QUESTION BANK.

GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
Q.1 What do you understand by residual soils.

Q.2 Define the transportation soil

Q.3 What do you mean by soil composition

Q.4 Define the void ratio, porosity,Degree of saturation, Air content and bulk unit
weight

Q.5 What do you mean by specific gravity of soils

Q.6 Drive the relationship b/w void ratio(e) and porosity

Q.7 Drive the relationship b/w e,w,Sr,G

Q.8 Describe with neat sketch the basic structural unit of clay minerals.

Q.9 Write a short on water content and its determination method in a soils

Q.10 What do you understand by consistency of soil

Q.11 Define the origin of soils and also explain all aspects.

Q.12 Explain the Limitation of soil engineering and scope of soil engineering.

Q.13 what do you mean by terminology of different types of soil

Q.14 what is soil composition explain in brief

Q.15 what are the phase’s diagram of soil

Q.16 Explain the formation of soil.

Q.17 Define the Index properties of soil

Q.18 Explain the Clay minerals and give the basic structural unit
Q19 Define the Void ratio, porosity, Degree of saturation, Air content, and water
content.

Q.22 A soil specimen has a water content of 10% and a wet unit weight of 20
KN/M^3. If the sp.gr.

Of solids is 2.70 Determination the Dry unit weight, void ratio, and the Degree of
saturation, take Yw=10kn/m^3

Q.21 Drive the Relationship B/W bulk unit weight (Y) and e, W, G .

Q.22 Write a short notes on water content and its determination method in a soil
sample .

Q.23 A moist soil sample weights 3.52N . After drying in an oven , its weight is
reduced to 2.9N the specific gravity of solids and the mass specific gravity are
respectively 2.65 and 1.85 determine the water content , void ratio , porosity and
degree of saturation . Take Yw = 10KN /m^3 .

Q.24 A soil sample of saturated soil has a water content of 25% and bulk unit
weight of 20KN/M^3. Determine dry density, void ratio and specific gravity of solid
particles. What would be the bulk unit weight of the same soil at the same void
ratio but at a degree saturation 80% take Yw =10kn/m^3.

Q.25 A soil has a porosity of 40% the specific gravity of solids of 2.65 and a water
content of 12% determine the mass of the water required to be add to 100^3 of
this soil for full saturation .

Q.26 A soil sample has a void ratio 0.15 and water content 40% determine the
porosity of soil sample.

Q.27 Drive the relationship B/W void ratio (e) and porosity (n) .

Q.28 Give the relationship B/W e, W, G, and Sr .

Q.29 Drive the relationship B/W Yd, Yw , e and specific gravity (G) .

Q.30 Give the relationship B/W Y, Yd and water content (w) .

Q.31 Explain the soil structure of soil.

Q.32 What do you mean by Darcy’s law and drive it .

Q.33 Explain the hydraulic conductivity and also give the formula

Q.34 Define hydraulic conductivity and also explain equivalent hydraulic

conductivity in stratified soil .

Q.35 Compare B/W compaction and consolidation .

Q.36 Give reletionship with all dry unit weights .

Q.37 What do you understand by factors affecting compaction .

Q.38 Give the explaination with name of equipment for field compaction .

Q.39 Explain capillary phenomenon in soils

Q.40 Drive the Expression for hydraulic gradient with the help of Bernoulli s
equation

Q.41 Define permeability. Explain the laboratory methods to find permeability

coefficient.

Q.42 Define the flow net also explain the properties of flow net

Q.43 what do you mean by Laplace’s continuity equation in 2-D. and give the
some assumptions of the equations

Q.44 Explain the laboratory determination of hydraulic conductivity.

Q.45 what is critical hydraulic gradient.

Q.46 Drive the expression for hydraulic gradient with the help of Bernoulli’s
equation

Q.47 What do you mean by seepage and also explain the seepage force

Q.48 Explain the seepage pressure

Q.49 What are the quick sand condition. Give expression for crictical hydraulic
gradient along with its significance.

Q.50 what are the field compaction method Explain.

Q.51 The internal diameter of a tube is .01mm what will be the maximum capillary
rise. When it is held vertical with bottom and dipped in pure water taken in a
through also compute the maximum capillary tension. If the temperature of the
water is 200C.

Q.52 The difference in values of capillary rise for fine sand and silt was found to be
4.5m if the capillary rise in fine sand is 0.5m compute the difference in size of
voids of the two soils.

Q.53 The capillary rise in soil 1 with average particle size d1=0.05mm is 0.6m
estimate the capillary rise in soil 2 with average particles size D2=0.1mm
Assuming it has the same void ratio as soil 1.

Q.54 Calculate the coefficient of permeability of a soil sample 6cm in height and
50cm^2 in cross sectional area. If a quality of water equal to 430cc passed down
in 10 minutes. Under on effective constant head of 40cm on over drying the test
specimen cut 4.98 N taking G=2.65 calculate the seepage velocity of water during
the test.

Q.54 A Cylindrical mould of diameter 7.5cm certain 15.0cm long sample of sand.
When water flow through the soil under constant head at a rate of 55cc/minute
the loss of head b/w two points 8cm apart is found to be 12.5cm determine
coefficient of permeability of the soil.

Q.55 Determine the coefficient of permeability of a confined aquifer 5m thick

which gives a steady discharge of 20Liters/sec. through a well of 0.3m radius. The
height of water in the well which was 10m above the base before pumping
dropped to 8m. take the radius of influence as 300m.

Q.56 Determine the ultimate bearing capacity of a square footing 2m*2m in a soil
with unit weight of 18kn/m^3, =20, C=20kn/m^3. Take the depth of foundation
of 1.50m use Hansen’s equation. Take NC=14.83, Nq=6.40, NY=3.54, Sc=1.2,
Sq=1.2 and Sy=0.6, dy=1.0, iy=1.0

Q. Q .57 Explain the CPT in detailed.

58 What is wash boring
Q.59 Explain the site investigations. in detailed
Q.60 Define SPT in brief.

Q.61 Explain the modes of occurrence of water in soil.

Q.62 Explain the characteristics of ground.

Q.63 Determine the ultimate bearing capacity of a square footing 2m*2m in a soil
with unit weight of 18kn/m^3, =20, C=20kn/m^3. Take the depth of foundation
of 1.50m use Hansen’s equation. Take NC=14.83, Nq=6.40, NY=3.54, Sc=1.2,
Sq=1.2 and Sy=0.6, dy=1.0, iy=1.0

Q.64 Define Different types of samplers.

Q.65 Explain the DCPT

Q.66 Explain the methods of Drilling

Q.67 What dou you mean by ground water level

Q.68 Explain the foundation and also explain its types

Q.69 Define Modes of Failure for foundation.

Q.70 Determine the Allowable gross load and the net allowable load for a square
footing of 2m side and with a depth of foundation of 1.0 use terzaghi theory and
assume local shear failure. Take a factor of safety of 3.0 the soil at the site has
Y=18kn/m^3, C`=15kn/m^2 and ø`=25

Given Nc`=14.8, Nq`=5.6 and Ny`=3.2, Cm`=2/3c`

Q.71 A Rectangular footing 3m*2m Exerts a pressure of 100kn/m^3 on a cohesive
soil Es=5*10^4N/m^2 and u=0.50 Determine the Immediate Settlement at the
Center Assuming

(a) The footing is flexible (b) The footing is Rigid