Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Questions

• The vane shear test is used for the in-situ determination of the undrained strength of the intact fully saturated
• The specific gravity of quartz, is
• If the cohesive force, (c), is 1.5 t/m2, the density (γ) of the soil is 2.0 t/m3, factor of safety (F) is 1.5 and stability factor (Sn) is 0.05, the safe height of the §lope, is
• If the back fill is having a uniform surcharge of intensity q per unit area, the lateral pressure will be
• The shear resistance of a soil is con-tituted basically of the following component.
• The maximum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of soil, is known
• Depending upon the properties of a material, the failure envelope may
• Pick up the correct statement applicable to plate load test
• The fundamental equation of specific gravity (G), dry density (γd), unit weight of water (γω) and void ratio (e), is
• The factor which affects the compaction, is
• The specific gravity of sands, is approximately
• A sample of saturated soil has 30% water content and the specific gravity of soil grains is 2.6. The dry density of the soil mass in g/cm3, is
• A soil sample has passing 0.075 mm sieve = 60% liquid limit = 65% and plastic limit = 40%. The group index of the soil, is
• The capillary rise of water
• Over-consolidation of soils is caused due to
• A stratum of clay 2 m thick will get consolidated 80% in 10 years. For the 80% consolidation of 8 m thick stratum of the same clay, the time required is
• A moist soil sample of volume 60 cc. weighs 108 g and its dried weight is 86.4 g. If its absolute density is 2.52, the degree of saturation is
• Si particles
• If dry density, water density and specific gravity of solids of a given soil sample are 1.6 g/cc, 1.84 g/cc and 2.56 respectively, the porosity of the soil sample, is
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: