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  • Question

  • The ratio of the volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of its voids, is known


  • Options
  • A. porosity
  • B. void ratio
  • C. percentage voids
  • D. degree of saturation.

  • Correct Answer
  • degree of saturation. 

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    • 1. The capacities of "One-way 1.5 m wide sidewalk (persons per hour)" and "One-way 2-lane urban road (PCU per hour, with no frontage access, no standing vehicles and very little cross traffic)" are respectively.

    • Options
    • A. 1200 and 2400
    • B. 1800 and 2000
    • C. 1200 and 1500
    • D. 2000 and 1200
      • Discuss
    • 2. If ? and ? be the elevations of two objects A and B respectively, ? be the angle observed by a sextant. The correct horizontal angle is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. none of these.
      • Discuss
    • 3. A particle moves along a straight line such that distance x traversed in t seconds is given by x = t2(t + 1), the acceleration of the particle, will be

    • Options
    • A. 3t3 - 2t
    • B. 3t2 + 2t
    • C. 6t - 2
    • D. 6t + 2
    • E. 3t - 2
      • Discuss
    • 4. Principle of Transmissibility of Forces states that, when a force acts upon a body, its effect is

    • Options
    • A. maximum if it acts at the centre of gravity of the body
    • B. different at different points on its line of
    • C. same at every point on its line of action
    • D. minimum if it acts at the C.G. of the body
    • E. none of these.
      • Discuss
    • 5. The maximum resistance against rotation, is offered by the weld at a point

    • Options
    • A. most distant
    • B. least distant
    • C. at either end
    • D. centrally located.
      • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct abbreviation from the following:

    • Options
    • A. I.L.S. (instrument landing system)
    • B. V.H.F, (very high frequency)
    • C. L.O.M. (low powered outer marker)
    • D. L.M.M. (low powered middle marker)
    • E. All the above
      • Discuss
    • 7. In using the data from a plate bearing test for determining the modulus of subgrade reaction, the value of settlement to be used is :

    • Options
    • A. 1.25 mm
    • B. 2.50 mm
    • C. 3.75 mm
    • D. 1.75 mm
      • Discuss
    • 8. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The source of surface water is from

    • Options
    • A. streams and rivers
    • B. storage reservoirs
    • C. springs
    • D. ponds and lakes
    • E. none of these.
      • Discuss
    • 9. ? is coefficient of friction. A wheeled vehicle travelling on a circular level track will slip and overturn simultaneously if the ratio of its wheel distance to the height of its centroid, is

    • Options
    • A. ?
    • B. 2?
    • C. 3?
    • D. ?.
      • Discuss
    • 10. The value of bearing capacity factor for cohesion, Nc, for piles as per Meyerhof, is taken as :

    • Options
    • A. 6.2
    • B. 12.0
    • C. 9.0
    • D. 5.14
      • Discuss

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