Rajasthan Technical Education Second Year Paper 2016 Soil and Foundation Engineering

Rajasthan Technical Education Second Year Paper 2016 Soil and Foundation Engineering

A fully saturated soil is said to be
(a) One phase system
(b) Two phase system with soil and air
(c) Two phase system with soil and water
(d) Three phase system

Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle of soil is
(a) less than 0.0002 mm
(b) greater than 0.2 mm
(c) between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm
(d) All of the above

Uniformity co-efficient of soil is
(a) Always less than 1
(b) Always equal to 1
(c) Equal to or less than 1
(d) Equal to or greater than 1

If the plasticity index of soil mass is zero, the soil is
(a) Sandy
(b) Silty
(c) Clay
(d) Clayey silt

The water content of soil, which represents the boundary betwen plastic state & liquid state is known as
(a) Liquid limit
(b) Plastic limit
(c) Shrinkage limit
(d) Plasticity index

According to I.S classification, the range of silt particle is
(a) 4.75 mm to 2.00 mm
(b) 2.0 mm to 0.425 mm
(c) 0.075 mm to 0.002 mm
(d) 0.425 mm to 0.05 mm

Inorganic soils with low compressibility is presented by
(a) MH
(b) SL
(c) ML
(d) CH

If the permeability of a soil is 0.8 mm/sec, the type of soil is
(a) Gravel
(b) Sand
(c) Silt
(d) Clay

Which of the following method is best suited for determination of permeability of coarse-grained soil ?
(a) Constant Head Method
(b) Falling Head Method
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above

Compressibility of sand soil is
(a) almost equal to that of clayey soils
(b) much greater than that of clayey soils
(c) much less than that of clayey soils
(d) None of these

Clay soil is best compacted by
(a) Druw Roller
(b) Rubber Tyred Roller
(c) Sheep Foot Roller
(d) Vibratory Roller

The shear strength of soil
(a) does not depend on the angle of internal friction of the soil
(b) is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
(c) decreases with increase in normal stress
(d) decreases with decreases in normal stress

Unconfined compressive strength test is
(a) Undrained Test
(b) Drained Test
(c) Consolidated Undrained Test
(d) Consolidated drained Test