Geotechnical Engineering

I, II, III & IV- MCQ
1) A point load of 700kN is applied on the surface of thick layer of clay. Using boussinesq elastic theory,
vertical stress (σv ) at depth of 2.0m and radial distance of 1.0m form the point of application of load is:
1) 47.5 kPa 2) 47.6 kPa 3) 47.8 kPa             4) 47.7 kPa
2) Vibrator roller are useful for compacting:
1) Clayey soil 2) Crushed rock
3) Cohesionless soil                 4) Gravel
3) Soil is compacted at which one of the following when higher compactive effort gives highest dry density:
1) Dry side of optimum moisture content 2) at optimum moisture content
3) Wet side of optimum moisture content 4) Saturation moisture content.
4) Deviator stress is 1) σ1 – σ3       2) σ1 + σ3 3) σ1 + 2 σ3 4) 2σ1+ σ3
5) Flow net is graphical representation of
1) 3D flow 2) 2D flow 3) Laminar flow       4) Turbulent flow
6) Value of cohesion in vane shear test is……………
1) Equal to undrained shear strength          2) twice the value of shear strength
3) Half of undrained shear strength 4) Zero
7) A soil sample having specific gravity of 2.6 and void ratio of 0.78. The water content in percentage required to fu
at that void ratio would be:
1) 10 2) 50 3) 30                 4) 70
8) A flow net of cofferdam has 6 flow channels and 18 equipotential drops. The head loss due to seepage
coefficient of permeability of foundation is 4x10-5 m/min , then seepage loss per m length of dam in 10-2 m3 / day w
1) 2.16 2) 6.48 3)34.56 4) 11.52
9) The coefficient of curvature for well graded soil must be between
1) 0.5 and 1 2) 1 and 3           3) 3 and 4 4) 4 and 5
10) Stress isobar is imaginary line joining points of same
1) Reduced level 2) Lateral stress
3) Vertical stress               4) Contact pressure
11) Flow of water in permeameter is: 1) Downward 2) upward
3) Horizontal 4) Vertical
12) The liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are 65% and 29% resp. The percentage of soil fraction
mm is 24. The activity ratio is soil sample is……….
1) 0.5 2) 1 3) 2.0 4) 1.5
13) The shearing strength of cohesionless soil depends upon
1) Dry density      2) confining pressure 3) rate of loading 4) nature of loading
14) is phenomenon by which soil on downstream side of some hydraulic structure gets lifted up
water pressure.
1) Pumping 2) Seepage 3) piping          4) flow
15) Consider the following statements in the context of Indian marine clay
A) The soil has low void ratio
B) The soil has low shear strength and high compressibility
C) The soil contains clay mineral Montmorillonite
Out of these statements, which are correct?
1) B and C 2) A, B and C 3) A and C 4) A and B
16) Slope of strength envelope specifies the………………
1) Angle of internal friction    2) Failure angle 3) Cohesion 4) none of these
17) Consider the following statements regarding confined aquifer
A) The pressure of water is greater than atmospheric pressure
B) The aquifer is bound by impervious layer at top and bottom
C) The tube well sunk in such aquifer starts flowing by it self
D) The aquifer is fully saturated
Out of these which are correct
1) A, B and C 2) A, B and D     3) B, C and D 4) A, C and D
18) Heavy compaction is required for
1) National highways 2) State highways 3) Runways      4) Expressways
19) The average friction angle ɸ for homogeneous sand deposit is 300. The ratio of major and minor principa
