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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. A maximum value of dry density is obtained at optimum water content
B. At low value of water content most soils tend to be stiff.
C. At high water content, the dry density decreases with an increase of water content.
D. An airless soil will have maximum possible value of dry density for the given water content
E. All the above.
Correct Answer
All the above.
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems
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1. The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed
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A. primary consolidation
B. primary compression
C. primary time effect
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
2. The angle of internal friction, is least for
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A. angular-grained loose sand
B. angular -grained dense sand
C. round-grained loose sand
D. round-grained loose sand
E. clays.
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Correct Answer: clays.
3. The ratio of the volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of its voids, is known
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A. porosity
B. void ratio
C. percentage voids
D. degree of saturation.
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Correct Answer: degree of saturation.
4. In a purely cohesive soil, the critical centre lies at the intersection of
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A. perpendicular bisector of slope and the locus of the centre
B. perpendicular drawn at l/3rd slope from toe and the locus of the centre
C. perpendicular drawn at 2/3rd slope from toe and the locus of the centre
D. directional angles
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: directional angles
5. The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil 20 (
g
) is 1600 g. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighs 1500 g. The specific gravity of the soil, is
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A. 1.0
B. 1.5
C. 2.0
D. 2.5
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Correct Answer: 2.0
6. A pycnometer is used to determine
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A. voids ratio
B. dry density
C. water content
D. density index.
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Correct Answer: water content
7. Stoke's law does not hold good if the size of particle is smaller than
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A. 0.0002 mm
B. 0.002 mm
C. 0.02 mm
D. 0.2 mm
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Correct Answer: 0.0002 mm
8. Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between
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A. liquid and plastic limit
B. plastic limit and semi solid limit
C. semi-solid limit and liquid limit
D. liquid limit and solid limit.
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Correct Answer: liquid and plastic limit
9. The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to
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A. inter-granular friction
B. internal friction
C. cohesion
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: cohesion
10. In non-cohesive soil in passive state of plastic equilibrium
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A. major principal stress is horizontal
B. minor principal stress is vertical
C. major principal stress is vertical
D. minor and major principal stresses are equally inclined to the horizontal.
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Correct Answer: minor principal stress is vertical
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