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11he vold raLlos aL Lhe densesL loosesL and Lhe naLural sLaLes of a sand deposlL are 02 06 and 04 respecLlvely 1he
relaLlve denslLy of Lhe deposlL ls
(1)100 (2) 7S (3) S0 (4)2S

21he followlng daLa were obLalned from a llquld llmlL LesL conducLed on a soll sample
number of blows 17 22 23 28 34
WaLer conLenL () 638 631 619 606 603
1he llquld llmlL of Lhe soll ls
(A) 631 (8) 628 (C) 619 (D) 606
31he speclflc gravlLy and lnslLu vold raLlo of a soll deposlL are 271 and 083 respecLlvely 1he value of Lhe crlLlcal hydraullc
gradlenL ls (1) 082 (2) 08S (3)09S (4)092
4 1he observed value of Lhe sLandard peneLraLlon number (n) aL 10m depLh of a sllLy sand deposlL ls 13 1he unlL welghL of
Lhe soll ls 16 kn/ln 31he n value afLer correcLlng for Lhe presence of flnes wlll be (A) 12 (8) 13 (C) 14 (D) 1S
3 An lnflnlLe slope ls Lo be consLrucLed ln a soll 1he effecLlve sLress sLrengLh parameLers of Lhe soll are c'C and f 30
1he saLuraLed unlL welghL of Lhe slope ls 20 kn/m 3 and Lhe unlL welghL of waLer ls 10 kn/m 3 Assumlng LhaL seepage ls
occurrlng parallel Lo Lhe slope Lhe maxlmum slope angle for a facLor of safeLy of 13 would be (A) 1089 (8) 1130
(C)1248 (D)1473
6 lf Lhe effecLlve sLress sLrengLh parameLers of a soll are c10 ka and 030 Lhe shear sLrengLh on a plane wlLhln Lhe
saLuraLed soll mass aL a polnL where Lhe LoLal normal sLress ls 300 ka and pore waLer pressure ls 130 ka wlll be (A) 90S
ka (8)966 ka (C)101S ka (D)1CSSka
7 1he Llme for a clay layer Lo achleve 83 consolldaLlon ls 10 years lf Lhe layer was half as Lhlck 10 Llmes more permeable
and 4 Llmes more compresslble Lhen Lhe Llme LhaL would be requlred Lo achleve Lhe same degree of consolldaLlon ls (A)1
year (8)S years (C)12 years (D)16 years
8 ln a Lrlaxlal LesL carrled ouL on a coheslon less soll sample wlLh a cell pressure of 20 ka Lhe observed value of applled
sLress aL Lhe polnL of fallure was 40 ka 1he angle of lnLernal frlcLlon of Lhe soll ls
(A)10 (8)1S (C)2S (D)30
9 ln a falllng head permeablllLy LesL Lhe lnlLlal head of 10 m dropped Lo 033 m ln 3 hours Lhe dlameLer of Lhe sLand plpe
belng 3 mm 1he soll speclmen was 200 mm long and of 100 mm dlameLer 1he coefflclenL of permeablllLy of Lhe soll ls
(A)486 x 10 S cm]s (8)486 k 10 6 cm]s (C)486 x 10 7 cm]s (D)486 x 10 8 cm]s
10 uaLa from a sleve analysls conducLed on a glven sample of soll showed LhaL 67 of Lhe parLlcles passed Lhrough 73
mlcron lS sleve 1he llquld llmlL and plasLlc llmlL of Lhe flner fracLlon was found Lo be 43 and 33 percenLs respecLlvely 1he
group symbol of Lhe glven soll as per lS14981970 ls
(A)SC (8) MI (C) Cn (D) Mn
11 33 ln a consLanL head permeameLer wlLh cross secLlon area of 10 cm
2
when Lhe flow was Laklng place under a
hydraullc gradlenL of 03 Lhe amounL of waLer collecLed ln 60 seconds ls 600 cc 1he permeablllLy of Lhe soll ls (a) 0002
cm/s (b) 002 cm/s (c) 02 cm/s (d) 20 cm/s
12 Coheslon ln soll (a) decreases act|ve pressure and |ncreases pass|ve res|stance (b) decreases both act|ve pressure
and pass|ve res|stance (c) increase the active press and decrease the pass|ve res|stance
(d) |ncreases both act|ve pressure and pass|ve res|stance

13 1he verLlcal sLress aL polnL
1
due Lo Lhe polnL load C on Lhe ground surface as shown ln flgure ls s
2
Accordlng Lo
8ousslnesq's equaLlon Lhe verLlcal sLress aL polnL
2
shown ln flgure wlll be

(A) (8) o
z
(C) 2o
z
(D) 4o
z
14 ln a compacLlon LesL C w S and e represenL Lhe speclflc gravlLy waLer conLenL degree of saLuraLlon and vold raLlo of
Lhe soll sample respecLlvely lf
w
represenLs Lhe unlL welghL of waLer and
w
represenLs Lhe dry unlL welghL of Lhe soll Lhe
equaLlon for zero alr volds llne ls
(A) (8) (C) (D)
13 A clay soll sample ls LesLed ln Lrlaxlal apparaLus ln consolldaLeddralned condlLlons aL a cell pressure of 100 kn/m2 WhaL
wlll be Lhe pore waLer pressure aL a devlaLor sLress of 40kn/m2?
(A) 0kN ]m2 (8) 20kN]m2 (C) 40kN]m2 (D) 60kN]m2
16 1he Lwo Lubes shown ln llg 2 may be consldered Lo be permeameLers ulmenslons of Lhe sample ln llg 2 (l) (ll) are
allke and Lhe elevaLlons of head waLer and Lall waLer are Lhe same for boLh Lhe flgures A 8eLc lndlcaLe polnLs and
A8 ALeLc lndlcaLed
heads Pead loss Lhrough Lhese samples are
(A )(|) 8D (||) IL (8) (|)AC (||)AL (c) (|) AD (||) AI (d) (|) A8 (||) A8

17 1he group efflclency of a plle group
(a) w||| be a|ways |ess than 100 (b) w||| be a|ways greater than 100
(c) may be |ess than 100 or more than 100 (d) w||| be more than 100 for p||e groups |n cohes|on |ess so||s
and |ess than 100 for those |n cohes|ve so||

18 lor Lhe soll sLraLa shown ln flgure Lhe waLer Lable ls lowered by dralnage by 2m and lf Lhe Lop 2m Lhlck sllLy sand
sLraLum remalns saLuraLed by caplllary acLlon even afLer lowerlng of waLer Lable Lhe lncrease ln effecLlve verLlcal pressure
ln ka aL mldhelghL of clay layer wlll be
(a) 02 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 200

19 AL a reclamaLlon slLe for whlch Lhe soll sLraLa ls shown ln flgure a 3m Lhlck layer of a flll maLerlal ls Lo be lald
lnsLanLaneously on Lhe Lop surface lf Lhe coefflclenL of volume compresslblllLy m
v
for clay ls 22 x 10
4
m
2
/kn Lhe
consolldaLlon seLLlemenL of Lhe clay layer due Lo placlng of flll maLerlal wlll be
(a) 69S mm (b) 139 mm (c) 228 mm (d) 278 mm
20 lor Lhe (33) plle group shown ln Lhe flgure Lhe seLLlemenL of plle group ln a normally consolldaLed clay sLraLum
havlng properLles as shown ln Lhe flgure wlll be (a) 132 mm (b) 1277S mm
(c) 734S mm (d) none of these