point in the soil medium at failure will be
1) 1 2) 2                 3) 3 4) 4
20) A soil has bulk density of 18 kN /m3 at water content of 5%. If the void ratio remains same, then its bulk density a
10 % will be…………..
1) 19.8 KN/m3 2) 18.8 KN/m3             3) 18.0 KN/m3 4) 17.8 KN/m3
21) What is the numerical value of Ip if the soil is non-plastic : 1) 1 2) 2 3) 0.5 4) 0
22) The important shear strength parameters for a pure cohesive soil are
1) Cohesion and angle of internal friction 2) cohesion
3) Angle of internal friction 4) none of these
23) In the plasticity chart the soil which falls above A line and has liquid limit 40% is represented by:
1) CH 2) CI 3) CL            4) MI
24) For shear strength, the Triaxial test is suitable because:
a. It can be performed under all three drainage conditions
b. Precise measurement of pore pressure and volume change during test is possible
c. State of stress within specimen during any stage of test and at failure is completely determined
d. All of the above
25) W is the weight of soil having moisture content ω. If V is the volume of proctor’s mould, the dry density of soil i
(W/V) /(1+ ω)               2) ϒd = (V/W) /1+ω
3) ϒd = (ω/V) /(1+W) 4) ϒd = (W/V)/1+e
26) Newmarks influence chart is prepared using the equation for
1) Point load 2) line load
3) Uniformly distributed circular load
4) Uniformly distributed rectangular load
27) Shear strength of soil is due
1) Density and Porosity 2) Cohesion and Friction
3) Density index and specific gravity 4) Relative density and water content
28) Depending upon the properties of material, the failure envelope may be
1) Either straight or curved 2) cut the shear stress axis
3) Pass through origin 4) All of these
29) Determine the dry density of a soil sample having water content of 10% and saturation of 90%. Assume
1) 2.06 gm/cc                              2) 4.06 gm /cc
3) 40.60 gm/cc 4) 20.60 gm/cc
30) The shear strength in plastic undrained clay is due to:
1) Intergranular friction 2) Internal friction
3) Cohesion                              4) None of these
31) Relative compaction is:
1) Similar to relative density 2) compaction process
3) Dry density obtained in the field 4) A ratio of γd of field to the γd of lab
32) For ideal pure friction material, the strength envelope: 1) passes through the origin
2) Has intercept on Y axis 3) parallel to X axis 4) none of these
33) When liquefaction occurs in silty soil: 1) σ > u 2) σ = u
3) σ  < u             4) none of these
34) Point load approximation method is suitable for:
1) Uniformly distributed load over large area
2) Strip load 3) line load 4) point load
35) For pure sandy soils:
1) Jodhpur miniature compaction test is recommended
2) A well-defined OMC exists
3) Modified proctor test is recommended
4) Compaction curve is not useful
 36) For falling hea
1) 2.303 log (h1 /h2 ) a.L/A.t           2) 2.303 log (h1 /h2 ) A.L/a.t 3) 2.303 log (h2 /h1) a.L/A.t 4) 2.303
37) The depth of soil which contains
1) Capillary fringe 2) surface water 3) capillary rise
38) Plasticity chart is o
1) Plasticity index on Y axis and liqu
2) Plasticity index on X axis and liq
3) Plasticity index on Y axis and pla
4) Plasticity index on X axis and pla
39) The minimum water content at which soil retains its liquid state and possess small shearing strength is: 1) perm

