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  • Question
  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress 


  • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. The liquid limit and plastic limit exist in

    • Options
    • A. sandy soils
    • B. silty soils
    • C. gravel soils
    • D. clay soils.
    • Discuss
    • 8. 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
    • 9. The clay soil mainly consists of

    • Options
    • A. Kaolinites .
    • B. Montomorillonite
    • C. Illites
    • D. Vermiculite
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as

    • Options
    • A. quick test
    • B. drained test
    • C. consolidated undrained test
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss


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