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Elements of hydrogeology - Common Section - Geology & Geophysics Previous Year Questions

Practice Elements of hydrogeology - Common Section - Geology & Geophysics previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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20Years
42Questions
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Elements of hydrogeology question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Easy 38 90.5%
Medium 4 9.5%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 20 47.6%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 19 45.2%
Fill in the blanks 3 7.1%

Subject weightage

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Geology & Geophysics
42 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Common Section
42 Qs

Subtopic coverage

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Elements of hydrogeology
42 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG) 2026
2 Qs
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 2026
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
3 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2021
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2020
3 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2019
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2018
4 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2017
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
4 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2015
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2014
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012
2 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008
1 Qs
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2007
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Geology and Geophysics - Geology (GG) 202620262View paper
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics (GG) 202620261View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2025 [Session 2]20251View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]20243View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 2]20242View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 1]20232View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2023 [Session 2]20232View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202220222View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202120212View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 202020203View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201920191View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201820184View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201720172View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201620164View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201520151View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201420141View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201320132View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201220122View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201120111View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 201020101View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200920091View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200820081View paper
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 200720071View paper

All Elements of hydrogeology previous year questions

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2008 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2008
Which of the following statements is/are true for porosity of sandstone?
P. Porosity increases with sorting of grains.
Q. Porosity decreases with sorting of grains.
R. Porosity decreases with shale content.
S. Porosity increases with shale content.
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2009 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2009
Which of the following is the correct order of decreasing permeability ?
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2010 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2010

Which of the following statements is NOT correct with regard to a perched water table?

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2011 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2011

Choose the CORRECT statement

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2012 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012

Which one of these is NOT a source of sufficient water supply but can transmit certain quantity of water on a regional scale due to leakage?

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2012 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2012
Specific discharge of 1 cm per day is observed in a porous medium where hydraulic head difference is 0.5 m and flow length is 20 m. Calculate the hydraulic conductivity (in m/day).
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2013 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013

Dimension of hydraulic conductivity is

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2013 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2013

For a condition represented by the circle 1, if pore water pressure increases, the circle will change to

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2014 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2014
A confined sandy aquifer has a thickness of 10 m and transmissivity of 0.75 m² per day. Its hydraulic conductivity is ______ m/day.
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2015 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2015
Which combination of sorting and roundness of sand grains results in highest permeability?
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2016 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
For a soil, Liquidity Index = (Natural Water Content – X) / Plasticity Index.
Here, X is ______________.
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2016 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
Match the parameters listed in Group I with the units listed in Group II.

Group IGroup II
P. Hydraulic conductivity1. Newton sec./m2
Q. Permeability2. m/sec.
R. Viscosity3. m
S. Hydraulic head4. m2
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2016 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
Water content and total porosity of a soil are given as 10% and 25%, respectively. Specific gravity of soil particles is 2.5. The volume of water that should be added to 100 m³ of this soil for full saturation is __________ m³.
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2016 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2016
For horizontal flow in a saturated aquifer, the product of hydraulic conductivity and thickness is equal to _____
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2022 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022

For a productive alluvial aquifer with hydraulic conductivity = 105 m/day and hydraulic gradient = 0.01, the flow rate is ______ m/day. [round off to 2 decimal places]

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2022 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2022
For a productive alluvial aquifer with hydraulic conductivity = 105 m/day and hydraulic gradient = 0.01, the flow rate is _____ m/day. [round off to 2 decimal places]
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2024 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
A confined aquifer with a uniform saturated thickness of 10 m has hydraulic conductivity of 10⁻² cm/s. Considering a steady flow, the transmissivity of the aquifer in m²/day is __________ (rounded off to one decimal place).
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2024 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
The areas of drainage basins A and B are 25 km² and 50 km², respectively. The total length of drainages of all orders in basin A is 20 km. If both the basins have the same drainage density, the total length of drainages of all orders in basin B in km is __________ (in integer).
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2024 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 1]
A soil mass comprises two horizontal layers (of equal thickness and equal width) stacked one above the other. The hydraulic conductivities of the two layers are 5 × 10−2 cm/s and 3 × 10−2 cm/s. Considering Darcian flow of water and same hydraulic gradient for both the layers, the effective hydraulic conductivity of the soil mass in cm/s is __________ (rounded off to two decimal places).
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2024 · Geology & Geophysics · Common Section · Elements of hydrogeology
Geology & Geophysics (GG) 2024 [Session 2]
The dimension of permeability is
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