Test 2 (Advanced Level)

Test ID: 654745 Date: 28/01/2018

Time: 01 hrs Total Marks: 90
Topics:
Soil Mechanics
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5. Questions 01 – 145 belong to Soil Mechanics and carrying 02marks each.
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 1. If the porosity of a soil sample is 20%, the void
ratio is. Which of these statements is/are correct?
(A) 0.20 (B) 0.80 (C) 1.00 (D) 0.25 (A) I, II and III (B) I, III and IV
(C) II, III and IV (D) I, II and IV
2. Principle involved in the relationship between
sub-merged unit and saturated unit weight of a 9. If a soil sample of weight 0.18 kg having a
soil is based on volume of 10-4 m3 and dry unit weight of 1600
(A) equilibrium of floating bodies. kg/m3 is mixed with 0.02 kg of water then the
(B) archimedes principle. water content in the sample will be
(C) Stoke's law. (A) 30% (B) 25% (C) 20% (D) 15%
(D) Darcy's law.
10. Which of the following is not correct.
3. A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.5 and its (A) If seepage occurs upward then the seepage
porosity will be close to stresses are in the opposite direction to the
(A) 50% (B) 66% (C) 100% (D) 33% gravitational effective stresses.
(B) Higher normal stress level tends to reduce the
4. A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3.
How many cubic meters of this soil will be hydraulic connectivity by forcing a tighter
required to con-struct an embankment of 100 m3 configuration (compression) of the soil fabric.
volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3. (C) Coulomb’s model applies strictly to soil failures
(A) 94 m3 (B) 106 m3 (C) 100 m3 (D) 90 m3 that occur along a presumptive or known slip
plane.
5. The ratio of saturated unit weight to dry unit (D) Soils retain a memory of the past maximum
weight of a soil is 1.25. If the specific gravity of
effective stress, which cannot be erased by loading
solids (Gs) is 2.65, the void ratio of the soil is
(A) 0.625 (B) 0.663 (C) 0.944 (D) 1.325 to a higher stress level.

6. In a falling head permeability test on a sample 11. A soil sample in its natural state has mass of
12.2cm high and 44.41cm2 in cross sectional area, 2.290 kg and a volume of 1.15 x 10-3 m3. After
the water level in a stand pipe of 6.25 mm being over dried, the mass of the sample is 2.035
internal diameter dropped from height of 75cm kg. Ga for soil is 2.68. The void ratio of the natural
to 24.7cm in 15 minutes. Find the coefficient of soil is
permeability. (A) 0.40 (B) 0.45 (C) 0.35 (D) 0.53
(A) 1.04x10-4 cm/s (B) 4.41x10-4 cm/s
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(C) 2.04x10 cm/s (D) 5.21x10-4 cm/s 12. The void ratio and specific gravity of a soil are
0.65 and 2.72 respectively. The degree of
7. In a wet soil mass, air occupies one-sixth of its saturation (in percent) corresponding to water
volume and water occupies one-third of its content of 20% is
volume. The void ratio of the soil is (A) 65.3 (B) 20.9 (C) 83.7 (D) 54.4
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.5 (C) 1.00 (D) 1.50
13. A saturated soil mass has a total density of 22
8. Consider the following statements in relation IN/m3 and a water content of 10%. The bulk
to the given table: density and dry density of this soil are
(A) 12 kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively
(B) 22 kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively
(C) 19.8 kN/m3 and 19.8 kN/m3 respectively
(D) 23.2 kN/m3 and 19.8 kN/m3 respectively

Direction for questions 14 and 15:

For constructing an embankment, the soil is
transported from a borrow area using a truck
which can carry 6 m3 of soil at a time. The details
are as follows:

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 22. Sand bath method is used to determine
(A) specific gravity (B) unit weight
(C) moisture content (D) particle size distribution

23. For a sand deposit having specific gravity 2.65

14. The quantity of soil to be excavated from the and moisture content 25%; what will be the
borrow pit, in m3 for a compacted earth fill of 100 relative den-sity in saturated condition if loose
m3 is and compacted void ratios are given as 0.92 and
(A) 104 Cum (B) 146 Cum (C) 98 Cum (D) 87 Cum 0.41 respectively
(A) 49% (B) 51% (C) 39% (D) 31%
15. The number of truck loads of soil required to
obtain 100 m3 of compacted earth fill is 24. The water content of saturated soil and the
(A) 12 (B) 56 (C) 25 (D) 33 specific gravity were found to be 30% and 2.65
respectively. Assuming the unit weight of water
16. A sheet of water of thickness 1 m is available to be 10 kN/m3, sub-merged unit weight (in
to fill the voids of a cohesion less soil to a degree kN/m2) and porosity of the soil are
of saturation of 80%. The soil has a void ratio of (A) 19, 0.6 (B) 9, 0.45 (C) 9, 0.6 (D) 19, 0.78
0.5. Find the thickness of soil layer required to
accommodate this amount of water. 25. Which one of the following correctly
(A) 3.75m (B) 5.25m (C) 4.80m (D) 4.75m represents the dry unit weight of a soil sample
which has bulk unit weight of ϒb at a moisture
17. Soil has been compacted in an embankment content of w%?
of a bulk density of 2.15 mg/m3 and a water (A) Yd = 𝑌𝑏
1
(B) Yd = 𝑌𝑏 (1 + 𝑤)
content of 12%. The value of specific gravity of 1+𝑤

