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Defini Defini tion of Terms 1. It is the distribution in the particle size of the soil. a. Separation b. Erosion c. Gradation
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d. Compaction
2. It is used to determine the grain size size distribution of coarse-grained soil. a. Hydrometer Analysis c . Sieve Analysis b. Size Particle Analysis d. Soil Analysis 3. Is the test used to determine the grain size distribution of the soils passing the No. 200 si eve. a. Hydrometer Analysis c. Sieve Analysis b. Size Particle Analysis d. Soil Analysis 4. It is based on Stokes’ law, which relates the terminal velocity of a freefalling sphere in a liquid to its diameter. a. Hydrometer Analysis c. Sieve Analysis b. Size Particle Analysis d. Soil Analysis 5. Is defined as the ratio between the grain diameter (in millimeters) corresponding to 60 percent passing passing on the curve (D60) divided by the diameter of the 10 percent (D10) passing. a. Coefficient of Uniformity c. Coefficient of Gradation b. Coefficient of Curvature d. Effective Coefficient 6. Is the grain size corresponding to 10 percent passing on a grain-size distribution curve. a. Terzaghi’s Effective Size c. Hazen’s Effective Size b. Atterberg’s Effective Effective Size d. Casagande’s Effective Size 7. It is defined as the ratio between the square of the grain diameter (in millimeter) corresponding to 30 percent passing on the curve (D30) divided by the product of the grain diameter of the 60 percent (D60) passing and the grain diameter of the 10 percent (D10) passing. a. Coefficient of Uniformity c. Coefficient of Gradation b. Coefficient of Fineness d. Effective Coefficient 8. The ratio of the volume of void space to the volume of solid substance. a. Porosity c. Void Ratio b. Air Space d. Degree of Saturation 9. The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of the soil sample or specimen. It is simply the open space between the soil grains. a. Porosity c. Void Ratio b. Air Space d. Degree of Saturation 10. The ratio of the volume of water in the void spaces to the volume of the voids. It is simply the measure of the void volume that is filled by water, expressed as a percentage ranging from 0 to 100. a. Porosity c. Void Ratio b. Air Space d. Degree of Saturation 11. Is also known as total, wet wet or moist unit weight. It is the the total weight divided by the total volume a. Saturated unit weight c. Bulk unit weight b. Submerged unit weight d. Effective unit weight 12. Is the bulk unit weight of a soil when it is 100 percent saturated. a. Saturated Saturated unit w eight c. Bulk unit weight b. Submerged unit weight d. Effective unit weight 13. It tells us how many times the soil grain is heavier than water. a. Density of soil c . Specific Specific gravit y of soil b. Unit weight of soil d. Unit mass of soil 14. Is the ratio of the difference between the void ratios of a cohesionless soil in its loosest state and existing natural state to the difference between its void ratio in the loosest and densest states. a. Relative density c. Density index b. a and b d. none of these 15. Provides a means of describing the degree and kind of cohesion and adhesion between the soil particles as related to the resistance of the soil to deform or rupture. a.Soil a.Soil Consistence b. Soil Firmness c.Soil Stability d.Soil index 16. Is a field measure of the ability of the soil to withstand an applied stress or pressure as applied using the thumb and forefinger. a. Rupture Resistance c. Soil Resistance b. Soil Stability d. Soil Consistency 17. Is defined as the relative ease with which a soil can be deformed. use the terms of soft, firm, or hard. a. Rupture Resistance c. Soil Resistance b. Soil Stability d . Soil Consistency 18. Is the attraction of one water molecule to another resulting from hydrogen bonding (water-water bond). a. cohesion b. adhesion c. stickiness d. plasticity 19. It involves the attraction of a water molecule to a non-water molecule (water-solid bond). a. cohesion b. adhesion c. stickiness d. plasticity
GEOTECHNICAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING 20. The capacity of soil to adhere to other objects. It is estimated at moisture content that displays maximum adherence between thumb and forefinger. a. cohesion b. adhesion c. stickiness d. plasticity 21. Degree a soil can be molded or reworked causing permanent deformation without rupturing. a. cohesion b. adhesion c. stickiness d. plasticity 22. Are the limits of water content used to define soil behavior. a. Att erb erg’s Limits c. Liquid limits b. Plastic limits d. Shrinkage Limits 23. Is defined as the moisture content at which soil begins to behave as a liquid material and begins to flow. a. Atterberg’s Limits Limits c. Liquid limit b. Plastic limit d. Shrinkage Limit 24. Is defined as the moisture content at which soil begins to behave as a plastic material. It is also defined as the moisture content at which the soil crumbles when rolled into a thread of 3.18 mm in diameter. a. Atterberg’s Limits b. Liquid limit c. Plastic Plastic limi t d. Shrinkage Limit 25. Is defined as the moisture content at which