Q.1) The soil transported by wind is called –
A) Aeolian soil
B) Marine soil
C) Alluvial soil
D) Lacustrine soil
Option (A)
Q.2) Silt is –
A) Material deposited by a glacier
B) Soil composed of two different soils
C) Fine grained soil with little or no plasticity
D) Clay with a high percentage of the clay mineral
Option (C)
Q.3) The property of soil which of great importance in finding settlement of structures, is –
A) Permeability
B) Shear strength
C) Consolidation
D) Compressibility
Option (C)
Q.4) The specific gravity of soil is the ratio of unit weight of soil solids to that of water at a temperature of –
A)40 C
B)170 C
C)270C
D)360C
Option (C)
Q.5) If the volume of voids = volume of soil solids, then the values of porosity and void ratio are respectively –
A) 0 & 0.5
B) 0 & 1
C) 0.5 & 1
D) 1 & 0.5
Option (C)
Q.6) A flow line in seepage through a soil medium is defined as the –
A) Path of particles of water through a saturated soil mass
B) Line connecting points of equal head of water
C) Flow of movement of fine particles of soil
D) Direction of flow particle
Option (A)
Q.7) The piping failure in a hydraulic structure can be prevented by –
A) Diverting the seepage water into filter wells
B) Increasing the creep length of flow of water
C) Increasing the stress due to weight of the structure
D) All of the above
Option (D)
Q.8) The coefficient of consolidation is used for evaluating –
A) Stress in the soil
B) Total settlement
C) Over consolidation ratio
D) Time rate of settlement
Option (D)
Q.9) The strength of soil is usually identified by –
A) Direct tensile stress
B) Direct compressive stress
C) Ultimate shear stress
D) Effective stress
Option (C)
Q.10) A line showing the dry density as a function of water content for soil containing no air voids, is called –
A) Saturation line
B) Zero air void line
C) Liquid limit line
D) None of the above
Option (A)
Q.11) The expansion of soil due to shear at a constant value of pressure is called –
A) Apparent cohesion
B) True cohesion
C) Dialatancy
D) Consistency
Option (C)
Q.12) Which type of foundation is preferable on soil of poor bearing capacity?
A) Raft
B) Stepped
C) Grillage
D) Footing
Option (A)
Q.13) Inverted arch footing is more suitable for –
A) Residential buildings
B) Bridges
C) Single storey building
D) Light warehouse
Option (B)
Q.14) The pressure piles are –
A) Uncased
B) Cased
C) Precast
D) All of the above
Option (A)
Q.15) A soil having particles of nearly the same size is known as –
A) Well graded
B) Uniformly graded
C) Poorly graded
D) Gap graded
Option (B)
Q.16) The dry density of which sample is expected to be highest?
A) Organic clay
B) Bentonite
C) Stiff clay
D) Dense sand
Option (D)
Q.17) The effective size of soil is –
A)D10
B)D20
C)D30
D)D40
Option (A)
Q.18) A soil having uniformity coefficient > 10 is called –
A) Uniform
B) Fine
C) Coarse
D) Well graded soil
Option (D)
Q.19) The shear strength of soil in the plastic limit state is –
A) Zero
B) Reasonable
C) Small
D) Close to saturated soil strength
Option (C)
Q.20) Permeability of soil is affected by –
A) Grain size
B) Void ratio of soil
C) Structural arrangement of the soil particles
D) All of the above
Option (D)
