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1. The coefficient of uniformity of well of 30 degree
graded sand must be greater than (a) 1/3 (b) 1/2.5
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 3
(c) 5 (d) 6 7. The void ratio of a soil sample is
2. Which of the following statements given by 0.58. What is the porosity
is true? of soil sample?
(a) The self-weight of the footing is (a) 0.157 (b) 0.367

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not considered for calulating the (c) 0.524 (d) 0.602

upward perssure on footing
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(b) The self-weight of the footing is
also considered for calculating
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Which of the following bonding is
responsible to combine the silica-

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gibbsite sheet in kaolinite clay
the upward pressure on footing mineral?
(c) The self-weight of the footing is (a) Covalent bond

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not considered for calculating
(b) Hydrogen bond
the area of the footing

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(c) Ionic bond
(d) None of these
(d) Polar covalent bond
3. A foundation is called shallow if its

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9. The maximum dry density and
depth is
optimum moisture content of a soil
(a) one-fourth of its width
is given by 1.65 gm/cc and 20.5%

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(b) half of its width respectively.What is the percentage

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(c) three-fourth of its width of air content of soil at OMC, if the
(d) equal to its width specific gravity of particles is given

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2.65?
4. If the voids of a soil are completely

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filled with air, then it is called (a) 10.4 (b) 15.5
(a) dry soil (c) 26.8 (d) 35.7

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(b) partially saturated soil 10. Which of the following type of roller
is most suitable for proof rolling
(c) Submerged soil
subgrades and for finishing
(d) Saturated soil
operation of fills with clayey or
5. Which one of the following sandy or sandy soils?
represents the measure of particle
(a) Pneumatic rubber tyred roller
size range?
(b) Sheepsfoot roller
(a) Slope of gradation curve of soil
(c) Smooth wheel roller
(b) Coefficient of uniformity
(d) Vibratory roller
(c) Fineness of the soil
11. Which of the following statements
(d) Relative index
is true?
6. What is the value of active eath
(a) To ensure uniform pressure
pressure coefficient for the soil
distribution, the thickness of
having an internal angle of friction

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the foundation is kept uniform back of wall, in the Rankine's theory

throughout of earth pressure?
(b) To ensure uniform pressure (a) Plane and rough
distribution, the thickness of (b) Plane and smooth
the foundation is increased
(c) Vertical and smooth
gradually towards the edge
(d) Vertical and rough
(c) To ensure uniform pressure
17. Which of the following is
distribution, the thickness of
responsible for the formation of
the foundation is decreased
residual soil?
gradually towards the edge

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(a) Glaciers (b) Water
(d) To ensure uniform pressure
(c) Wind (d) None of these

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distribution, the thickness of
the foundation is kept zero at 18. The coeffcient of gradation and the
the edge coefficient of uniformity of a given

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12. The weight of a foundation is soil sample is 1.0 and 4.0
assumed as which of the following respectively. The ratio of effective

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size to the diameter through which
(a) 5% of wall weight
30% of the total mass is passed is
(b) 7% of wall weight

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(a) 1.25 (b) 1.5
(c) 10% of wall weight
(c) 1.75 (d) 2

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(d) 12% of wall weight
19. The plasticity index and plastic limit
13. If the width of the foundation for
of a soil is given by 25% and 20%
two equal columns is restricted, the
respectively. What will be the liquid

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shape of the footing generally
limit of the soil?

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adopted is
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.25
(a) Square (b) rectangular
(c) 0.35 (d) 0.45

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(c) trapezoidal (d) triangluar

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20. In the flow over length of 50 m, the
14. A foundation rests on which of the
head loss of 6 m occurred due to
following?

