Self Assessment Test

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
5. If the ratio of width of foundation to the width of
1. Consider the following statements: plate is 5 times, the ratio of corresponding settlements
1. 2/3rd of the final load at which total settlement is in clayey soils is
12mm.
2. 50% of the final load which causes a settlement a) 1:1 b) 1:5
equal to 10% of the shaft diameter. c) 15:1 d) 5:1
3. 2/3rd of the final load which causes a total
settlement of 10% of the shaft diameter.
4. 50% of the final load which causes total
settlement of 6mm.. 6. Inclination of a clay slope

A. 1 and 2 B. 1 and 3 a) can be greater than the angle of shearing resistance

C. 1, 3 and 4 D. 1, 2 4 b) cannot be greater than the angle of shearing resistance
c) cannot be greater than angle of repose
d) cannot be greater than 450
2. Match List-1 with List-2 and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the lists
7. In an undrained triaxial compression test, sample
List 1. failed at a deviator stress of 200KN/m 2, when the cell
A. SPT Test pressure was 100KN/m2. The cohesion intercept is-----
B. Plate load test a) 200KN/m2 b) 100KN/m2
C. Field Vane shear test
D. CPT Test c) 300KN/m2 d) 50KN/m2

List 2. 8. During the first stage of triaxial test when the cell
1. Penetration Resistance pressure is increased from 0.10 N/mm2 to 0.26N/mm2,
2. Load-Settlement Data the pore water pressure increases from 0.07 N/mm2 to
3. Point resistance and friction 0.15N/mm2. What is the value of the Skemptons pore
4. In situ torque strength pressure parameter B?
Codes
A. 0.5 B. -0.5
A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2 C. 2.0 D. -2.0
b) 1 2 4 3
9. If is poissons ratio of soil, then the coefficient of
c) 3 4 1 2
active earth pressure at rest is
d) 3 1 4 2 1
A. B.
1
3. A 3.0m square footing is located in dense sand at a 1+
C. D.
depth of 2m. Water table was at 1m below the level of 1+
footing. The moist unit weight of sand above the water
table is 18KN/m3 and the saturated unit weight is 10. The soil profile at a site for a proposed office
building consists of a layer of fine sand 10.4 m thick
20KN/m3, angle of friction is 350, Nq=33, and N=34.0.
above a layer of soft, normally consolidated clay 2 m
The ultimate bearing capacity of soil in KN/m2 is---------- thick. Below the soft clay is a deposit of coarse sand.
The groundwater table was observed at 3 m below
ground level. The saturated unit weight of sand and
4. Consider the following statements related to triaxial clay are resp 19.3kN/m3 and 18 kN/m3. The building
test. Which of the following statements are correct: will impose a vertical stress increase of 140 kPa at the
1. Failure occurs along predetermined plane. middle of the clay layer. Estimate the primary
2. Intermediate and minor principal stresses are consolidation settlement of the clay if over
equal consolidation ratio of the soil is 1.5. Assume the soil
3. Volume change can be measured above the water table to be saturated, Cc= 0.3, Cr=0.05
4. Field conditions can be simulated and Gs = 2.7.--------------------
A. All wrong B. Only 3
C. 3 and 4 D. 2, 3 4
11. A 6m high retaining wall supports purely cohesive
soil. The top 3m of the backfill has bulk density of
17kN/m3 and apparent cohesion of 15kN/m2. The bulk
density and apparent cohesion of the bottom 3m is
19kN/m3 and 20kN/m2 respectively. If the tension
cracks are develop, the total active force on the wall will
be-------

12. The flow net constructed for a dam is as shown

below. The coefficient of permeability in horizontal and
vertical direction are 0.01m/day and 0.02m/day
respectively. The saturated unit weight of soil is
21kN/m3.

Determine effective stress at point X.--------------

13. Which of the following statement is correct with

reference to triaxial test?

a) Consolidated drained test takes least time for

completion.
b) Unconsolidated undrained test is used in situation of
dynamic loading.
c) Consolidated Undrained Test is done for clays subjected
to fast loading rate.
d) Unconsolidated Drained Test is least time consuming
process.

14. A flownet for and earth dam on impervious

foundation consists of 4 flow channels and 15
equipotential drops. The full reservoir level is 15m
above the downstream horizontal filter. Given that
horizontal permeability is 0.009mm/s and vertical
permeability is 0.001mm/s, the quantity of seepage
through dam in mililitre per second per metre will be.