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  • A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3. If the specific gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the degree of saturation of the soil is


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  • A. 11.1%
  • B. 55.6%
  • C. 69.6%
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 55.6% 

    • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems

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    • 1. Back fill with a sloping surface exerts a total active pressure Pa on the wall of height H and acts at

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    • A. H/4 above the base parallel to base
    • B. H/2 above the base parallel to base
    • C. H/3 above the base parallel to base
    • D. H/5 above the base parallel to base.
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    • 2. Rankine's theory of active earth pressure assumes

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    • A. soil mass is homogeneous, dry and cohesionless
    • B. ground surface is a plane which may be horizontal or inclined
    • C. back of the wall is vertical and smooth
    • D. wall yields about the base
    • E. all the above.
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    • 3. A coarse-grained soil has a voids ratio 0.75, and specific gravity as 2.75. The critical gradient at which quick sand condition occurs, is

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    • A. 0.25
    • B. 0.50
    • C. 0.75
    • D. 1.00
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    • 4. A soil has bulk density 2.30 g/cm3 and water content 15 per cent, the dry density of the sample, is

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    • A. 1.0 g/cm2
    • B. 1.5 g/cm3
    • C. 2.0 g/cm3
    • D. 2.5 g/cm3
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    • 5. If the radius of a simple curve is R, the length of the chord for calculating offsets by the method of chords produced, should not exceed.

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    • A. R/10
    • B. R/15
    • C. R/20
    • D. R/25.
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    • 6. Under-reamed piles are generally

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    • A. driven piles
    • B. bored piles
    • C. precast piles
    • D. all the above.
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    • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. When water table is above the base of a footing, the dry weight m should be used for soil below water table
    • B. When water table is located somewhat below the base of a footing, the elastic wedge is partly of moist soil and partly of submerged soil, and a suitable reduction factor is used
    • C. When water table is just at the base of the footing, no reduction factor is used
    • D. None of these.
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    • 8. Minimum depth of a footing carrying a heavy load, is calculated by the formula

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known

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    • A. porosity
    • B. specific gravity
    • C. void ratio
    • D. water content.
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    • 10. The coefficient of curvature is defined

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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