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1.Geologic cycle for the formation of soil, is 7.The voids in the soil mass may be filled with
a) Upheavel> transportation> deposition ’ a) air b)water
weathering c)waler or partly with air d) all of the above
b) Weathering upheaval> transportation
deposition 8.A unit phase diagram is normally divided into
) Transportation upheaval ’ weathering three parts. What does the tôp, middle and bottom
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d) Weathering> transportation>deposition (a) Air,water and solid respectively
upheaval
(b) Air, solidand yáfer segpctively
(() water, Air and'solid respectively
2Match List Iwith List IIand select a suitable answer by (d) solid, water and Airrespectively
Lusing the codes given below the list: 9.Soilcarexist in
List I List II
1. Soil deposited under sea (a) Thfee phásesystem (b) Two phase system
A. Alluvial
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deposits water
B. Lacustrine 2 Soil deposited in water
lakes
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deposits a) dhe phase system
CMarine 3. Soil deposited in running
deposits water b) two phase system with soil and air
D. Aeoline 4. Soil deposited by c)two phase system with soil and water
deposits transportation by wind d) three phase system
Codes:
A D 11.Match List I with List II and select the correct
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c) glacier d)grqvitonal force. saturation
D. Water content 4. W/V
4.'Drift is the naterial picked up, mixed, 5. V/V,
disintegrated, transported and redeposited by
b)gravitational force Codes:
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c) glaciated water (d) all the above. c) A-4 B-1 C-5 D-2 d) A-5 B-1C-3 D-2

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5.The correct increasing order of the surface 12.Buoyant unit weight equals saturated density
of the given soils is
clay a) multiplied by unit weight of water
a) silt, sand,colloids, clay b) sand, silt, colloids,
colloids b)divided by unit weight of water
c)sand, silt, clay, colloids d) clay, silt, sand, c) plus unit weight of water
by
d) minus unit weight of water.
6.Match List I with List II and select a suitable answer
and
using the odes given below the list 13.The relationship between void ratio e
List I(salt) List Il (grain size) porosity n is given by
1.200 to 4.75 mm b) etl-n) =n
A clay a)e(l+ n) =n
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saturation tests to be conducted on a clay, If the
14.The fundamental equation of specific gravity of volume of voids is found to be 55volume units and
soil (G), its dry density unit weight of water the volume of water in the voids is found to be 49.5
and void ratio (e) is volume units, what is the current saturation level of
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(c) 10% (d) 900%
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and voids by volume. Its void ratio and porosity
15.Completely saturated soil having water content willbe
100% will have void ratio Void ratio Porosity(%)
a) less than specific gravity of soil a. 1.0 100%
b) equal to specific gravity of soil b. 0.5 50/%
) greater than specific gravity of soil c. 0.5 T0Ó%
d) independent of specific gravity of soil d. 1.0 50%

16.Match List I with List lI 24.Which one ofthe following, gives the correct
List I List II decreasing ordergt thedensities of asoil sample?
A) Dry unit weight a) Saturated, submèrged, wet, dry
b) Saturafeel, wetysubmerged, dry
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d) Wt, satuYated, submerged, dry
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deffned as the dry weight per unit of total volume.
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1+e Statement I: The submerged unit weight is
roughly one-half of the saturated unit weight.
D) Submerged unit G-1 a. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
weight 4)
1+e b. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
a) A-1 B-3C-2 D-4 c. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
b) A-3 B-1 C-4 BA2
d. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
c) A4 B-2 C-1 D-3 d) A-2 B-3 C1R4
26.Select the correct statement.
17.The specific gravity of sands is àpproximately a) Unit weight of dry soil is greater than unit weight
a) 1.65 b) 2.05 ) 24 d) 2.65 of wet soil.

18.Valid range for S Athe degree of saturation of b) For dry soils, dry unit weight is less than total unit
soil in percentage is weight.
a) S>0 b) S<0 )0<K100 d) O<Ss100 c) Unit weight of soil increases due to submergence
in water.

19.Water content of soilcan d) Unit weight of soil decreases due to submergence

in water.
a) never be greater than 100%
b) take values only from 0% to 100%
c) be less than 0% d)be greater than 100% 27.The ratio of the mass density of the soil to the
mass density of water is known as
20.Which of the following statement is correct? a) Mass specific gravity
(a) 0<e<1 (b)'e can have avalue greater than 1 b) Apparent specific gravity
()e0 c) Bulk specific gravity
(d) None of the above d) Allof the above
21.If the volume of voids is equal to the volumne of
solids in asoil mass, then the values of porosity and 28.The void ratio of a soil sample having a porosity
voids ratio respectively are of 0.32 and a moisture content of 25% will be
a)1.0 and 0.0 b)0.Oand1.0 a) 0.33 b) 0.47 c) 0.78 d) 1.28
c) 1.5 and 10 d) 1.0and 0.5 29.Water content of asoil sample is the

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