Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Questions

• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• 260 g of wet soil was taken in a pycnometer jar of weight 400 g in order to find the moisture content in the soil, with specific gravity of soil particles 2.75. The weight of soil and remaining water filled in pycnometer without air bubbles was 1415 g and the weight of pycnometer filled with water alone was 1275 g. The moisture content in the soil is
• The ratio of settlement at any time 't' to the final settlement, is known as
• Pick up the in-correct statement from the following: The soils which contain montmorillonite minerals
• You are given a sample of soil containing coarse grains to determine its water content, you will use
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• For a clay slope of height of 10 m, the stability number is 0.05, γ = 2.0 t/m3, C = 2.5 t/m2, the critical height of the slope of the soil, is
• Water formed transported soil is
• For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because
• The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest state and its natural void ratio (e) to the difference between the void ratios in the loosest and fully dense state, is generally termed as
• The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to
• The earth pressure of a soil at rest, is proportional to (where φ is the angle of internal friction of the soil)
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called
• A decrease in water content results in a reduction of the volume of a soil in
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• The maximum load carried by a pile, when it continues to sink without further increase of load, is known as
• The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to