3) Shrinkage limit
40) The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter,
permeability limit
3) Shrinkage limit
41) Due to remoulding of clay the shear st
1) Can’t be said   2) decrease 3) increase 4
42) Chemical weathering of s
1) Oxidation 2) carbonation 3) hydration
43) The most significant property of cohesionless so
1) Gradation            2) relative density 3) structure
44) A strata of 3.5m thick sand has a void ratio of 0.7 and G of 2.7 .For quicksand condition to develop in the
flowing in upward direction will re
1)7 m 2) 5.56m 3
45) According to Indian standard soil classif
1) Inorganic silt of high compressibility 2) Inorganic cla
3) Inorganic clay of low plasticity           4) inorganic silt with no
46) China clay is an example of: 1) Montmorillonite 2) kaolinite     3)
47) Data from sieve analysis conducted on a given sample of soil showed that 67% of particles passed through IS 75
liquid limit and plastic limit of the finer fraction was found to be 45% and 33% respectively. The group symbol for s

1) MI 2) MH                  3) C
48) Stress coefficient is function of: 1) r/z ratio 2) z/r ratio 3) Q/z 
49) The consistency of saturated cohesive
1) Particle size distribution
3) Density index 4) coefficient of permeability
50) The soil that will generally have maximum void ratio is:
1) Sand 2) clay 3) Gravel        4) silt
51) The particle size distribution curve is extremely useful for classification of:
1) Fine grained soil 2) coarse grained soil
3) Both coarse grained and fine grained soil 4) silts and clays
52) For dense packing regular sphere at maximum density, the void ratio will be 1) 0.91 2) 0.81            3) 0.65
53) The plasticity index is the numerical difference between
1) Liquid limit - plastic limit         2) liquid limit – shrinkage limit
3) Plastic limit - liquid limit 4) Plastic limit – shrinkage limit
54) Moist unit weight of soil is 16.5 kN/m3 at water content of 15% and Gs =2.7. The porosity of soil sample will be:
1) 52 % 2) 56% 3) 46%           4) 42%
55) Clayey soil can be better compacted by
1) Static load 2) kneading action            3) vibration 4) impact load
56) For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended is:
1) Direct shear test 2) unconfined compression test
3) Triaxial compression test 4) all of the above
57) The direct shear test suffers from following disadvantage:
1) Drain condition cannot be controlled
2) The area under shear and vertical load does not remain constant throughout the test
3) Pore pressure cannot be measured 4) All of above
58) Due to a rise in temperature, the viscosity and the unit weight of the percolating fluid are reduced to 60% and 90%
other things remain constant, the coefficient of permeability will be:
1) Increases by 25%
2) increases by 50%
3) increases by 33.3%
4) Decreases by 33.3%
58) Coefficient of permeability of soil
a) does not depend upon temperature
b) increases with the increase in temperature
c) increases with the decrease in temperature
d) none of the above
59) Sensitivity is defined as follows:
1) The property of soil that allow it to become stiff in a relatively short time on standing
2) The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength
3)  Ratio  of  shear  strength  in  undisturbed  state  to  remoulded  shear  strength  in  undrained condition
4) The tendency of dense sand to expand on application of shearing load.
60) When saturated fine sands and silts are liquefied:
1) Shear strength decreases to maximum or becomes zero also
2) Shear strength remains constant
3) Shear strength increases 4) none of the above
61) Overburden pressure on a plane below ground surface is
1) Weight of water over above the plane 2) self-weight of soil above the plane
3) Weight of structure on ground surface          4) effect of earthquake.
62) Line which shows relation between dry density and water content containing no air voids is
1) Zero voids line   2) Flow line 3) Stream line 4) Equipotential line
63) Soils which exhibit high swelling and shrinkage characteristics are
1) Lateritic soils 2) Calcerous sands
3) Black cotton soils                              4) desert soils
64) Sensitive clay has shear strength of 45 kN/m2 in natural state and 15 KN/m2 in remoulded state. The sensitivity
1) 1/3 2) 30 3) 10 4) 3
65) The vertical stress calculated by boussinesq theory and westergaard theory at a point will be identical when r/z is
distance, z = vertical depth below the point load).
1) 1 2) 20.5 3) 1.5 4) 0.817
