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- Question
Determination of water content of a soil sample suspected to contain gypsum is made by drying the sample for longer period at a temperature not more than
Options- A. 60°C
- B. 80°C
- C. 100°C
- D. 110°C
- Correct Answer
- 80°C
- 1. Number of piles required to support a column, is
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4 Discuss
- 2. According to the Indian Standards the specific gravity is the ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water at a temperature of
Options- A. 17°C
- B. 23°C
- C. 27°C
- D. 30° Discuss
- 3. The soil which contains finest grain particles, is
Options- A. coarse sand
- B. fine sand
- C. silt
- D. clay. Discuss
- 4. If ?0' and ?' represent initial and increased pressure ; e0 and e void ratios corresponding to initial and increased pressure ; and C0 the compression index (dimensionless), then, the virgin compression curve as expressed by Terzaghi empirical formula is
Options- A. e = e0 + Cc log10 ?'/?0'
- B. e = e0 - Cc log10 ?'/?0'
- C. e0 = e - Cc log10 ?'/?0'
- D. e0 = e + Cc log10 ?0'/?' Discuss
- 5. Water content of a soil sample is the difference of the weight of the given sample at the given temperature and the weight determined after drying it for 24 hours at temperature ranging from
Options- A. 80° to 90°C
- B. 90° to 95°C
- C. 95° to 100°C
- D. 103° to 105°C
- E. 105° to 110°C Discuss
- 6. If the specific gravity of a soil particle of 0.05 cm diameter is 2.67, its terminal velocity while settling in distilled water of viscosity, 0.01 poise, is
Options- A. 0.2200 cm/sec
- B. 0.2225 cm/sec
- C. 0.2250 cm/sec
- D. 0.2275 cm/sec
- E. 0.2300 cm/sec Discuss
- 7. For determining the moisture content of a soil sample, the following data is available Weight of container = 260 g, Weight of soil sample and = 320 g container, Weight of soil sample (dried) and = 310 g container. The moisture content of the soil sample, is
Options- A. 15%
- B. 18%
- C. 20%
- D. 25% Discuss
- 8. If L and B are the length and breadth of a footing, e the eccentricity along the length and P and Q are the axial force and bearing capacity of the soil, then, to avoid tension,
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 9. The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:
Options- A. Drain condition cannot be controlled
- B. Pore water pressure cannot be measured
- C. Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform.
- D. The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test
- E. All the above. Discuss
- 10. The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, is
Options- A. directly proportional to the voids ratio
- B. inversely proportional to the specific gravity
- C. directly proportional to the specific gravity
- D. inversely proportional to the voids ratio
- E. none of these. Discuss
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems
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Correct Answer: 3
Correct Answer: 27°C
Correct Answer: clay.
Correct Answer: e = e0 - Cc log10 ?'/?0'
Correct Answer: 105° to 110°C
Correct Answer: 0.2275 cm/sec
Correct Answer: 20%
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform.
Correct Answer: none of these.
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