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seepage. The hydraulic gradient is
(a) base of the foundation given by
(b) sub grade (a) 0.01 (b) 0.12
(c) foundation soil (c) 0.29 (d) 0.32
(d) Both sub grade and foundation 21. Which of the following expression
soil represents the CORRECT value of
15. Which of the following shows the coefficient of curvature?
CORRECT order of increasing
surface areas of the given soil? D 30 2
(a) C c 
D 60  D 10
(a) Clay < silt < sand < colloids
(b) Gravel < silt < colloids < clay
D 60 2
(c) Sand < silt < clay < colloids (b) C c 
D 30  D 10
(d) Silt < gravel < colloids < clay
16. What is the assumption made about

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(a) 3  10 7 (b) 6  10 7
D 10 2
(c) C c 
D 60  D 30 (c) 12  10 7 (d) 18  10 7

27. For bulk heads, which of the

D 30
(d) C c  D  D following earth pressure theory is
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applled directly?
22. Which of the following apparatus (a) Coulomb's theory
apparatus is used to measure the (b) Ranknes's theory
liquid limit soil?
(c) Coulomb's theory and Rankine's
(a) Casagrande apparatus

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theory both
(b) Pycnometer (d) None of these

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(c) Ring and ball apparatus 28. If the bearing capacity of soil is 10
(d) None of these tones/cm 2 and the projection of

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23. A 45 cm diametre well penetrates plain concrete footing from walls,
into an unconfined aquifer of 30 m is  cm, the depth D of footing is

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thick. Under the steady pumping (a) D = 0.0775 
rate for a long time, the drawdown's (b) D = 0.775 

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at two observation wells 10 m and
20 m from the pumping well are 5 (c) D = 0.775 
m and 3.5 m respectively. What will

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(d) D = 0.775  2
be the discharge (cubic metre), if
the permeabilty of the aquifer is 29. The advantage of a concrete pile
given as 20 m/day over a timber pile is

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(a) no decay due to termites

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(a) 0.05 (b) 0.67
(c) 0.08 (d) 1.12 (b) no restriction on length

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24. For which of the following soil, (c) higher bearing capacity

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plasticity index is maximum? (d) All option are correct
(a) Clay (b) Cobble 30. A raft foundation is provided if its

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(c) Gravel (d) Silt area exceeds the plan area of the
25. A friction pile of diameter 50 cm is building by
embedded 15 m into the homoge- (a) 10% (b) 20%
neous consolidated clay deposit. If (c) 30% (d) 50%
the adhesion factor is 0.7 and 31. The cell pressure and pore water
adhesion develops between the clay pressure is increased from 0.1 N/
and pile shaft is 4/m 2
. What is the sq. m and 0.07 N/sq. m respectively
safe load (t) for factor of safety 3.0? in the triaxia test, the Skempton's
(a) 15 (b) 22 pore pressure parameter is given by
(c) 26 (d) 30 (a) -3 (b) -0.5
26. If the void ratio and discharge (c) 0.5 (d) 2
velocity for soil is 0.5 and 6  10 -7 m/ 32. Which one of the following shows
s respectively, what is the value of time factr (approximate,) for 50%
seepage velocity (m/s)? degree of consolidation?

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(a) 0.2 (b) 0.5 39 . The moisture content in a soil

(c) 1 (d) 2
33. The soil transported
gravitational forces
(a) alluvial soil
(b) colluvial soil
(c) loess
(d) till
34. Which of the following is
sample is 18.2% and specific gravity
of the soil particles is given by 2.65
by the
what is the void ratio for sample, if
the soil is fully saturated?
(a) 0.157 (b) 0.291
(c) 0.482 (d) 0.634
40 . If the degree of saturation of soil is
given by 67.89%. What is the
percentage of air content of the soil?

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determined with the help of
(a) 10.5 (b) 20.25
pycnometer?

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(c) 32.11 (d) 40.43
(a) Dry density and specific gravity
41 . The coefficient of curvature for well
(b) Voil ratio and dry density

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grades soil lies between
(c) Water content and specific
(a) 1 to 2 (b) 1 to 3
gravity

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(c) 1 to 5 (d) 5 to 7
(d) What content and void ratio
42. The grain size (mm) of medium
35. Cantilever retaining walls can safely

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grained sand lies between
be used for a height not more than
(a) 0.425 to 0.075 (b) 2.0 to 0.425