no further volume change occurs with further reduction in moisture content. a. Atterberg’s Limits Limits c. Liquid limit b. Plastic limit d . Shrink Shrink age Limit 26. Is the difference between between the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil. a. Liquidity Index c . Plasticity Index b. Consistency Index d. Shrinkage Index 27. Was originally proposed by the a Highway Research Board’s Committee on Classification of Materials for Subgrades and Granular Type Road. According to the present form of the system, soil can be classified according to eight major groups, A-1 through A-8, based on the grain size distribution, liquid limit and plasticity indices. a. AASHTO Sys tem c. USCS System b. USDA System d. MIT System 28. Is a soil classification system used in engineering in engineering and geology and geology to describe the texture the texture and grain and grain size of a soil. a soil. The The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol. a. AASHTO System System c. USCS System b. USDA System d. MIT System 29. It is also called as Textural classification system a. AASHTO System c. USCS System b. USDA System d. MIT System 30. Is the densification of soil by removal of air, which requires mechanical energy. a. Cohesion b. Compression c. Consolidation d. Compaction 31. The moisture content at which the maximum dry unit weight of soil is attained. a. maximum moisture content c. optimum moisture content c. minimum moisture content d. average moisture content 32. It is a technique for in situ densification of thick layers of loose granular soil deposits. a. sand cone method c. nuclear method c. rubber balloon method d. vibroflotation 33. It is also called coefficient of permeability. permeability. a. hydraulic seepage c. hydraulic conductivity c. coefficient of flow d. coefficient of percolation 34. The coefficient of permeability of soil depends on a. fluid viscosity and pore size distribution b. grain size distribution and degree of saturation c. roughness of soil particles particles and degree of saturation d. all of these 35. Is a line along which water particle particle will travel from upstream to the downstream side in the permeable soil medium. a. Flow line c. Equipotential Line b. Energy Line d. Seepage Line 36. A line along which the potential head at all points are equal. a. Equiflow line c. Equipotential Line b. Energy Line d. Datum Line 37. Are constructed to calculate the groundwater flow in the media that combine flow line and equipotential lines. a. Fl ow Nets Nets b. Flow Media c. Flow Indices d. Flow Curves 38. The sum of the vertical components of the forces developed at the points of contact of the solid particles per unit cross sectional area of the soil mass. Total Stress c. Partial Stress a. Effective Stress b. d. Maximum Stress
39. Caused by the elastic deformation of dry soil and of moist and saturated soils without any change in the moisture content. a. Immediate settlement b. Primary consolidation settlement c. Secondary consolidation settlement d. Tertiary Consolidation settlement 40. The result of volume change in saturated cohesive soils because of the expulsion of water that occupies the void spaces. a. Immediate settlement b. Primary consolidation settlement c. Secondary consolidation settlement d. Tertiary Consolidation settlement 41. The result of the plastic adjustment of soil fabrics. a. Immediate settlement b. Primary consolidation settlement c. Secondary consolidation settlement d. Tertiary Consolidation Settlement 42. Ratio of preconsolidation pressure to present effective overburden pressure. a. Overconsoldation ratio c. Overburden ratio b. Oversettlement ratio d. Overstress ratio 43. The internal resistance per unit area of the soil mass to resist failure and sliding along any plane. a. Shear s trength c. Effective strength c. Bearing strength d. Normal strength 44. It is approximately a straight line on a semi logarithmic plot as shown in a consolidation characteristics of normally consolidated clay of low to medium sensitivity, it occurred when slope is equal to Cc. a. Virgin Consolidation Curve b.Consolidation Curve for Remolded Spqecimen c. Laboratory Consolidation Curve d. NOTA
a. Toe Circle c. Mid-point Circle
b. Slope Circle d. Concentric Circle
56. It is the failure circle in the case of base failure a. Toe Circle b. Slope Circle c. Mid-point Circle d. Concentric Circle 57. It is a method for analyzing the stability of a slope in two dimensions. The sliding mass above the failure surface is divided into a number of slices. The forces acting on each slice are obtained by considering the mechanical equilibrium for the slices. a. Method o f Slices b. Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices c. Sarma Method d. Lorimer’s Method 58. It is a method for calculating the stability of slopes. It is an extension of the Method of Slices. By making some simplifying assumptions, the problem becomes statically determinate and suitable for hand calculations where the forces on the sides of each slice are horizontal. a. Darcy ‘s Method b. Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices c. Sarma Method d. Lorimer’s Method 59. It is a Limit equilibrium technique used to assess the stability of slopes under seismic conditions. It may also be used for static conditions if the value of the horizontal load is taken as zero. The method can analyse a wide range of slope failures as it may accommodate a multiwedge failure mechanism and therefore it is not restricted to planar or circular failure surfaces. It may provide information about the factor of safety or about the critical acceleration required to cause collapse. a. Method of Slices b. Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices c. Sarma Method d. Lorimer’s Method 60. It is a technique for evaluating slope stability in cohesive soils. It differs from Bishop's Method in that it uses a clothoid slip surface in place of a circle. This mode of failure was determined experimentally to account for effects of particle cementation. a. Method of Slices b. Michalowki’s Solution c. Sarma Method d. Lorimer’s Method
45. Generally decreases as the liquid limit of soil increases and its range of variation is rather wide. a. Coefficient of Consolidation b. Coefficient of pre-consolidation c. Secondary compression index d. Swell Index
61. It uses the kinematic approach of limit analysis similar to ordinary methods of slices. a. Method of Slices b. Michalowki’s Solution c. Sarma Method d. Lorimer’s Method
46. It is another way to accelerate the consolidation settlement of soft, normally consolidated clay layers and achieve precompression before foundation construction. It is constructed by drilling holes through the clay layers in the field at irregular intervals. a. French Drain b. Sand Drain c. American Drain d. NOTA
62. The process of identifying the layers of deposits that underlie a proposed structure and their physical characteristics. a. Geological exploration b. Subsurface Explor ation c. Surface Exploration d. Geotechnical Exploration
47. It is also known as a sub-drain, a perforated pipe designed to pull excessive water from soil and away from areas such as house foundations. a. French Drain b. Sand Drain c. American Drain d. NOTA 48. It is one of the most reliable methods available for determining the shear strength parameters. It is used widely for both research and conventional testing. a. Direct Shear Test b. Triaxial Shear Test c. Consolidated-drained Test d. Consolidated-undrained Test 49. It is the oldest and simplest form of shear test arrangement. The test equipment consist of a metal shear box in which the soil specimen is placed. a. Direct Shear Test b. Triaxial Shear Test c. Consolidated-drained Test d. Consolidated-undrained Test 50. An exposed ground surface that stands at an angle with the horizontal. It is slope that can either be natural or constructed. a. restrained slope b. slope failure c. unrestrained slope d. infinite slope
63. It is the simplest method of making exploratory boreholes which can use two hand tools. a. Auger Borin g b. Wash Boring c. Rotary Drilling d. Percussion Drilling 64. It is another method of advancing boreholes which uses a casing about 2-3m long driven into the ground. The soil inside the casing is then removed using a chopping bit attached to a drilling rod. a. Auger Boring b. Wash Borin g c. Rotary Drilling d. Percussion Drilling 65. It is a procedure by which rapidly rotating drilling bits attached to the bottom of drilling rods cut and grind the soil and advance the borehole. It can be used in clay, sand, and rocks. a. Auger Boring b. Wash Boring c. Rotary Drill ing d. Percussion Drilling 66. it is an alternative method of advancing a borehole, particularly through hard soil and rock. It also required casing. a. Auger Boring b. Wash Boring c. Rotary Drilling d. Percussion Drilling
51. It is an analysis which involves determining and comparing the shear stress developed along the most likely rupture surface with shera strength of the soil. a. Slope Stability Analysi s b. Director Shear Analysis c. Mohr Coulumb Theorem d. NOTA
67. It can be used in the field to obtain soil samples that are generally disturbed but still representative. It consists of a steel driving shoe, a steel tube that is split longitudinally in half, and a coupling at the top.. a. Safety Hammer b. Donut Hammer c. spring Core Catcher d. Split-Spoon Sampler
52. It is a type of failure occurs in a such a way that the surface of sliding passes at a distance below the toe of the slope. a. Slope failure b. Base Failure c. Circular Failure d. critical Failure
68. It is device placed inside the split spoon to ease the sample recovery when the material encountered in the field is fine sand below the water surface. a. Safety Hammer b. Donut Hammer c. Spring Core Catcher d. Extensometer
53. It is a type of failure occurs in a such a way that the surface of sliding intersects the slope or above its toe. a. Slope failure b. Base Failure c. Circular Failure d. critical Failure 54. It is the failure circle in the case of slope and occurred when it passes through the toe of the slope. a. Toe Circle b. Slope Circle c. Mid-point Circle d. Concentric Circle 55. It is the failure circle in the case of slope circle and occurred when it passes above the toe of the slope.
