomechanics
4 Qs
Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage
4 Qs
Diffusivity and Pressure-transient Analysis
4 Qs
Offshore Drilling and Completion
3 Qs
Emergency and Crisis Management
3 Qs
Subsea and Deepwater Production
2 Qs
Production, Cement and Casing Evaluation
2 Qs
Injection, Interference and Gas-well Testing
1 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2026
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2025
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2024
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2023
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2022
54 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
54 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2019
54 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
55 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
53 Qs
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
55 Qs

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Engineering Mathematics

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154 questions11 papers11 years

Reservoir Engineering

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143 questions11 papers11 years

Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology

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68 questions11 papers11 years

Petroleum Production Operations

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46 questions11 papers11 years

Petroleum Formation Evaluation

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43 questions10 papers10 years

Oil and Gas Well Testing

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32 questions10 papers10 years

Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry

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26 questions10 papers10 years

Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques

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26 questions10 papers10 years

Offshore Drilling and Production Practices

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25 questions10 papers10 years

Petroleum Exploration

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20 questions10 papers10 years

Latest Trends in Petroleum Engineering

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17 questions7 papers7 years

Included previous year papers

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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20262026
55 questions in this view		2026
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20252025
55 questions in this view		2025
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20242024
55 questions in this view		2024
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20232023
55 questions in this view		2023
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20222022
54 questions in this view		2022
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20212021
54 questions in this view		2021
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20202020
55 questions in this view		2020
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20192019
54 questions in this view		2019
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20182018
55 questions in this view		2018
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20172017
53 questions in this view		2017
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Petroleum Engineering (PE) 20162016
55 questions in this view		2016
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Sample previous year questions

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2016 · Petroleum Engineering · Engineering Mathematics · Calculus
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2016
The value of \( \lim_{x \to 0} \left( \frac{e^x - 1}{\sin x} \right) \) is equal to____.
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2017 · Petroleum Engineering · Engineering Mathematics · Calculus
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2017
If a vector \(\vec{v}\) has components \(v_x = 1, v_y = 2, v_z = 3\), then its magnitude is ______. (write answer with two decimal places)
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2018 · Petroleum Engineering · Engineering Mathematics · Calculus
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2018
The Taylor series expansion of the function, \( f(x) = \frac{1}{1+x} \), around \( x = 0 \) (up to \( 4^{th} \) order term) is:
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2019 · Petroleum Engineering · Engineering Mathematics · Linear Algebra
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2019
For any real, square and non-singular matrix B, the det B-1 is
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2020 · Petroleum Engineering · Engineering Mathematics · Calculus
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2020
Consider a vector field, \( \mathbf{A} = 3xz\hat{i} + 2xy\hat{j} - yz^2\hat{k} \), where, \( \hat{i} \), \( \hat{j} \), and \( \hat{k} \) are the unit vectors along the \( x, y \), and \( z \) directions, respectively. The divergence of \( \mathbf{A} \) at the point \( (1, 1, 1) \) is equal to
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2021 · Petroleum Engineering · Offshore Drilling and Production Practices · Offshore Platforms and Station Keeping
Petroleum Engineering (PE) 2021
MOPU (in the context of offshore drilling and production systems) stands for
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