Week 2 Assignment

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

1. Optimum moisture content is
a) Maximum water content of soil at 100% saturation
b) Maximum water content of soil at its loosest state
c) Water content corresponding to maximum density
d) Water content corresponding to maximum dry density (Ans-d)
2. Which of the following method is best suited for determination of permeability of
coarse grained soils?
a) Constant head method c) Both of the above
b) Falling head method d) None of the above
(Ans-a)
3. Soil with liquid limit 45%, plastic limit 25% and shrinkage limit 15%, the plasticity
index is,
a) 50%
b) 20%
c) 60%
d) 40%
Ans b)
4. At shrinkage limit , the soil is
a) Dry
b) Partially saturated
c) Saturated
d) None of the above
Ans c)
5. What is the slope of flow curve?
a) liquidity index c) flow index
b) consistency index a) plasticity index
(Ans-c)
6. In a liquid limit test by Casagrande cup method, 15 blows were required at 60% water
content and 35 blows were required at 40% water content. Liquid limit (round off to
the nearest integer) of the soil is ____ (c) _____.
(a) 52% (b) 44% (c) 48% (d) 56%
7. The soil which plot above the A line in the plasticity chart are
a) Clays
b) silts
c) sands
d) organic soils
ans a)
8. For a standard compaction test, the mass of hammer and the drop of hammer are as
follows:
a) 1.6 kg and 450 mm
b) 2.6 kg and 310 mm
c) 4.8 kg and 310 mm
d) 5.8 kg and 450 mm
Ans b)
9. If the moisture content of soil sample is decreased beyond shrinkage limit it’s volume
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remain constant
d) None of the above
Ans c)
10. For a Modified compaction test, the mass of hammer and the drop of hammer are as
follows:
e) 1.6 kg and 450 mm
f) 2.6 kg and 310 mm
g) 4.89 kg and 450 mm
h) 5.89 kg and 310 mm
Ans b)