3/9/24, 9:58 AM GATE_DPP 4
GATE
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering DPP: 1
soil structure and clay minerals
Q1 Which soil mineral is most active? (A) Hydrogen bond
(A) Illite (B) Potassium ion bond
(B) Na-Illite (C) Water molecules bond
(C) Ca-Montmorillonite (D) Covalent bond
(D) Na-Montmorillonite
Q5 The plasticity characteristics of clay are due to
Q2 Consider the following statements: (A) Adsorbed water
Clays which exhibit high activity: (B) Free water
1.Contain montmorillonite. (C) Capillary water
2.Contain kaolinite (D) None of above
3.Have a high silt content
Q6 In fine sand and silts. the most common type of
4.Have a high plasticity index
structure is
Of these statements
(A) Single grained (B) Honeycomb
(A) 1, 3 and 5 are correct
(C) Flocculated (D) Dispersed
(B) 2, 3 and 5 are correct
(C) 2 and 4 are correct Q7 The orientation of clay particles in case of a
(D) 1 and 4 are correct flocculatedstructure is
(A) side to side
Q3 What is the type of soil structure having
(B) side to end
arrangementof soil particles with a ‘face-to
(C) end to end
face’ or parallelorientation generally recognized
(D) any one of the above
as?
(A) Honeycomb structure Q8 High sensitivity in clays is due to a well-
(B) Single-grained structure developed_____ which is disturbed when the
(C) Flocculent structure soil isremoulded?
(D) Dispersed structure (A) Honeycomb structure
(B) Single-grained structure
Q4 In Illite mineral, the bond between structural
(C) Flocculent structure
units is
(D) Clay matrix structure
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3/9/24, 9:58 AM GATE_DPP 4
GATE
Answer Key
Q1 (D) Q5 (A)
Q2 (D) Q6 (B)
Q3 (D) Q7 (B)
Q4 (B) Q8 (C)
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