Okey VE 2021 Book Package CIVIL ENGINEERING RTE RCC tile CC Ce) Sra Mae ae Tid Contents SI. Topic Page No. 1. Soll Types and Formations 2 2, Properties of Soils 4 3. Classification of Soils and Soil Structure 19 4. Soil Compaction 24 5. Principle of Effective Stress, Capillarty and Permeability 29 6. Seepage Analysis, 29 7. Stress Distribution of Soil 44 8, Compressibility and Consolidation 50 9. Shear Strength 61 10. Stability of Earth Slopes 4 11. Lateral Earth Pressures and Retaining Walls 80 12, Bearing Capacity and Shallow Foundations 89 18. Pile Foundations 103 14, Soil Stabilization and Exploration a "Note: This boa contains eopyrant sable mater to HADE EASY Pulao New Bel. Ne par of hi Book ‘maybe reproduce, sored ins veel eetem of tance n any form or by any means olan ate lab To be egy prosecieeStability of Earth Slopes Tras) at az as a4 as ae a7 Taylor's stability number curves are used for the analysis of stability of slopes. The angle of shearing resistance used in the chartis the (@) effective angle (b) apparent angle (©) mobilized angle (d) weighted angle For an infinite slope in cohesionless soll mass factor of safety (@) increases with depth (0) decreases with depth (©) remains same (2) None of these In the slope stability analysis by friction circle method, the radius of friction circle is (@) Roose (0) Reine (©) tang (a) Reece The factor of safety of an infinite slope in a sand depositis found to be 1.732. The angle of shearing resistance of the sand is 30°. The average siope of the sand deposit is @ sin-(0.333) (©) tan“(0.238) (b) cos-(0.252) (d) cor(0.621) Given that the effective angle of internal friction of a soil is 10°, the angle between the failure plane and the major principle plane will be: (@) 175° (b) 275° (0) 40° () 50° For base failure of a slope, the depth factor Dis (@) zero 4 () 01 The following refer to the stability analysis of an earth dam under different conditions 1. Stability of downstream slope during steady seepage 2. Stability of upstream slope during sudden drawdown ae as a.to 3. Stability of upstream and downstr slopes during construction Which of these statements are correct? (a) 1and2. (b) tand3 (©) Zand3. (@) 1,2and3 Which of the following statements are CORRECT? 1. Incase of finite slope, the sliding is rotational Whereas in infinite slope, the sliding is translational I. Variation in c value is generally more as compared to 9, hence larger factor of safety can be used for angle of internal friction With respect to a ¢-6 soil in an infinite slope, the factor of safety of the slope does not depend on the height of soil on the slope. (@) land i (b) Hand tl (©) Land ill (a) Allof these An excavation was made in saturated soft clay (6, = 0) with its sides vertical. When the depth of excavation reached 6 m, the sides caved in. The value of cohesion of the clay, i uni clay is 20 kNim* will be (@) 15kNIm? (b) 20kNim? (©) 30kNIm? (A) 40 kNNim? weight of Statement (I): The factor of safety obtained in he Fellenius method of slices is conservative Statement (II): In the Fellenius method, the effect of horizontal forces acting on the sides of slices are neglected, but the effect of shearing forces acting on the sides of slices are included. (a) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true; and Statement (lI) is the correct explanation of Statement (I) Both Statemont (I) and Statement (II) are individually true; but Statement (Il) is NOT the correct explanation of Statement (I) (6)an a2 Qs ata Pupltgetiona (c) Statement (I) is true; but Statement (II) is false (d) Statement (I) is false; but Statement I) is rue List-I given below gives the possible types of failure for a finite soil slope and List-ll gives the reasons for these different types of fare. Match the items in List with the items in List-ll and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List-1 A. Base allure B. Facefailure ©. Toetailure List-I1 1, Soils above and below the toe have same strength 2. Soil above the toe is relatively weaker 8. Soil above the toe is relatively stronger Codes: ABC @ 1 2 3 ) 2 3 4 @ 2 1 3 @ 3 24 For a soll, cohesion is 15 kN/m? unit weight is 20 kNIm? and the factor of safetyis 1.5 along with stability numberof 0.05, The safe maximum height of slope is (a) 5.0m (0) 100m (b) 8.0m (@) 120m Factor of safety against sliding of a slope, is the ratio of (@) actual cohesion to that required to maintain stability of slope (b) shear strength to shear stress along the surface (6) neither (a) nor (b) (@) both (a) and (b) ‘An excavation was made at a slope angle of $4° inhomogenous clay. When the depth of excavation reached 8 m, a slip occurred. The slip surface was likely to have passed (@) Above for the slope Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg. Objective Practice Sets | 75 (b) Below the toe (c) Through the toe (d) Near the mid-point of the slope. Which one of the following parameters can be sed to estimate the angle of internal friction of a sandy soil? (@) Particle size (b) Roughness of particle (©) Particle size distribution (a) Density index Statement (I) stress analysis is adopted for long term stability problems. Statement (II) : Total stresses and effective slresses are numerically the same after excess pore water pressure is dissipated (@) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true; and Statement (lI) is the correct explanation of Statement (I) (©) Both Statement (I) and Statement ((l) are individually true; but Statement (II) is NOT the correct explanation of Statement (I) (6). Statement (I)is true; but Statement ll) is false (d) Statement (I)is false; but Statement (Il) is true Q.47 Consider the following forces: 1, Weight of the sliding wedge of slope. 