CUET PG 2026 Civil and Structural Engineering Question Paper with Solutions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the CUET PG 2026 Civil & Structural Engineering (MTQP02) examination on March 17, 2026, during Shift 1 from 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM.

Students who appeared for the exam reported that the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate. CUET PG 2026 Civil and Structural Engineering Question Paper with Solutions PDF is available here for download. The marking scheme is +4 for correct answers and -1 for wrong answers, totaling 300 marks.

CUET PG 2026 Civil and Structural Engineering Question Paper with Solutions PDF

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Question 1:

What is the void ratio of a soil sample if its porosity is 25%?

(A) 0.25
(B) 0.33
(C) 0.50
(D) 0.75

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Question 2:

Where does the maximum bending stress occur in a simply supported beam?

(A) At supports
(B) At mid-span
(C) At quarter span
(D) At free end

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Question 3:

Which structural element ideally carries only axial forces?

(A) Beam
(B) Column
(C) Truss member
(D) Slab

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Question 4:

Define the hydraulic radius in terms of wetted perimeter and area.

(A) \(R = \frac{P}{A}\)
(B) \(R = \frac{A}{P}\)
(C) \(R = A \times P\)
(D) \(R = \frac{1}{AP}\)

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Question 5:

What is the approximate unit weight of water used in hydraulic calculations?

(A) \(9.81 \, kN/m^3\)
(B) \(1.0 \, kN/m^3\)
(C) \(100 \, kN/m^3\)
(D) \(0.98 \, kN/m^3\)

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Question 6:

In laminar flow through pipes, the Reynolds number is typically less than what value?

(A) 500
(B) 1000
(C) 2000
(D) 4000

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Question 7:

What is the effect of soil compaction on its shear strength?

(A) Decreases shear strength
(B) No effect
(C) Increases shear strength
(D) Makes it zero

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Question 8:

Which assumption states that a plane section remains plane before and after bending?

(A) Hooke's Law
(B) Bernoulli's assumption
(C) Pascal's Law
(D) Newton's Law

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Question 9:

Calculate the maximum exit gradient for soil with a specific gravity of 2.5 and porosity of 0.35 to prevent piping failure.

(A) 0.92
(B) 1.15
(C) 0.75
(D) 1.50

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Question 10:

Which method is used to determine the collapse load in structural analysis?

(A) Working Stress Method
(B) Limit State Method
(C) Plastic Analysis Method
(D) Finite Element Method

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Question 11:

What is the primary purpose of the uniqueness theorem in elastic analysis?

(A) To determine material properties
(B) To ensure a unique solution for given boundary conditions
(C) To calculate stresses directly
(D) To simplify equations

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Question 12:

For a saturated soil mass, how is shear strength calculated using effective stress parameters?

(A) \(\tau = c + \sigma \tan \phi\)
(B) \(\tau = c' + \sigma' \tan \phi'\)
(C) \(\tau = \sigma \tan \phi\)
(D) \(\tau = c' + \sigma \tan \phi'\)

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CUET PG Questions

1.
Which statistical distribution describes the behavior of identical, indistinguishable particles with half-integral spin?

Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
Bose–Einstein distribution
Fermi–Dirac distribution
Gaussian distribution

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2.
In a p-n junction diode, what happens to the width of the depletion layer under reverse bias?

It decreases
It increases
It remains constant
It becomes zero

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3.
What is the relation between the group velocity and phase velocity in a non-dispersive medium?

\(v_g>v_p\)
\(v_g<v_p\)
\(v_g = v_p\)
\(v_g = 2v_p\)

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4.
For a thermodynamic system undergoing an adiabatic process, what is the relationship between pressure \(P\) and volume \(V\)?

\(PV = \text{constant}\)
\(P/V = \text{constant}\)
\(PV^\gamma = \text{constant}\)
\(P^2V = \text{constant}\)

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5.
What is the Boolean expression for a two-input NAND gate?

\(Y = A + B\)
\(Y = AB\)
\(Y = \overline{AB}\)
\(Y = \overline{A} + \overline{B}\)

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6.
What is the energy of the ground state of a hydrogen atom according to the Bohr model?

\(-13.6\ \text{eV}\)
\(-3.4\ \text{eV}\)
\(-1.51\ \text{eV}\)
\(0\ \text{eV}\)

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CUET PG 2026 Civil and Structural Engineering Question Paper with Solutions