Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Questions

• Minimum size of the particles of silt soil, is
• Pick up the correct statement from the following :
• Failure of the stability of slopes, generally occurs along
• Which one of the following statements is true?
• Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is
• Stoke's law sates that the velocity at which a grain settles out of suspension, the other factors remaining constant, is dependent upon
• The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is :
• A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the moisture content in the soil is 20%, the degree of saturation is
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• The maximum value of effective stress in the past divided by the present value, is defined as over consolidation ratio (OCR). The O.C.R. of an over consolidated clay is
• A partially saturated soil is classified as
• The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass, is known
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• The compression index of a soil
• If the specific gravity and voids in soil sample are G and e respectively, the hydraulic gradient i, is
• A fundamental equation of void ratio(e), specific gravity (G), water content (ω) and degree of saturation (Sr) is
• The Westergaard analysis is used for
• A pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 1800 kg and having a free fall of 1.00 m. If the penetration with last blow is 5 mm, the load carrying capacity of the pile, -according to the Engineering News formula, is
• Buoyant unit weight equals the saturated density
• The degree of saturation of the soil sample stated in Q. No, 216, is