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(a) 3 m (b) 4 m
(c) 4.75 to 2.0 (d) 20 to 4.75
(c) 5 m (d) 6 m
43. During the flow over length of 30
36. In the falling head permeabilty test,
m, the head loss of 5 occurred

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in the duration of 3 hours the intial
during the seepage, what is the

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head of 1000 mm is dropped to 350
value of hydraulic gradient?
mm. The diameter of the stand pipe
(a) 0.005 (b) 0.045

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is 0.5 cm. The length and diameter

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of the soil specimen are 20 cm and (c) 0.167 (d) 0.192
10 cm respectively. What is the 44. 10 m thick confined aquifer given

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coefficient of permeability (mm/s) the steady state discharge of 0.03
of the soil? m 3 /s through the well of 50 cm
(a) 86 × 10 -8
(b) 86 × 10 -5 radius. Due to pumping the height
of water in the well is dropped from
(c) 86 × 10 -3
(d) 23 × 10 -5

15 m to 10 m and the radius of

37 . Cantilever retaining walls can safely
influence is obtained as 500 m.
be used for a height not more than
What is the coefficient of
(a) 3 m (b) 4 m permeability (mm/s)?
(c) 5 m (d) 6 m (a) 0.66 (b) 0.99
38 . Which of the following represents (c) 1.25 (d) 6.89
the void ratio of soil sample whose
45. Which of the following represents
porosity is 0.452?
the range of plasticity index for silt?
(a) 0.264 (b) 0.561
(a) 10 to 15 (b) 15 to 25
(c) 0.729 (d) 0.825
(c) 25 to 35 (d) 35 to 45

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46. What would be the void ratio of the maximum angle which the outer
soil mass, if the porosity of a soil face of the soil mass makes
mass is 0.35? (a) with the horizontal
(a) 0.26 (b) 0.35 (b) with the vertical
(c) 0.54 (d) 0.6 (c) with the perpendicular to the
47. The liquid limit and plastic limit of inclined plane of the soil
the soil is given as 45% and 22% (d) None of these
respectively. The plasticity index of
53 . Pick up the correct statement from
the soil would be
the following

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(a) 0.2 (b) 0.23
(a) Sand obtained from pits, is
(c) 0.5 (d) 0.67 washed to remove clay and silt

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48. Falling head permeability test is (b) Sand obtained from flooded pits,
carried out on a soil specimen need not be washed before use

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having cross-sectional area of 60
(c) sea shore sand contains chlorides
sq.cm. and height of 15 cm. the
which cause efflorescence

water level in the stand pipe of
diameter of 0.5 cm drops from 100
cm to 40 cm in hour. What is the
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(d) All option are correct
54 . Which of the following represents

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coefficient of permeability (cm/s)? expression for the passive earth
pressure?

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(a) 49  10 5 (b) 45  10 3

2 0  
(c) 38  10 4 (d) 5 . 09  10 5 (a) tan  45   (b)
 2 1 

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49. Which of the following parameter is

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determined by triaxial test?  0 
(c) tan
2
 45   (d) None
(a) Hydraulic gradient 2

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(b) Permeability
55 . Which of the soil possesses zero

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(c) Shear strength parameters plasticity index?
(d) Grain size (a) Clay (b) Clayey silt

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50. on a grading curve, the gap grading (c) Sand (d) Silty
represented by
56 . The pore water pressure in the soil
(a) a horizontal line sample of consolidometer test is
(b) a vertical line (a) maximum at bottom
(c) North West inclined line (b) maximum at center
(d) None of these (c) maximum at top
51 . Piles are usually driven by (d) minimum at top
(a) diesel operated hammer 57 . The clay deposit of thickness 10 cm
(b) drop hammer and void ratio 0.5 undergoes
(c) single acting steam hammer settlement and now it's final void
is 0.2. The thickness (cm) of the
(d) All option are correct
settlement
52 . The angle of repose of a soil is the
(a) 1 (b) 1.5

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(c) 2 (d) 2.5

58. Which of the following represents
the percentage limit of porosity of
the compacted sand?
(a) 5% to 15% (b) 15% to 30%
(c) 30% to 40% (d) 40% to 50%

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