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This document contains a 10 question assignment from an NPTEL course on Geotechnical Engineering-II. The questions cover topics related to consolidation of fine-grained soils, causes of deformation in coarse-grained soils, failure surfaces in retaining walls, relationships between stresses, Mohr's circle analysis, and conditions for tectonic motion. The assignment tests the student's understanding of fundamental geotechnical engineering concepts through multiple choice questions.

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This document contains a 10 question assignment from an NPTEL course on Geotechnical Engineering-II. The questions cover topics related to consolidation of fine-grained soils, causes of deformation in coarse-grained soils, failure surfaces in retaining walls, relationships between stresses, Mohr's circle analysis, and conditions for tectonic motion. The assignment tests the student's understanding of fundamental geotechnical engineering concepts through multiple choice questions.

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NPTEL Course

Geotechnical Engineering-II
Instructor: Prof. D N Singh
Assignment- 01 (Week-1)
Total Marks: 15

1. Fine-grained soils when loaded would exhibit consolidation. [1]


(a) True
(b) False
Answer: (a) True
2. Which of the following is/are not a root cause of deformation of the coarse-grained
soils? MSQ [2]
(a) Crushing
(b) Bending
(c) Interlocking
(d) Rolling
Answer: (b) Bending and (c) Interlocking
3. The formation of a curved slip surface in a backfill of the retaining wall is due to
[2]
(a) Flow
(b) Scooping action
(c) Friction
(d) Sliding
Answer: (b) Scooping action
4. For a sample in an oedometer, the height has to be one-third of the diameter because
[2]
(a) 90% of pressure isobars are within the sample
(b) 88% of pressure isobars are within the sample
(c) 99% of pressure isobars are within the sample
(d) 85% of pressure isobars are within the sample
Answer: (c) 99% of pressure isobars are within the sample

5. What are the relationships used for (σ,𝜏) as a function of σx and σy:
[2]
𝜎𝑥 +𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧
(a) σ = + cos (2α) and 𝜏 = sin (2α)
2 2 2
𝜎𝑥 +𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧
(b) σ = cos (2α) + and 𝜏 = sin (2α)
2 2 2
𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 +𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧
(c) σ = + cos (2α) and 𝜏 = sin (2α)
2 2 2
𝜎𝑥 +𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 −𝜎𝑧 𝜎𝑥 +𝜎𝑧
(d) σ = + cos (2α) and 𝜏 = sin (2α)
2 2 2
𝝈𝒙 +𝝈𝒛 𝝈𝒙 −𝝈𝒛 𝝈𝒙 −𝝈𝒛
Answer: (a) σ = + cos (2α) and 𝜏 = sin (2α)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

6. Pole is a point on Mohr Circle through which all the planes pass [1]
(a) True
(b) False
Answer: (a) True
7. For the plane-strain condition: [1]
(a) the stress parallel to the plane is ignored
(b) the strain parallel to the plane is ignored
(c) the strain perpendicular to the plane is ignored
(d) the stress perpendicular to the plane is ignored
Answer: (c) the strain perpendicular to the plane is ignored
8. If a failure plane is inclined at an angle β with the horizontal plane, then the angle
that will be made at the center of the Mohr Circle will be: [2]
(a) 3β
(b) 2β
(c) β/3
(d) β/2
Answer: (b) 2β
9. The condition for the tectonic motion that forms anticlines is: [1]
(a) σx = σy
(b) σx > σy
(c) σx <σy
(d) σx ≤σy
Answer: (b) σx > σy
10. Which of the following is incorrect [1]
(a) In the case of the granular material, the slope might fail due to the rolling of the
grains
(b) In the case of the cohesive material, the slope might fail due to sliding
(c) Straight-line through the pole intersects Mohr Circle at principal major stress
𝜎1 + 𝜎2
(d) The radius of the Mohr Circle is equal to 2
𝝈𝟏 + 𝝈𝟐
Answer: (c) Radius of the Mohr Circle is equal to 𝟐

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