Borrow Pit and Fill
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Q. A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3. How many cubic meters of this soil will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m3 volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3 .
- 94m3
- 106 m3
- 100 m3
- 90 m3
Q. A fill having a volume of 1, 50, 000 cum is to be constructed at a void ratio of 0.8. The borrow pit soil has a void ratio of 1.4. The volume of soil required (in cubic meters) to be excavated from the borrow pit will be
- 1, 87, 000
- 2, 00, 000
- 2, 10, 000
- 2, 50, 000
Q. For constructing an embankment, the soil is transported from a borrow area using a truck which can carry 6 m3 of soil at a time. The details are as follows.
The number of truck loads of soil required to obtain 100 m3 of compacted earth fill
| Property | Borrow area | Truck (loose) | Field (compacted) |
| Bulk density(g/cc) | 1.66 | 1.15 | 1.82 |
| Water content (%) | 8 | 6 | 14 |
The number of truck loads of soil required to obtain 100 m3 of compacted earth fill
- 12 nos.
- 56 nos.
- 25 nos.
- 33 nos.
Q. For constructing an embankment, the soil is transported from a borrow area using a truck which can carry 6 m3 of soil at a time. The details are as follows.
The quantity of soil to be excavated from the borrow pit, in m3 for a compacted earth fill of 100 m3 is
| Property | Borrow area | Truck (loose) | Field (compacted) |
| Bulk density (g/cc) | 1.66 | 1.15 | 1.82 |
| Water content (%) | 8 | 6 | 14 |
The quantity of soil to be excavated from the borrow pit, in m3 for a compacted earth fill of 100 m3 is
- 104 cum
- 146 cum
- 98 cum
- 87 cum
Q. A fill having volume of 150000m3 is to be constructed at a void ratio of 0.8. The borrow pit solid has a void ratio of 1.4. The volume of soil required to be excavated from the borrow pit will be
150000m3
- 200000m3
- 250000m3
- 300000m3