69. They are sometimes called as Shelby tubes. Which are made of seamless steel tube and are commonly used to obtain undisturbed clayey soil a. Aluminium Tube b. Steel Tube c. Thin Wall Tubes d. Piezometer 70. It is a versatile sounding method that can be used to determine the material in a soil profile and estimate their engineering properties. a. Cone Penetration Test b. Dutch Cone Penetration Test c. Static Penetration Test d. All of the Above
71. It is an in situ test conducted in a borehole. It was originally developed by Menard to measure the strength and deformability of soil. a. Pressurem eter Test (PMT) b. Dilatometer Test (DMT) c. Cone Penetration Test (CPT) d. NOTA 72. It is the ratio of effective horizontal stress to the vertical stress. a. Coefficient o f Earth Pressure at rest b. Coefficient of Dynamic Earth Pressure. c. Coefficient of Dynamic Viscosity d. Coefficient of Rankine’s Active Pressure 73. It refers to the condition in which every point in a soil mass is on the verge of failure. a. Plastic Equilibrium b. Elastic Equilibrium c. Dynamic Equilibrium d. Static Equilibrium 74. It is the pressure that soil exerts against a structure in a sideways, mainly horizontal direction. The common applications of its theory are for the design of ground engineering structures such as retaining walls, basements, tunnels, and to determine the friction on the sides of deep foundations. a. Allowable pressure b. Lateral Earth Presssure c. Effective Pressure d. Ultimate Pressure 75. The state occurs when a soil mass is allowed to relax or move outward to the point of reaching the limiting strength of the soil; that is, the soil is at the failure condition in extension. Thus it is the minimum lateral soil pressure that may be exerted. a. Active State b. Passive State c. Equilibrium State d. NOTA 76. The state occurs when a soil mass is externally forced to the limiting strength (that is, failure) of the soil in compression. It is the maximum lateral soil pressure that may be exerted. a. Active State b. Passive State c. Equilibrium State d. NOTA 77. It was developed in 1857, and is a stress field solution that predicts active and passive earth pressure. It assumes that the soil is cohesionless, the wall is frictionless, the soil-wall interface is vertical, the failure surface on which the soil moves is planar, and the resultant force is angled parallel to the backfill surface. a. Rankine’s Theory b. Coulumb’s Theory c. Terzaghi’s Theory d. Big Bang Theory 78. A theory for active and passive earth pressure against the nretaining wall. The proponent assumed that the failure surface is plane. The wall friction was taken into consideration. It was presented last 1776. a. Rankine’s Theory b. Coulumb’s Theory c. Terzaghi’s Theory d. Big Bang Theory 79.It is the lowest part of the structure and its function is to transfer the load of the structure to the soil on which it is resting. a. Excavation b. Foundation c. Column d. basement 80. It is simply an enlargement of a load bearing wall or column that makes it possible to spread the load of the structure over the large area of the soil a. Spread Footi ng b. Mat Foundation c. Pile and Drilled Shaft Foundation d. Deep Foundation 81. They are used for heavier structures when great depth is required for supporting the loads. a. Spread Footing b. Mat Foundation c. Pile and Drilled Shaft Foundation d. NOTA 82. It is a structural member made of concrete, timber, or steel that transmit the load of the superstructure to the lower layers of the soil. a. Footing b. anchorage c. pile d. column 83. He was the first to present a comprehensive theory for evaluating the ultimate bearing capacity of rough shallow foundation. According to his theory the depth of the foundation is shallow if the depth of the foundation is less than or equal to the width of the foundation. a. Rankine b. Coulomb c. Terzaghi d. Meyorhof 84. He proposed a correlation for the net allowable bearing pressure for foundationwith the standard penetration resistance. a. Rankine b. Coulomb c. Terzaghi d. Meyorhof 85. It is a type of foundation which is referred to as a raft foundation. It is a combined footing that may cover entire area under structure supporting several columns and walls. a. Spread Footing b. Mat Foundation c. Pile and Drilled Shaft Foundation d. Deep Foundation 86. A type of pile which are generally either pipe piles or Rolled steel HSection piles. a. Steel Pile b. Concrete Pile c. Timber Pile d. Composite Pile 87. A type of pile which are either precast pile or cast-in-situ piles. a. Steel Pile b. Concrete Pile c. Timber Pile d. Composite Pile 88. A type of pile which are tree trunks that have their branches and bark carefully trimmed off. The maximum length of this type of pile is 10 to 20 m.