66) Sensitive clays are also called as: 1) Slow clays 2) High strength clays
3) Quick clays                 4) Low strength clays
67) Through a point in loaded soil mass, there exists ‘n’ typical planes mutually orthogonal on which stress is wholly
shear stress acts, if n=
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3                 4) 4
68) The relative compaction should range from:
1) 80 to 90% 2) 0 to 100 %        3) 90 to 105% 4) 0 to 50%
69) Black cotton soil is: 1) Colluvial soil 2) Aeolian soil
3) Physically weathered residual soil
4) Chemically weathered residual soil
70) Unconsolidated undrained test is called as
1) Slow test     2) very fast test 3) quick test 4) Medium test
71) The neutral stress in soil mass is
1) Force per neutral area 2) stress taken up by the pore water
3) Force per effective area 4) Stress taken up by solid particles
72) The intensity of vertical pressure at a depth z directly below the point load on its axis of loading is: 1) 0.4775 Q
Q /z2          3) 0.4775Q/z3 4) 0.4775Q /√z
73) Consider the following statements about the properties of the flow nets:
A. Flow lines are perpendicular to equipotential lines.
B. No two flow lines or equipotential lines start from the same point.
C. No two flow lines cross each other
D. Phreatic line is a flow line
Out of these statements, which are correct?
1) A, B, C, & D are correct                2) A, B & D are correct
3) A, C & D are correct 4) none of the above
74) Range of optimum water content for silty sand is:
1) 5 to 10% 2) 8 to 12%
3) 12 to 16% 4) 15 to 20%
75) In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit o
1) 35% 2) 50%
3) 65%                                     4) None of the above
76) Which one of the following statements is true?
1) Clays are more porous than sands
2) Pressure of organic matter in a soil decreases the bearing capacity of the soil
3) Aluminous cement is used for foundations in soils with chemical deposits
4) All the above
77) The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion
1) Decreases as the moisture content increases
2) Increases as the moisture content decreases
3) It is more in well compacted clays
4) Depends upon the external applied load
78) Minimum size of the particles of silt soil, is
1) 0.002mm                                     2) 0.04 mm
3) 0.08 mm 4) 0.02 mm
79) Under-reamed piles are generally
1) Driven piles 2) bored piles
3) Precast piles 4) all the above
81) The capillary rise of water
1)   Depends upon the capillary force responsible
2) Increases as the size of the soil particles increases
3) Decreases as the size of the soil particles decreases
4) Is less in wet soil than in dry soil
82) Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
1) The smaller the size of the pores, the higher the water can rise above the water table
2) The hydrostatic pressure depends on the depth below the water level.
3) The attractive forces between the particles, caused due to negative pressure of water held above the water table are
suction.
4) None of the above
83) Darcy's law is applicable to seepage if a soil is
1) Homogeneous 2) Isotropic
3) Incompressible 4) All of the above
84) When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pres
to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is gene
1) Quick condition 2) boiling condition
3) Quick sand 4) All of the above
85) The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of total voids, is known as
1) Air content 2) Percentage air voids
3) Porosity 4) Void Ratio
86) Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil? 1) Con
2) falling head method
3) Horizontal permeability test 4) none of the above
87) The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in a given soil mass, is known
1) Porosity 2) Specific gravity
3) Void ratio                           4) Water content
88) A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm
gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the degree of saturation of the soil is:
1) 31.11% 2) 55.6%
3) 69.6% 4) none of these
89) A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil partic
moisture content in the soil is 20%, the degree of saturation is
1) 20% 2) 77%
3) 92%                                     4) None of the above
90) According to Coulomb's wedge theory, the active earth pressure slides the wedge
1) Down and outwards on a slip surface
2) Up and inwards on a slip surface
3) Horizontal upward and parallel to base
4) Horizontal inward and parallel to base
91) The coefficient of curvature is defined (Cc),

