Soil and Foundation Engineering, Question Paper of Civil Engineering 4th Semester, Download Question Paper 16

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SOIL AND FOUNDATION ENGG.

5^th Exam /Civil/5183/May’01

                                                             

Duration 3 Hrs.

Note : Attempt all questions

1.     Fill in the blanks

a.     The windblown dust is called ________

b.     For fully saturated soil, e= ___________G.

c.      Size of aperture in a 75 micron sieve is ____.

d.     Co-efficient of permeability is determined by using ______ in tab

e.      Heaving is ____ movement of soil.

2.     Select the correct answer:

a.     Sand dunes are formed in the direction of wind/ opposite to direction of wind.

b.     The degree of plasticity of clay is low/high.

c.      Higher density can be obtained after compaction  in well/ poor graded soil.

d.     Change in shape of soil mass under effect of external load is called consolidation /deformation.

3.     State True or False

a.     A low hill of sand on sandy share is called Esker.

b.     Vane sheer test is useful for non- cohesive soils of low shear strength.

c.      Flow in which all particle, of water move in parallel paths is called turbulent flow.

d.     When valid ratio is reduced the density of soil is reduced

e.      When water table below the foundation rises, the bearing capacity of soil increases.

Section-B

4.     Attempt any ten questions

a.     What is the importance of soil in engineering?

b.     What is soil profile?

c.      Explain the term OMC ?

d.     Discuss atterbergs limits.

e.      What is draft of soil?

f.       Discuss relative density and its practical utility.

g.     Differentiate water content and porosity.

h.     What is pressure bulb?

i.       What happens if compression test is performed on sand?

j.       Why boring is not possible    in fully saturated cohesion less soil?

k.     Why the plate load test does not give ultimate settlement in cas of cohesive soils. What is absorbed moisture?

Section –C

Attempt any three questions

1.       

a.     What is the necessity of studying soils?

b.     What are Kames?

2.       

a.     Discuss relative density o soil and its practical utility.

b.     How liquid limit is determined ?  

3.     How will we calculate co-efficient of permeability with the help of constant head permeate

4.     Where pile foundations are used and explain in detail the action of pile groups.