a. Steel Pile c. Timber Pile
b. Concrete Pile d. Composite Pile
89. It is type of retaining wall which are constructed with plain concrete or stone masonry. They depend on their own weight and ay soil resting on the masonry for stability and it is not economicsl for high walls. a. Gravity Retaining Wall b. Semi-Gravity retaining Wall c. Cantilever Retaining Wall d. Counterfort Retaining Wall 90. They are made up of reinforced concrete that consist of a thin stem and a base slab. This type of wall is economical to a height about 8m. a. Gravity Retaining Wall b. Semi-Gravity retaining Wall c. Cantilever Retaining Wall d. Counterfort Retaining Wall 91. It is similar to Cantilever Retaining Wall, its purpose is to reduce the shear and the bending m oments. a. Gravity Retaining Wall b. Semi-Gravity retaining Wall c. Cantilever Retaining Wall d. Counterfort Retaining Wall 92. They are called as geotextiles a. Metal Strip c. Non-Biodegradable Fabrics
b. Biodegardable Fabrics d. Geogrids
93. They are high-modulus polymer material such as polypropylene and polyethylene and are prepared by tensile drawing. a. Metal Strip b. Biodegardable Fabrics c. Non-Biodegradable Fabrics d. Geogrids 94. It is defined as the ratio of the unconfined compression strength in undisturbed state to that in a remolded state. a. degree of saturation b. degree of freedom c. degree of sensitiv ity d. degree of compressibility 95. Which of the following are the solutions developed in the past for stability analysis of simple slope with steady state seepage. I. Bishop and Mongensterns’s Solution II. Spencer’s Solution III. Cousin’s Solution IV. Michalowki’s Solution a. I only c. II and III only
b. I and II only d. All of the Above
96. It is another method of determining liquid limit that is popular in Europe and in Asia. In this test the liquid limit is defined as the moisture content at which a standard cone of apex angle 30 0 and weigh 0.78 N will penetrate a distance d=20 mm in 5 seconds when allowed to drop from a position of point contact with the soil surface. a. Fall Cone Test b. Standard Cone Test c. British Standard Test d. Europe Cone Test 97. Which of the following are the typical properties of sand. I. The grain-size distribution of the sand at any particular location is surprisingly uniform. II. The general grain size decreases with distance from the source, because the wind carries the small characteristics small particles farther than the large one. III. The relative density of sand deposited on the windward side of dunes amy be as high as 50 to 65 %, decreasing to about 0 to 15 % on the leeward side. a. b.
I only II and III only
c. I and II Only d. All of the Above
98. These are the common types of rollers that are used for Field Compaction. I. Smooth-wheel roller II. Pneumatic rubber-tired roller III. Sheepfoot Roller IV. Vibartory Roller a. b.
I, II, and III only I, II, and IV only
c. II, III, and IV only d. All of the Above
99. Which of the following are the standard procedures used for determining the field unit weight of compaction. I. Sand Cone Method II. Rubber Balloon Method III. Nuclear Method IV. Falling Head Test a. b.
I only I, II, and III only
c. I and II only d. All of the Above
100. These are the regions found on the analysis of the variation hydraulic gradient. I. Laminar Flow Zone II. Transition Zone III. Turbulent Flow Zone IV. undisturbed flow zone a. b.
I only I, II, and III only
c. I and II only d. All of the Above