soil solids is 2.65. The water table is well below 100 1

the foundation level. Estimate the dry density of (C) Yd = 𝑌𝑏 (D) Yd = 𝑌𝑏
1+𝑤 100+𝑤
soil.
(A) 16.3% (B) 15.2% (C) 4.80% (D) 4.10% 26. A 600 cm3 volume of moist sand weighs 1050
g. Its dry weight is 930 g and specific gravity of
Direction for questions 18 and 19: solids, G is 2.67. Assuming density of water as 1
A soil has a bulk density of 2.05 g/cc and water gicm3, the void ratio is
content of 18%. (G = 2.67) (A) 0.72 (B) 0.64 (C) 0.48 (D) 0.91

18. The void ratio of the soil is 27. The surface of a saturated clay deposit is
(A) 0.54 (B) 0.85 (C) 0.65 (D) 0.85 located permanently below a body of water as
shown in Figure. Laboratory tests have indicated
19. The degree of saturation of the soil is that the average natural water content of the clay
(A) 65.7% (B) 76.6% (C) 89.5% (D) 93.5% is 47% and that the specific gravity of the solid
matter is 2.74. What is the vertical effective
20. For determining the index properties of soil pressure at a depth of 37 ft below the top of the
the sample should be clay.
(A) disturbed (B) undisturbed
(C) intact (D) None of these

21. If w represents natural water content and WL,

Wp, Ws represents liquid limit, plastic limit,
shrinkage limit respectively; choose the incorrect
pair from the following:
(A) Plasticity index (IP) = WL - WP
(B) Shrinkage index (IS)= WP - WS
𝑊−𝑊𝐿
(C) Liquidity index (IL) =
𝑊𝐿 −𝑊𝑃
𝑊−𝑊𝑃
(D) Consistency index (IP) =
𝑊𝐿 −𝑊𝑃