1) D60/D10 2) D
3) D /D    D
2
4) D 30
/D 2
D
30        60      10                                                              10 60 30
92) The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of,
1) Stress to strain 2) Strain to stress
3) Stress to settlement 4) Rate of loading to that of settlement
93) A bulk density 2.30 gm/cc and water content 15% the dry density of sample is:
1) 2.0 gm/cc                                2) 1.5 gm/cc
3) 1 gm/cc 4) 2.5 gm/cc
94) In the plasticity chart, soil that falls above A line and has having liquid limit of 40 is:
1) CI 2) CH 3) CL                 4) MI
95) Consider the following statement regarding confined aquifer

1) The pressure of water is greater than atmospheric pressure

2) The aquifer is bound at the top and bottom by impervious strata
3) The tube well sunk in such an aquifer starts flowing away by itself
4) The aquifer is fully saturated
96) Flow of water in permeameter is:
1) Downward                       2) Upward
3) Horizontal 4) Vertical
97) The design of …………… dams vary much based upon the permeability of soils used.
1) Concrete dam
2) Earth dam
3) Coffer dam
4) Steel dam
98) D60 is 9.6mm, D30 is 2mm and D10 is 0.16mm, what is value of Cc (coefficient of curvature)? 1) 2.4
2.6              4) 2.7
99) Black cotton soils are:
1) Residual Soils                2) Inorganic Soils
3) Expansive Soils 4) Transported soil
100) The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at th
temperature, is known
1) Void ratio 2) Porosity
3) Water content 4) Specific gravity
101) The seepage force in a soil, is
1) Perpendicular to the equipotential lines
2) Proportional to the exit gradient 3) Proportional to the head loss   4) All of the above
102) The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion is:
1) Decreases as the moisture content increases
2) Increases as the moisture content decreases
3) Is more in well compacted clays
4) Depends upon the external applied load
103) The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is:
1) n= 2) e=
3) n= 4) e = n/(1 - n)
104) The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, is
1) Directly proportional to the voids ratio
2) Inversely proportional to the voids ratio
3) Directly proportional to the specific gravity
4) None of the above
105) Flow net is used for the determination of:
1) Quantity of seepage 2) Seepage pressure
3) Hydraulic gradient 4) All of the above
106) Accurate determination of water content, is made by
1) Calcium carbide method 2) sand bath method
3) Alcohol method 4) oven-drying method
107) Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:
1) Red earth 2) Desert soil
3) Black cotton soil                        4) Compacted ground
108) If the bulk density of the soil is ρ and water content ω, then dry density of the soil, is
1) 2)
3)    4)
109) The specific yield of soil depends upon
1) Compaction of stratum 2) distribution of pores
3) Shape and size of particles 4) all the above
110) 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of
1) Wind                                  2) Water
3) Glacier 4) Gravity
111) The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of soil, is known
1) Porosity                              2) Specific gravity
3) Void ratio 4) Water content
112) A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 1.8 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.
content in the soil is 25%, the degree of saturation is…
1) 60 % 2) 70 %
3) 80 %                                  4) 50 %
113) The maximum shear stress occurs on the element which makes an angle with the horizontal plane
30° 2) 45°
3) 60° 4) 90°
114) For determining the moisture content of a soil sample, the following data is available Weight of container =
soil sample and = 320 g container, Weight of soil sample (dried) and = 310 g container. The moisture content of
1) 15 % 2) 18 %
3) 20 %                                  4) 25 %
115) A partially saturated soil is classified as
1) One phase soil 2) two phase soil
3) Three phase soil                  4) four phase soil
116) If the specific gravity and voids in soil sample are G and e respectively, the hydraulic gradient i, is…………
1)  2)
3) 4)
117) Pick up the correct statement from the following:
1) To an agriculturist, soil is the substance existing on the earth's surface, which grows and develops plants
2) To a geologist, soil is the material in a relatively thin surface zone within which roots occur, and
termed as rock irrespective of hardness
3) To an engineer, soil is the unaggregated and uncemented deposits of minerals and organic particles coverin
4) All the above.
118) The Westergaard analysis is used for
1) Sandy soils 2) cohesive soils
3) Stratified soils               4) clayey soil
120) For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because………
1) It can be performed under all three drainage conditions
2) Precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible
3) Stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform
4) State of stress within the specimen during any stage of the test as well as at failure, is complete
5) All the above
121) For ideal pure Friction material strength envelope………..
1) Passes through origin
2) Parallel to X- axis
3) Has intercept on Y-axis
4) None of these
122) The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called
1) Free water 2) Hydroscopic water
3) Gravity water 4) capillary water
 of thick layer of clay. Using boussinesq elastic theory, the estimated
e of 1.0m form the point of application of load is:
4) 47.7 kPa

n higher compactive effort gives highest dry density:

mum moisture content
n moisture content.
2 σ3 4) 2σ1+ σ3

urbulent flow

value of shear strength

ratio of 0.78. The water content in percentage required to fully saturate the soil

d 18 equipotential drops. The head loss due to seepage is 6m. If the

n , then seepage loss per m length of dam in 10-2 m3 / day will be:
2
t be between
4 and 5

2) upward

are 65% and 29% resp. The percentage of soil fraction finer than 0.002
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self

C and D

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nd deposit is 300. The ratio of major and minor principal stress at any

of 5%. If the void ratio remains same, then its bulk density at water content of

/m3 4) 17.8 KN/m3

stic : 1) 1 2) 2 3) 0.5 4) 0
hesive soil are
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these
and has liquid limit 40% is represented by:

e:

nge during test is possible

 and at failure is completely determined

V is the volume of proctor’s mould, the dry density of soil is: 1) ϒd   = 

ion for

Friction
y and water content
envelope may be
is

g water content of 10% and saturation of 90%. Assume G =2.67.

