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  • Question
  • Pick up the correct statement from the following:


  • Options
  • A. The rise of the ground surface due to frost action is called frost heave.
  • B. The freezing of water is accompained by a volume increase of 9%.
  • C. Below freezing point, higher soil suction develops.
  • D. The magnitude of frost heave decreases as the degree of saturation of soil decreases
  • E. All the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • All the above. 


  • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


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    • 1. A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the moisture content in the soil is 20%, the degree of saturation is

    • Options
    • A. 20%
    • B. 77%
    • C. 92%
    • D. none of these.
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    • 2. The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is :

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    • A. n =
    • B. e =
    • C. n =
    • D. e = n/(1 - n)
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    • 3. Stoke's law sates that the velocity at which a grain settles out of suspension, the other factors remaining constant, is dependent upon

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    • A. shape of grain
    • B. weight of grain
    • C. size of grain
    • D. shape and size of grain
    • E. shape, size and weight of grain.
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    • 4. Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is

    • Options
    • A. 50%
    • B. 60%
    • C. 75%
    • D. 80%
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    • 5. Which one of the following statements is true?

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    • A. Clays are more porous than sands
    • B. Pressure of organic matter in a soil decreases the bearing capacity of the soil
    • C. Aluminous cement is used for foundations in soils with chemical deposits
    • D. All the above.
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    • 6. The maximum value of effective stress in the past divided by the present value, is defined as over consolidation ratio (OCR). The O.C.R. of an over consolidated clay is

    • Options
    • A. less than 1
    • B. 1
    • C. more than 1
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. One Newton force, is

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    • A. 103 dynes
    • B. 104 dynes
    • C. 105 dynes
    • D. 106 dynes
    • E. 107 dynes.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A square hole is punched out of a circular lamina, the diagonal of the square being the radius of the circle. If r is the radius of the circle, the C.G. of the remainder from the corner of the square on the circumference will be

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. If a body moves in such a way that its velocity increases by equal amount in equal intervals of time, it is said to be moving with

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    • A. a uniform retardation
    • B. a uniform acceleration
    • C. a variable acceleration
    • D. a variable retardation
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. A bullet weighing 200 g is fired horizontally with a velocity of 25 m/sec from a gun carried on a carriage which together with the gun weighs 100 kg. The velocity of recoil of the gun, will be

    • Options
    • A. 0.01 m/sec
    • B. 0.05 m/sec
    • C. 1.00 m/sec
    • D. 1.5 m/see.
    • Discuss


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