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Q.1 A soil deposit has a void ratio of 1.4. If the void ratio is reduced to 0.80 by compaction,
Ask an Expert then the percentage volume loss is
a. 13.33%
b. 20%
c. 25%
d. 40%
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Solution. 1
(c)
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Q.2 In an unconfined compression test on stiff clay, if the failure plane makes an angle of
55° to the horizontal, then what will be the angle of shearing resistance?
a. 45°
b. 35°
c. 25°
d. 20°
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Solution. 2
(d)
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Q.3 During the first stage of triaxial test when the cell pressure is increased from 0.12
N/mm2 to 0.24 N/mm2, the pore pressure increases from 0.08 N/mm2 to 0.14 N/mm2.
The value of Skempton’s pore pressure parameter ‘B ’ is
a. –1
b. –0.5
c. 0.25
d. 0.5
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Solution. 3
(d)
Q.4 The liquid and plastic limits of a fine-grained soil are found to be 44% and 21%
respectively. How is the soil classified?
a. ML
b. CL
c. CI
d. MI
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Solution. 4
(c)
Q.5 A fine grained soil behaves as semi-solid when water content is between 18% and 26%
and behaves like fluid when the water content is more than 38%. If the soil has 48% by
weight clay content, then the activity of the soil is __________.
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Solution. 5
0.25
Q.6 Critical hydraulic gradient in a saturated sand with water content 35% and specific
gravity of solids 2.65, is ______________.
Not Attempt Correct Ans. 0.85 (0.84 - 0.86)
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Solution. 6
0.85 (0.84 - 0.86)
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Q.7 The value of coefficient of permeability for a uniformly graded sand of size D10 = 0.20
cm obtained from sieve analysis is ____________ cm/s.
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Solution. 7
Q.8 If 40% of hydrostatic head is lost in flowing through soil B (that has k = 0.06 cm/s) as
shown in figure below, then the discharge velocity and the seepage velocity through
soil B are respectively
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a. 0.072, 0.162
b. 0.024, 0.127
c. 0.024, 0.054
d. 0.072, 0.143
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Solution. 8
(c)
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An unconfined cylindrical specimen of clay fails under an axial stress of 240 kN/m .
The failure plane was inclined at an angle of 35° to the vertical. The cohesion of the soil
is
a. 84 kN/m2
b. 74 kN/m2
c. 172 kN/m2
d. 98 kN/m2
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Solution. 9
(a)
Q.10 From a borrow material having 150000 m3 of volume and void ratio of 1.2, how many
cubic meters of fill can be constructed at a void ratio of 0.7?
a. 115909 m3
b. 121605 m3
c. 135583 m3
d. 151821 m3
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(a)
Q.11 Consider the following features of triaxial test:
I. Pore water pressure measurements can be made accurately.
II. There is no rotation of the principal stresses during the test and the failure plane is
not forced.
III. It is a quick test.
IV. The stress distribution on the failure plane is linearly varying.
Choose the CORRECT statements:
a. I, II and IV
b. I, III and IV
c. II and IV
d. I and II
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Solution. 11
(d)
Triaxial test is not a quick test and stress distribution on the failure plane is fairly
uniform.
Q.12 A constant head permeability test was performed on a soil sample of 8 cm height and
50 cm2 cross-sectional area. A quantity of water of 450 cm3 flows down in 10 minutes
under an effective constant head of 40 cm. On oven drying, the test specimen weighs
500 gram. Assuming G = 2.65, the values of permeability (k) and the seepage velocity
of water during the test are respectively
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Solution. 12
(c)
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Q.13 In a proctor compaction test, the soil specimen of one of the observations had a bulk
density of 20.2 kN/m3 with a moisture content of 22% and specific gravity of solids, G
is 2.67. Assuming density of water as 10 kN/m3, the degree of saturation of specimen is
______________ %.
Not Attempt Correct Ans. 96 (95 - 97)
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Solution. 13
96 (95 - 97)
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Q.14 A deposit of soil consists of three layers. The second layer has a permeability 10 times
that of the first layer and a thickness half that of the first layer. The third layer has a
thickness twice that of the first layer and a permeability twice that of the second layer.
The ratio of horizontal permeability to vertical permeability of the soil is
______________.
Not Attempt Correct Ans. 4.32 (4.2 - 4.4)
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Solution. 14
4.32 (4.2 - 4.4)
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Q.15 A homogeneous earthen dam has a free board of 1.8 m with a total height of 30.2 m. A
flownet was constructed and the number of potential drops and number of flow
channels were 12 and 4 respectively. The dam has a 20 m long horizontal filter at its
downstream end. If the length of dam is 150 m and coefficient of permeability of the
soil is 4.26 × 10–4 cm/sec, then seepage loss across the length of the dam is
______________ × 10–3 m3/sec.
Not Attempt Correct Ans. 6.05 (6 - 6.1)
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Solution. 15
6.05 (6 - 6.1)
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Q.16 The time taken by a saturated clay layer to achieve 80% consolidation is 12 years. The
time required to achieve 80% consolidation, if the clay layer was thrice as thick, two
times more permeable and three times more compressible would be ___________
years.
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Solution. 16
162
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