GATE Soil and Water Conservation Engineering: Soil Mechanics – Previous Year Questions
9 GATE previous year questions on Soil Mechanics (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2021 AG Q28 – A naturally deposited cohesionless infinite soil slope is 25°. Internal-friction angle30°. Find factor of safety, to two decimals.
- GATE 2021 AG Q37 – An annular soil-shear device has inner/outer diameters240/300 mm. Soil failure torque50 N m. Find soil shear strength in kPa. Use π=3.14.
- GATE 2021 AG Q41 – A wet sandy-clay loam sample has mass135 kg, wet density1.8 g/cm³,gravimetric water18%,and solids specific gravity2.7. Find dry density(g/cm³) and…
- GATE 2022 AG Q41 – Clay is 90% saturated, with void ratio .8 and specific gravity2.7. Find bulk unit weight in N/m³. Water unit weight is 9810 N/m³.
- GATE 2023 AG Q20 – Which porous-medium statement is incorrect?
- GATE 2023 AG Q58 – An anisotropic earth dam is 52 m high with 2 m freeboard. Horizontal/vertical conductivities are4.5×10⁻⁸/2.0×10⁻⁸ m/s. A transformed square flownet…
- GATE 2024 AG Q57 – A constant-head permeability sample is 70 mm in diameter and 100 mm long. Head loss is 80 mm and 60 mL water is collected in one minute. Find…
- GATE 2025 AG Q47 – An undisturbed soil sample has volume 100 cm³ and void ratio .60. Oven drying reduces mass from 185 g to 165 g without shrinkage. Soil specific…
- GATE 2026 AG Q57 – A homogeneous earthen embankment retains water 12 m deep. Crest width is 3 m, upstream/downstream slopes are 2H:1V and 2.5H:1V, and freeboard is 2 m.…