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The document contains a lab quiz for a geotechnical engineering course. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like consolidation settlement, bearing capacity factors, drainage conditions for shear tests, and the direct shear test. It also includes 20 fill-in-the-blank questions related to topics such as pore pressure measurement, deviator stress, plastic equilibrium, and formulas for vane shear tests.

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Lab Quiz 18bnciv0977

The document contains a lab quiz for a geotechnical engineering course. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts like consolidation settlement, bearing capacity factors, drainage conditions for shear tests, and the direct shear test. It also includes 20 fill-in-the-blank questions related to topics such as pore pressure measurement, deviator stress, plastic equilibrium, and formulas for vane shear tests.

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR CAMPUS-III BANNU


Subject: CE-313L Geotechnical Eng:-II Lab
(5th Semester Fall-2020)
Lab Quiz # 01

Maximum Marks: 40
Q#01. MCQs
1. Index used to find the settlement is
a) Compression
b) Expansion
c) Recompression
d) Unloading
2. In Geotechnical Engineering, soil is considered as a _________ phase material.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
3. The split tube used in static cone penetration test, is commonly known as
______________
a) Split spoon sampler
b) Split tube sampler
c) Tube sampler
d) All of the mentioned
4. The total blows required for the second and third 15 cm of penetration in standard
penetration test is taken as ____________
a) Seating drive
b) Penetration resistance
c) Overburden pressure
d) Dilatancy/submergence
5. The values derived from penetration tests can be used for finding ____________
a) Depth of hard stratum and Strength of soil
b) Soil saturation
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
6. The plate load test consists in loading a rigid plate at the _________
a) Base of the footing
b) Bottom of the construction
c) Foundation level
d) All of the mentioned
7. The loading to the test plate is applied with __________
a) Fluid tube
b) Hydraulic jack

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c) Sand bags
d) Cross-joists
8. Which of the following type of loading method is popular now-a-days?
a) Gravity loading platform
b) Reaction truss
c) Concrete blocks
d) All of the mentioned
9. A seating pressure of ___________ is applied on the plate before starting the load test.
a) 70 g/cm2
b) 30 g/cm2
c) 50 g/cm2
d) 100 g/cm2
10. The plate load test is essentially a ___________
a) Laboratory test
b) Field test
c) Graphical method analysis
d) None of the mentioned
11. The vertical downward movement of the base of the structure is called __________
a) Penetration resistance
b) Settlement
c) Effective pressure
d) Shear failure
12. The allowable pressure, that should be selected for a maximum settlement is
____________
a) 40 mm
b) 25 mm
c) 30 mm
d) 10 mm
13. For simple spread footing on clayey soil, the differential settlement should not exceed
__________
a) 1/ 400
b) 1/300
c) 1/100
d) 1/3
14. The component Sc, used in the total settlement of clay refers to which of the
following?
a) Total settlement
b) Consolidation settlement
c) Immediate plastic settlement
d) Settlement due to secondary consolidation of clay

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15. The maximum load which can be carried by a pile is defined as its
__________
a) Ultimate load carrying capacity
b) Ultimate bearing resistance
c) Ultimate bearing capacity
d) All of the mentioned
16. The load carrying capacity of a pile can be determined by which of the
following methods?
a) Dynamic formulae
b) Static formulae
c) Plate load test
d) All of the mentioned
17. he pile load test should be performed on __________
a) Working pile
b) Test pile
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
18. Which of the following, is a type of shallow footing?
a) Spread footing
b) Pile foundation
c) Pier foundation
d) Well foundation
19. The parameters Nc, Nq, Nγ in the equations of bearing capacity failure are known as
_________
a) Constant head
b) Bearing capacity factors
c) Effective pressure
d) Load intensity
20. The Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity equation is represented as ___________
a) qf = 5.7 c + σ̅ b) qf = c Nc + σ̅. Nq + 0.5γBNγ
c) qf = c Nc + σ̅. Nq
d) qf = c Nc

Q#02: Fill in the blanks. Each of the objectives has equal marks.
1. Pore pressure developed in the tri axial test can be measured by__Bishop’s
apparatus_______.
2. The deviator stress developed in the proving ring, through the applied pressure is..σ1 –
σ3
3. When the sol is in the state of stress, it is said to be in__Plastic equilibrium________
4. The deviator stress σd is given by ____σd=additional axial load/A2

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5. Shearing resistance can be determined in the laboratory by ___4_____ methods.
6. Quick test and Consolidated un drained test shear test is developed based on
drainage conditions.
7. The direct shear test can also be called as _____Stress test______
8. To conduct un-drained test _____Plain grids_______ grids are used
9. The drained test is also known as _____Slow test______
10. A major difference between the direct shear test and tri axial shear test is _Control on
the drainage level______
11. In direct shear test, the soil load is subjected to more stress at ______Edges_______
12. In unconfined compression test the value of σ2 and σ3 is equal to ____0________
13. The unconfined compression test is derived from ____Tri axial compression
tests________
14. The unconfined compression test is generally applicable to _____Saturated
clay_______
15. In plastic failure, load corresponding to ______20 %____ strain is arbitrarily taken as
the failure load.
16. When the Mohr circle is drawn in confined compression test, its radius will be equal to
______Cu______
17. Stress condition in the Unconfined compression test represents... undrained
test_______
18. The ratio of the unconfined compression strength in an undisturbed state to that in a
remolded state is termed as ______sensitivity_______

19. The shear stress on the failure plane will be linear function of the normal stress.
20. Formula for Torque and shear strength of soil in case of vane shear test is
Torque, T = (Spring constant /180)*(initial reading-final reading)

Shear strength=T/π(D²H/2 +D³/6)

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