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- Question
The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall
Options- A. is equal to mass of the soil retained
- B. proportional to the depth of the soil
- C. proportional to the square of the depth of the soil
- D. proportional to the internal friction of the soil
- E. none of these.
- Correct Answer
- proportional to the internal friction of the soil
- 1. The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion
Options- A. decreases as the moisture content increases
- B. increases as the moisture content decreases
- C. is more in well compacted clays
- D. depends upon the external applied load. Discuss
- 2. Factor of safety against sliding of a slope, is the ratio of
Options- A. actual cohesion to that required to maintain stability of slope
- B. shear strength to shear stress along the surface
- C. neither (a) nor (b)
- D. both (a) and (b). Discuss
- 3. If Nf, Nd and H are total number flow channels, total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head differences respectively, the discharge q through the complete flow is given by (where K is a constant)
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 4. Pick up the clay soil group which does not swell when wet from the following :
Options- A. Kaolinite group
- B. Mite group
- C. Vermiculite group
- D. Montrorillonite group. Discuss
- 5. The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of
Options- A. volume of water to volume of given soil
- B. volume of water to volume of voids in soil
- C. weight of water to weight of air in voids
- D. weight of water to weight of solids of given mass of soil. Discuss
- 6. In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil, is
Options- A. 35%
- B. 50%
- C. 65%
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- A. Failure plane carries maximum shear stress
- B. Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
- C. Failure plane carries shear stress equal to maximum shear stress
- D. None of these. Discuss
- 8. Geologic cycle for the formation of soil, is
Options- A. Upheavel ? transportation ? deposition ? weathering
- B. Weathering ? upheaval ? transportation ? deposition
- C. Transportation ? upheaval ? weathering ? deposition
- D. Weathering ? transportation ? deposition ? upheaval
- E. None of these. Discuss
- 9. The liquid limit and plastic limit exist in
Options- A. sandy soils
- B. silty soils
- C. gravel soils
- D. clay soils. Discuss
- 10. The ultimate Settlement of a soil is directly proportional to:
Options- A. depth of the compressible soil strata
- B. compressive index
- C. void ratio
- D. both (a) and (b)
- E. none of these. Discuss
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: is more in well compacted clays
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b).
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: Mite group
Correct Answer: weight of water to weight of solids of given mass of soil.
Correct Answer: 65%
Correct Answer: Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
Correct Answer: Weathering ? transportation ? deposition ? upheaval
Correct Answer: clay soils.
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
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