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1. Why soil test/exploration is required for the works of civil engineers?

2. What are the roles of soil classification system in Geotechnical Engineering?

3. Draw the plasticity chart soil classification with defining A-line and U-line.

4. Define stress path. Draw the stress path of NC clay and OC clay for CU test

5. How typical soils are classified corresponding to permeability values?

6. Define MDD and OMC. Show these values on compaction curve.

7. Mention and explain the affinity series for attention of absorbed cations in clay mineral.

8. Name at least four contributors and at least two contributors corresponding each

contributor in the field of geotechnical engineering.

9. Define net bearing pressure and net safe bearing capacity with net ultimate bearing

capacity for soil.

10.How will you determine whether a gravel or a sand is poor or well graded?

11.What are the engineering properties affected during sampling disturbance of cohesive

soil?

12.What are the basic structural units of clay mineral? Draw the units.

13.With figures explain the diffused double layer for clay minerals.

14.Define pre-consolidation pressure. How will you trace out it from e-log p curve?

15.What are the engineering properties changed during soil compaction?

16.What are remedies take during soil sampling disturbance?

17.Mention the significant behaviors of single grained structure of soil in geotechnical

engineering.

18.Write down the modification equations of soil bearing capacity equation for water table

effects.

19.Define N values with significant criteria/figure.

20.What are the basic definitions for shear strength so soil. Show the shear strength in

sketches.

21. How quality control is ensured in constructing an earth dam?

22.What is the Hvorslevs hypothesis for shear strength of soil.

23.Define sensitivity and degree of sensitivity.

24.What are the causes that soils are pre-consolidated?

25.Define soil liquefaction from the concept of critical void ratio.

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26.Define the design parameters with significant limitations for soil samples.

27.Draw the figure with significance for terzaghis bearing capacity equation derivation.

28.What are the engineering uses of Atterbergs limits?

29.Show the graphs for test results of NC and OC clay for CD triaxial tests.

30.Differentiate and define OC clay and NC clay.

31.Define undisturbed samples. For what purposes this samples are used?

32.What are limitations of consolidation theory?

33.With examples mention the significance of Group Index values in AASHTO soil

classification.

34.What are isomorphous substitution of clay mineral and give examples?

35.How soils are defined corresponding to SPT values and unconfined compressive strength

values of cohesive soil?

36.With four examples define the dual symbol for USCS soil classification.

37.Classify the triaxial compression tests depending on test condition and explain.

38.Define liquidity index and plasticity index.

39.What are the reasons that the properties of illite minerals differ from monmorillonite

minerals.

40.Define the following symbol for shear study.

Chapter 1

1. Draw the plasticity chart soil classification with defining A-line and U-line.

2. What are the roles of soil classification system in Geotechnical Engineering?

3. How will you determine whether a gravel or a sand is poor or well graded?

4. Name at least four contributors and at least two contributors corresponding each

contributor in the field of geotechnical engineering.

5. With examples mention the significance of Group Index values in AASHTO soil

classification.

6. What are the engineering uses of Atterbergs limits?

7. With four examples define the dual symbol for USCS soil classification.

8. Define liquidity index and plasticity index.

9. What are the types of test required for type of soils for classification?

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10.What are the systems for soil classification?

11. What are the types of soil tests, will you perform in the laboratory and field?

12.What are the parameters, will you find from those above tests?

13.What are the uses in engineering purpose of those above finding soil parametes?

Chapter 2

1. Mention and explain the affinity series for attention of absorbed cations in clay mineral.

2. What are the basic structural units of clay mineral? Draw the units.

3. With figures explain the diffused double layer for clay minerals.

4. Mention the significant behaviors of single grained structure of soil in geotechnical

engineering.

5. What are isomorphous substitution of clay mineral and give examples?

6. Why is a dispersing agent used in hydrometer tests?

7. How soils are defined corresponding to SPT values and unconfined compressive strength

values of cohesive soil?

8. What are the reasons that the properties of illite minerals differ from monmorillonite

minerals.

9. How typical soils are classified corresponding to permeability values?

10.What are the significant properties for complete soil description and identification?

11.Name the clay minerals. Draw one two-layered and one three-layered sheets for clay

minerals.

12.Differentiate gravitational force and surface force on clay minerals.

13.Mention the significant behaviors of honey com structure of soil in geotechnical

engineering.

14.Mention the various structural forms of soils with sketches? Mention their significance in

engineering behavior of soil.

15.What are the basic structural units of clay minerals? Explain with diagrams.

Chapter 3

1. Define pre-consolidation pressure. How will you trace out it from e-log p curve?

2. What are the causes that soils are pre-consolidated?

3. What are limitations of consolidation theory?

4. Define OCR. What is its significant application?

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5. Show in a graph the compression index , swelling index and recompression index

.

6. How will you find and from consolidation test?

7. What is smear? How does it affect the consolidation process when sand drains are used?

8. What are the effects of smear on degree of consolidation?

9. What are limitations of consolidation theory?

10.State and criticize the assumptions those are used in the derivation of one dimentional

consolidation equation.

11.Derive the differential equation for dissipation of pore water pressure within a soil mass

due to a sand drain.

12.Define MDD and OMC. Show these values on compaction curve.

Chapter 4

1. Classify the triaxial compression tests depending on test condition and explain.

2. Show the graphs for test results of NC and OC clay for CD triaxial tests.

3. Define soil liquefaction from the concept of critical void ratio.

4. Define sensitivity and degree of sensitivity.

5. Differentiate and define OC clay and NC clay.

6. What is the Hvorslevs hypothesis for shear strength of soil?

7. How quality control is ensured in constructing an earth dam?

8. What are the basic definitions for shear strength of soil? Show the shear strength in

sketches.

9. Mention the Skeptons relation for un-drained shear strength and effective overburden

pressure for clay soil.

10.Define critical void ratio with figure. How critical void ratio changes with the confiningpressure.

11.Present the typical results of consolidated un-drained triaxial test for normally and over-

consolidated/preloaded clay?

12.Discuss the effect of rate of strain on un-drained shear strength.

13.Define the following symbol for shear study.

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Chapter 5

1. Define stress path. Draw the stress path of NC clay and OC clay for CU test

2. Draw the figure with significance for terzaghis bearing capacity equation derivation.

3. What are limitations of consolidation theory?

4. Write down the modification equations of soil bearing capacity equation for water table

effects.

5. Define net bearing pressure and net safe bearing capacity with net ultimate bearing

capacity for soil.

6. What are the different modes of bearing failure? Expalin by diagrams.

7. State the general bearing capacity equation of soil and explain the terminologies used.

How are eccentrically loaded footings designed?

8. Criticize the Prandtls bearing capacity equation.

Chapter 6

1. Why soil test/exploration is required for the works of civil engineers?

2. What are the engineering properties affected during sampling disturbance of cohesive

soil?

3. What are remedies take during soil sampling disturbance?

4. What are the engineering properties changed during soil compaction?

5. Define N values with significant criteria/figure.

6. Define the design parameters with significant limitations for soil samples.

7. Define undisturbed samples. For what purposes this sample is used?

8. What are the significances of compaction of soil? How will you ensure the quality control in

constructing an earth embankment?