ocess
of field to the γd of lab
: 1) passes through the origin
4) none of these
2) σ = u

d
 36) For falling head test k is given by
(h1 /h2 ) A.L/a.t 3) 2.303 log (h2 /h1) a.L/A.t 4) 2.303 log (h1 /h2 ) a.L/a.t
37) The depth of soil which contains capillary water is,
1) Capillary fringe 2) surface water 3) capillary rise      4) capillary fall
38) Plasticity chart is obtained by plotting
1) Plasticity index on Y axis and liquid limit on X axis
2) Plasticity index on X axis and liquid limit on Y axis
3) Plasticity index on Y axis and plastic limit on X axis
4) Plasticity index on X axis and plastic limit on Y axis
iquid state and possess small shearing strength is: 1) permeability limit
2) plastic limit
3) Shrinkage limit 4) liquid limit
gins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter, is known: 1)
permeability limit 2) plastic limit
3) Shrinkage limit 4) liquid limit
41) Due to remoulding of clay the shear strength……………
1) Can’t be said   2) decrease 3) increase 4) remains constant
42) Chemical weathering of soil is caused due to
1) Oxidation 2) carbonation 3) hydration 4) all of the above
43) The most significant property of cohesionless soil is
) Gradation            2) relative density 3) structure 4) formation
0.7 and G of 2.7 .For quicksand condition to develop in these strata , the water
flowing in upward direction will require a head of…..
1)7 m 2) 5.56m 3) 5m 4)3.5m
45) According to Indian standard soil classification, CL means:
1) Inorganic silt of high compressibility 2) Inorganic clay of high plasticity
rganic clay of low plasticity           4) inorganic silt with none to low plasticity
is an example of: 1) Montmorillonite 2) kaolinite     3) illite 4) halosite
le of soil showed that 67% of particles passed through IS 75 micron sieve. The
nd to be 45% and 33% respectively. The group symbol for soil as per IS 1498-
1970 is:
1) MI 2) MH                  3) CH 4) SC
ficient is function of: 1) r/z ratio 2) z/r ratio 3) Q/z ratio     4) π/z ratio
49) The consistency of saturated cohesive soil is affected by:
1) Particle size distribution 2) water content
ility
is:

l for classification of:

e grained soil
s and clays
y, the void ratio will be 1) 0.91 2) 0.81            3) 0.65 4) 0.25
en
kage limit
kage limit
nt of 15% and Gs =2.7. The porosity of soil sample will be:

4) impact load
recommended is:
test

age:

constant throughout the test

bove
t weight of the percolating fluid are reduced to 60% and 90% respectively. If
ty will be:

latively short time on standing

and remoulded shear strength
 remoulded  shear  strength  in  undrained condition
f shearing load.

ero also

above
e is
eight of soil above the plane
t of earthquake.
ater content containing no air voids is
ipotential line
acteristics are
s

ural state and 15 KN/m2 in remoulded state. The sensitivity of soil is:

d westergaard theory at a point will be identical when r/z is (r = radial

2) High strength clays

typical planes mutually orthogonal on which stress is wholly normal and no

0 to 50%
an soil

um test

he pore water
lid particles
y below the point load on its axis of loading is: 1) 0.4775 Q /z 2) 0.4775 

s of the flow nets:

e same point.

rrect
e

was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil is……

ng capacity of the soil

ith chemical deposits

can rise above the water table

he water level.
to negative pressure of water held above the water table are called soil
ressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced
move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

otal voids, is known as

or the determination of permeability of clayey soil? 1) Constant head method

bove
oil solids in a given soil mass, is known

ent has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3. If the specific
the degree of saturation of the soil is:

weight of 2.0 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the
ation is

arth pressure slides the wedge

2/D
30 D10
30
2
/D D
                10 60 30
 io of,

o that of settlement
he dry density of sample is:

nd has having liquid limit of 40 is:

ed aquifer

essure
mpervious strata
away by itself

upon the permeability of soils used.

what is value of Cc (coefficient of curvature)? 1) 2.4 2) 2.5 3) 

lids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given

he head loss   4) All of the above

esion is:

ty ratio (n) is:

s, is
de by
method
ng method

ound
ntent ω, then dry density of the soil, is

of pores
ve

ume of soil, is known

weight of 1.8 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the moisture
…

element which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to.. 1)

sample, the following data is available Weight of container = 260 g, Weight of

mple (dried) and = 310 g container. The moisture content of the soil sample, is

are G and e respectively, the hydraulic gradient i, is…………..

wing:
g on the earth's surface, which grows and develops plants
latively thin surface zone within which roots occur, and rest of the crust is

cemented deposits of minerals and organic particles covering the earth's crust

ble because………
nditions
volume change during the test is possible
rm
any stage of the test as well as at failure, is completely determined

elope………..

d
ter