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 (A) 1754 lb/ft2 (A) I, II, III (B) I, III, II
(B) 3464 lb/ft2 (C) III, II, I (D) III, I, II
(C) 1764 lb/ft2
(D) None of these 35. A clay sample has a void ratio 0.54 in dry
state. The specific gravity of soil solids is 2.7.
28. A given cohesion less soil has emax= 0.85 and What is the shrinkage limit of the soil?
emin = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a (A) 8.5% (B) 10.0% (C) 17.0% (D) 20.0%
mass density of 1800 kg/m3 at a water content of
8%. Take mass density of water as 1000 kg/m 3 36. A specimen of clayey silt contains 70% silt size
and G as 2.65. The relative density of the soil is particles. Its liquid limit = 40 and plastic limit = 20.
(A) 55% (B) 60% (C) 65% (D) 75% In liquid limit test, at moisture content of 30%,
required number of blows was 50. Its plasticity
29. If soil is dried beyond its shrinkage limit, it will index, activity and consistency index will
show respectively be
(A) large volume change. (A) 20, 0.67 and 0.5 (B) 20, 1.5 and 2.0
(B) moderate volume change. (C) 30, 1.5 and 0.72 (D) 20, 0.286 and 0.38
(C) low volume change.
(D) no volume change. 37. Soil sample in its natural state has, when fully
saturated, a water content of 32.5%. Calculate
30. Specific Gravity for soil high in Mica, ranges the total weight of water required to saturate a
between soil mass of volume 10 m3. Assume G= 2.69
(A) 2.56-2.68 (B) 2.66-2.77 (A) 45.8kN (B) 35.8kN (C) 72.8kN (D) 49.8kN
(C) 2.75-2.85 (D) Less than 1
31. The following data were obtained from a 38. A saturated specimen of clay was immersed
liquid limit test conducted on a soil sample: in mercury and displaced volume was 21.8 cc. The
weight of the sample was 32.2 gm. After oven
No. of Blows 17 22 25 28 34 drying for 48 hours, weight reduced to 20.2 gm
Water 63.8 63.1 61.9 60.6 60.5 while volume came down to 11.6 cc. The
Content % shrinkage limit of the soil is
(A) 7.9% (B) 8.0% (C) 8.9% (D) 9.8%
The liquid limit of the soil is:
(A) 63.1% (B) 62.8% (C) 61.9% (D) 60.6% 39. Consider the following statements: A well-
graded sand should have
32. The void ratios at the densest, loosest and the 1. Uniformity coefficient greater than 6
natural states of a sand deposit are 0.2, 0.6 and II. Coefficient of curvature between 1 and 3
0.4 respectively. The relative density of the III. Effective size greater than 1 mm
deposit is Which of these statements are correct?
(A) 100% (B) 75% (C) 50% (D) 25% (A) I, II and III (B) i and II
(C) I and III (D) II and III
33. The liquid limit and plastic limit of sample are
65% and 29% respectively. The percentage of the 40. Given that coefficient of curvature = 1.4, D 30=
soil fraction with grain size finer than 0.002 mm 3 mm, D10 = 0.6 mm. Based on this information of
is 24. The activity ratio of the soil sample is particle size distribution for use as sub grade, this
(A) 0.50 (B) 1.00 (C) 1.50 (D) 2.00 soil will be taken to be
(A) uniformly-graded sand.
34. The moisture content of a clayey soil is (B) well-graded sand.
gradually decreased from a large value. What will (C) very fine sand.
be the correct sequence of the occurrence of the (D) poorly-graded sand.
following Limits?
I. Shrinkage limit 41. A sand sample of 35 cm2 cross sectional area
II. Plastic limit and 20 cm long was tested in a constant head
III. Liquid limit permeameter. Under a head of 60 cm, the
Select the correct answer using the codes given discharge was 120 ml in 6 min. The dry weight of
below:
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 sand used for the test was 1120 g, and G 2.68. (B) At A Total pressure = 88 kN/m 2
Determine the seepage velocity. Effective pressure = 29.1 kN/m2
(A) 2.36 X 10-2 cm/s (B) 2.46 X 10-2 cm/s Pore pressure = 58.9 kN/m2
-2
(C) 2.56 X 10 cm/s (D) 2.66 X 10-2 cm/s At B Total pressure = 158 kN/m 2
Effective pressure = 39.1 kN/m2
42. The hydraulic conductivity of a soil sample Pore pressure = 57.9 kN/m2
was determined in a soil mechanics laboratory by
making use of a falling head permeameter. The (C) At A Total pressure = 76 kN/m 2
data used and the test results obtained were as Effective pressure = 76.1 kN/m2
follows: diameter of sample = 2.36 in, height of Pore pressure = 59.9 kN/m2
sample = 5.91 in, diameter of stand pipe = 0.79 in, At B Total pressure = 88 kN/m 2
initial head hi= 17.72 in. final head hf = 11.81 in. Effective pressure = 29.1 kN/m2
Time elapsed = 1 min 45 sec. Determine the Pore pressure = 58.9 kN/m2
hydraulic conductivity in ft/day.
(A) 18 ft/day (B) 20 ft/day (D) At A Total pressure = 88 kN/m 2
(C) 30 ft/day (D) 60 ft/day Effective pressure = 29.1 kN/m2
Pore pressure = 58.9 kN/m2
43. A constant head permeability test was carried At B Total pressure = 162.3 kN/m 2
out on a cylindrical sample of sand 4 in. in Effective pressure = 80.2 kN/m2
diameter and 6 in. in height 10 in3 of water was Pore pressure = 58.9 kN/m2
collected in 1.75 min, under a head of 12 in.
Compute the velocity of flow in ft/sec. 45. A trench is excavated in fine sand fora
(A) 6.316 X 10-4 ft/sec (B) 4.854 X 10-4 ft/sec building foundation, up to a depth of 13 ft. The
(C) 8.316 X 10-4 ft/sec (D) 6.854 X 10-4 ft/sec excavation was carried out by providing the
necessary side supports for pumping water. The
44. The depth of water in a well is 3 m. Below the water levels at the sides and the bottom of the
bottom of the well lies a layer of sand 5 meters trench are as given Figure. What is factor of safety
thick overlying a clay deposit. The specific gravity against quick sand condition if Gs = 2.64 and e =
of the solids of sand and clay are respectively 2.64 0.7.
and 2.70. Their water contents are respectively
25 and 20 percent. Compute the total,
intergranular and pore water pressures at points
A and B shown in Figure

(A) 2.0
(B) 3.5
(C) 4.0
(D) None of these

(A) At A Total pressure = 88 kN/m 2

Effective pressure = 29.1 kN/m2
Pore pressure = 58.9 kN/m2
At B Total pressure = 168.3 kN/m 2
Effective pressure = 70.2 kN/m2
Pore pressure = 98.1 kN/m2
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