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  • Question

  • Pick up the correct statement from the following:


  • Options
  • A. An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test
  • B. An unconfined compression test is a special case of direct shear test
  • C. The confining pressure is maximum during an unconfined compression test
  • D. The cylindrical specimen of a soil is subjected to major principal stress till it fails due to shearing along the plane of the failure.

  • Correct Answer
  • An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test 

    • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems

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    • 1. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass, is known

    • Options
    • A. porosity
    • B. specific gravity
    • C. void ratio
    • D. water content.
      • Discuss
    • 2. A partially saturated soil is classified as

    • Options
    • A. one phase soil
    • B. two phase soil
    • C. three phase soil
    • D. four phase soil.
      • Discuss
    • 3. In case of a double line river, contours are

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    • A. stopped at the banks of the river
    • B. stopped at the edge of the river
    • C. drawn across the water
    • D. drawn by parabolic curves having their vertex at the centre of the water.
      • Discuss
    • 4. The radius of a simple circular curve is 300 m and length of its specified chord is 30 m. The degree of the curve is

    • Options
    • A. 5.73°
    • B. 5.37°
    • C. 3.57°
    • D. 3.75°.
      • Discuss
    • 5. Permanent adjustments of a level are

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    • A. 2 in number
    • B. 3 in number
    • C. 4 in number
    • D. 6 in number
      • Discuss
    • 6. The compression index of a soil

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    • A. decreases with an increase in the liquid limit
    • B. increases with an increase in the liquid limit
    • C. decreases with an increase in the plastic limit
    • D. is not related with plastic limit.
      • Discuss
    • 7. If the specific gravity and voids in soil sample are G and e respectively, the hydraulic gradient i, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
      • Discuss
    • 8. A fundamental equation of void ratio(e), specific gravity (G), water content (?) and degree of saturation (Sr) is

    • Options
    • A. e =
    • B. ? =
    • C. G =
    • D. Sr =
      • Discuss
    • 9. The Westergaard analysis is used for

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    • A. sandy soils
    • B. cohesive soils
    • C. stratified soils
    • D. clayey soils.
      • Discuss
    • 10. A pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 1800 kg and having a free fall of 1.00 m. If the penetration with last blow is 5 mm, the load carrying capacity of the pile, -according to the Engineering News formula, is

    • Options
    • A. 100 tonnes
    • B. 50 tonnes
    • C. 20 tonnes
    • D. 10 tonnes.
      • Discuss

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