2, Resultant reaction 'R of the slip. 3, Total cohesive resistance developed along the slip circle. 4, Critical height of slope Which of these are taken into consideration in the friction circle method for the equilibrium of sliding sector in the stability analysis of siope? (@) 1, 2and4 (b) 1,8and4 (©) 1,2and3 (a) 2,3and4 Q.18 A canal 6 m deep runs through a soil having C, = 18 kNim?, 9, = 10°, ¢ = 0.80 and G, = 2.72 The angle of slope of bank is 45°. If sudden drawdown takes place upto the bed level of the canal, the factor of safety is (For B = angle of slope of bank = 45°, @, = 10° S, = 0.108, 6, = 4.88°, stability number = 0.137)76 | Civil Engineering (a) 296 (b) 214 (141 (a) 1.14 ‘Common data question: Consider a sliding surface AB in the figure below: A Soil c= 50 kN? tan 10°=0.1769 = 10" Y= 18kNIm® Normal effective pressure on sliding surface AB is 255 kNim? downward tangential disturbing force along ABis 840 KN Q.19 The factor of safety with respect to shear strength eriteriais (a) 1.468 (bo) 0.68 (©) 086 (@) 098 Q.20 The factor of safely with respect to height is (a) 1.246 (b) 1.264 (©) 1341 (@) 1.628 Q.21 A granular soil possesses saturated density of 48 kNim®. Its effective angle of friction is 40°, If the desired factor of safely is 1.8, then the safe angle of slope forthe soll, when seepage occurs parallel othe siope surface willbe _degrees. Q.22 A soil massis resting on an inclined clay layer as shown in figure. The sail has ¢= 6 kNim?, 6 = 20°, y= 17 KNIm? 346m The FOS against wedge failure along the interface is (@) 2.08 (e) 1.09 (b) 212 (d) 078 Q.23 A granular soilhas G= 2.7, e= 0.5 and$=35°.A slope of 30” is made by this material. I seepage Postal BookPackage BLPAI occurs parallel to the slope with the water table ata depth of 1.5m, the factor of safely available on the slip plane parallel to the ground surface at a depth of 4 mis Q.24 Stability analysis of by the method of slices for 1:1 slope on the oritical plane gave the following results. ‘Sum of tangential forces = 160 kN ‘Sum of normal forces = 330 kN ‘Sum of neutral forces = 60 kN Length of failure surface = 20m Etfective angle of shearing resistance Effective cohesion = 20 kN/m? The factor of safely with respect to shear strength is (a) 0.853 (©) 295 15° (b) 3.05 (@) 034 .25 For stabilty analysis of slopes of purely cohesive soils, the critical centre is taken to lie at the intersection of (a) The perpendicular bisector of the slope and the locus of the centre. (b) The perpendicular drawn at one-third slope from the toe and the locus of the centre. (6) The perpendicular drawn at two-third slope from the toe and the locus of the centre (@) Directional angles Q.26 Consider the following statements 1, Method of slices overestimates the value of factor of safety. 2, Exact value of factor of safety is obtained in 6,2 Oanalysis, 3. Reduction in shearing resistance in embankment is caused by tension crack at the top of it. 4. Plane surface of failure never occurs in saturated soils. Which ofthe statements given above are correct? (@) 1and4only —(b) 2and only (c) 3and4only (a) and 2only Q.27 A canal is to be excavated through a soll with C= 15kNIm?, 6 = 20°, ¢= 0.9 and G = 2.67. The side slope is 1 in 1. The depth of canal is 6 m he factor of safety with respect to cohesion when canal runs full is [Taylor's stability number, S, = 0.06)EEEEIER) stability of Earth slopes 1.2) 2. (e) 3.(b) 4.(¢) 5. (d) 41. (d) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (d) 21. 11.97 22. (a) 28. 0.895 24. (c) 25. (a) EEEEEEXEEN Stability of Earth slopes 1 (d) Taylor's stability number curves are used for analysis of stability of slopes. The angle of heaving resistance used the change is weighted angle. 2 (e) Fog = fend tani It does not depend on depth 3. (b) In friction circle method radium of friction circle is Reine. 4. (c) Fos = stane otanB tang _ tan30" = 1732 = =e. ae tanp~ tanB = B = tan"(0.333) 5. (d) Angle from major principal plane 4 10 = 454+ 2= 4540 = 50° 2 2 Angle from minor principal plane 02 45-2 45-10 = a0 2 6 (a) / Faure Are a (sist ‘Stif Sol Depth = H+8 4 (H+ 0) = Total Depth; (H) = Depth Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg. Objective Practice Sets | 77 6 (d) 7. (ad) 8.(a) 9 (e) 10. (ce) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (a) 26. (c) 27. 4.24 10. 1. 12. (a) Inac-f soll, factor of safety depends on height of the soll on the slope. c+ yzc0s" Btang Fos yzcospsinB here is dependency on z, (c) Critical height of an unsupported cut in @ c-¢ soil is 22 =6m = % = 3m where > © = 30kNim? (c) In fellenius method, the effect of horizontal forces as well as effect of shearing forces acting on the sides of slices are neglected (d) Face failure or slope failure can occur when the slope angle fis very high and the soil close to the toe is quite strong or the soil in the upper part of slope is relatively weak Base failure can occur when the soil blow the toe is relatively weak and soft and the slope is flat Toe failure occurs in steep slopes when the soil mass above the base and below the base is homogeneous. (c)