1.The void ratios at the densest, loosest and the natural states of a sand depos it are 0.2, 0.

6 and 0.4, respectively. The relative density of the deposit is: (1)100% (2) 75% (3) 50% (4)25% 2.The following data were obtained from a liquid limit test conducted on a soil sample. Number of blows 17 22 25 28 34 Water content (%) 63.8 63.1 61.9 60.6 60.5 The liquid limit of the soil is: (A) 63.1% (B) 62.8% (C) 61.9% (D) 60.6% 3.The specific gravity and insitu void ratio of a soil deposit are 2.71 and 0.85 respectively. The value of the critical hydraulic gradient is: (1) 0.82 (2) 0 .85 (3)0.95 (4)0.92 4. The observed value of the standard penetration number (N) at 10m depth of a s ilty sand deposit is 13. The unit weight of the soil is 16 kN/in 3.The N value a fter correcting for the presence of fines will be: (A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 1 5 5. An infinite slope is to be constructed in a soil. The effective stress streng th parameters of the soil are c=O and f = 30. The saturated unit weight of the sl ope is 20 kN/m 3 and the unit weight of water is 10 kN/m 3. Assuming that seepag e is occurring parallel to the slope, the maximum slope angle for a factor of sa fety of 1.5 would be: (A) 10.89 (B) 11.30 (C)12.48 (D)14.73 6. If the effective stress strength parameters of a soil are c =10 kPa and 0 =30, the shear strength on a plane within the saturated soil mass at a point where t he total normal stress is 300 kPa and pore water pressure is 150 kPa will be: (A ) 90.5 kPa (B)96.6 kPa (C)101.5 kPa (D)1O5.5.kPa 7. The time for a clay layer to achieve 85% consolidation is 10 years. If the la yer was half as thick, 10 times more permeable and 4 times more compressible the n the time that would be required to achieve the same degree of consolidation is : (A)1 year (B)5 years (C)12 years (D)16 years 8. In a triaxial test carried out on a cohesion less soil sample with a cell pre ssure of 20 kPa, the observed value of applied stress at the point of failure w as 40 kPa. The angle of internal friction of the soil is: (A)10 (B)15 (C)25 (D)30 9. In a falling head permeability test the initial head of 1.0 m dropped to 0.35 m in 3 hours, the diameter of the stand pipe being 5 mm. The soil specimen was 200 mm long and of 100 mm diameter. The coefficient of permeability of the soil is: (A)4.86 x 10 -5 cm/s (B)4.86 X 10 -6 cm/s (C)4.86 x 10 -7 cm/s (D)4.86 x 10 -8 cm/s 10. Data from a sieve analysis conducted on a given sample of soil showed that 6 7% of the particles passed through 75 micron IS sieve. The liquid limit and plas tic limit of the finer fraction was found to be 45 and 33 percents respectively. The group symbol of the given soil as per IS:1498-1970 is: (A)SC (B) MI (C) CH (D) MH 11. 53. In a constant head permeameter with cross section area of 10 cm2, when t he flow was taking place under a hydraulic gradient of 0.5, the amount of water collected in 60 seconds is 600 cc. The permeability of the soil is (a) 0.002 cm /s (b) 0.02 cm/s (c) 0.2 cm/s (d) 2.0 cm /s 12. Cohesion in soil (a) decreases active pressure and increases passive resist ance (b) decreases both active pressure and passive resistance (c) increase th e active press and decrease the passive resistance (d) increases both active pressure and passive resistance 13. The vertical stress at point P1 due to the point load Q on the ground surfac e as shown in figure is s2. According to Boussinesqs equation, the vertical stress at point P2 shown in figure will be (A) (B) z (C) 2z

(D) 4z 14. In a compaction test, G, w, S and e represent the specific gravity, water co ntent, degree of saturation and void ratio of the soil sample, respectively. If w represents the unit weight of water and w represents the dry unit weight of t he soil, the equation for zero air voids line is (A) (B) (C) (D) 15 A clay soil sample is tested in triaxial apparatus in consolidated-drained co nditions at a cell pressure of 100 kN/m2. What will be the pore water pressure a t a deviator stress of 40kN/m2? (A) 0kN /m2 (B) 20kN/m2 (C) 40kN/m2 (D) 60kN/m2 16. The two tubes shown in Fig. 2 may be considered to be permeameters. Dimensio ns of the sample in Fig. 2 (i) & (ii) are alike, and the elevations of head wate r and tail water are the same for both the figures. A, B,..etc. indicate points an d AB, AE,.etc. indicated heads. Head loss through these samples are (A )(i) BD, (ii) FE (B) (i)AC, (ii)AE (c) (i) AD, (ii) AF (d) (i) AB, (ii) AB 17. The group efficiency of a pile group (a) will be always less than 100%. (b) will be always g reater than 100% (c) may be less than 100% or more than 100%. (d) will be more than 100% for pi le groups in cohesion less soils and less than 100% for those in cohesive soil 18. For the soil strata shown in figure, the water table is lowered by drainage by 2m and if the top 2m thick silty sand stratum remains saturated by capillary action even after lowering of water table, the increase in effective vertical pr essure in kPa at mid-height of clay layer will be (a) 0.2 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 200 19. At a reclamation site for which the soil strata is shown in figure, a 3m thi ck layer of a fill material is to be laid instantaneously on the top surface. If the coefficient of volume compressibility, mv for clay is 2.2 x 10-4 m2/kN, the consolidation settlement of the clay layer due to placing of fill material will be (a) 69.5 mm (b) 139 mm (c) 228 mm (d) 278 mm 20. For the (33) pile group shown in the figure, the settlement of pile group, in a normally consolidated clay stratum having properties as shown in the figure, will be (a) 13.2 mm (b) 12.775 mm (c) 7.345 mm (d) none of these