Geotechnical Engineering Mock Test 1

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Question 1 of 10

1. The meniscus correction in hydrometer reading is ___________

Negative sometime

Always positive

Positive sometime

Always negative

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Question 2 of 10

2. The weight of total voids is equal to the weight of Water.

False

True

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Question 3 of 10

3. If a soil has a void ratio of 0.64, specific gravity of solids as 2.65, then its saturated unit weight will be ______

25.5 kN/m³

25 kN/m³

19.5 kN/m³

24.5 kN/m³

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Question 4 of 10

4. The relationship between γ’, G and e is ______

\(γ’=\frac{(G-1) γ_w}{(1-e)}\)

\(γ’=\frac{(G+1) γ_w}{(1+e)}\)

\(γ’=\frac{G γ_w}{(1+e)}\)

\(γ’=\frac{(G-1) γ_w}{(1+e)}\)

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Question 5 of 10

5. An organic soil sample is kept in oven for its water content determination. The temperature preferred is ______

110°

80°

60°

105°

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Question 6 of 10

6. The relationship between porosity n and void ratio e is given by _______

1+n= 1/(1+e)

n= 1/e

1-n= 1/(1+e)

n= 1/(1+e)

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Question 7 of 10

7. The total volume of rhombohedron with face angle 60° is _______

0.9099

0.7071

0.5

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Question 8 of 10

8. A soil sample may be well graded if __________

If it has most number of particles of same size

Good representation of particles of all size

None of the mentioned

Excess of certain particles

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Question 9 of 10

9. A soil has a dry unit weight of 17.5 kN/m³ and a water content of 20%. What will be its bulk unit weight?

18 kN/m³

19 kN/m³

20 kN/m³

21 kN/m³

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Question 10 of 10

10. In wet soil mass, air occupies one-seventh of its volume and Water occupies one- eighth of its volume. What will be the ratio of volume of voids with respect to the total volume?

0.279

0.329

0.432

0.286

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