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- Question
The wall shown in the below figure has failed. The cause of failure or the error made in the design of the failded wall is :
Options- A. deep slip surface failure
- B. overturning
- C. no proper drainage in the clay backfill
- D. translational failure
- Correct Answer
- overturning
- 1. A nozzle discharging water under head H has an outlet area "a" and discharge coefficient cd = 1.0. A vertical plate is acted upon by the fluid force Fj when held across the free jet and by the fluid force Fn when held against the nozzle to stop the flow, the ratio Fj/Fn is
Options- A. 1/2
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 2 Discuss
- 2. Vane tester is normally used for determining in situ shear strength of :
Options- A. soft clays
- B. sand
- C. stiff clays
- D. gravel Discuss
- 3. In reinforced concrete, pedestal is defined as compression member, whose effective length does not exceed its least dimension by
Options- A. 12 times
- B. 3 times
- C. 16 times
- D. 8 times Discuss
- 4. The more critical (or severe) test of the firm's liquidity can be judged by :
Options- A. Liquidity ratio
- B. Current ratio
- C. Acid-Test (or Quick) ratio
- D. Debts ratio Discuss
- 5. Which one of the following definitions, is correct?
Options- A. The ratio of total debt to share holder's equity is called 'debt ratio'.
- B. The ratio debt-to-total assests is called Debt-to-total assest ratio.
- C. The ratio of earnings before interest and taxes for a particular reporting period to the amount of interest charges for the period, is called interest coverage ratio.
- D. All of these Discuss
- 6. The slope of the e-log p curve for a soil mass gives :
Options- A. coefficient of permeability, k
- B. coefficient of consolidation Cv
- C. compression index, Cc
- D. coefficient of volume compressibility, mv Discuss
- 7. The Prandtl mixing length for turbulent flow through pipes is
Options- A. independent of shear stress
- B. a universal constant
- C. zero at the pipe wall
- D. independent of radial distance from pipe axis Discuss
- 8. A steady discharge of 1 cumec flows uniformly in a rectangular channel 1 m wide at a depth of 250 mm. The slope of the channel bed is :
Options- A. adverse
- B. steep
- C. critical
- D. mild Discuss
- 9. Consolidation in soils
Options- A. is a function of the effective stress
- B. does not depend on the present stress
- C. is a function of the pore water pressure
- D. is a function of the total stress Discuss
- 10. The permissible bending tensile stress in concrete for the vertical wall of an R.C. water tank made of M 25 concrete is :
Options- A. 8.5 N/mm2
- B. 6.0 N/mm3
- C. 2.5 N/mm2
- D. 1.8 N/mm2 Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1
Correct Answer: soft clays
Correct Answer: 3 times
Correct Answer: Acid-Test (or Quick) ratio
Correct Answer: All of these
Correct Answer: coefficient of consolidation Cv
Correct Answer: independent of shear stress
Correct Answer: adverse
Correct Answer: is a function of the pore water pressure
Correct Answer: 1.8 N/mm2
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