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  • The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, increases with


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  • A. an increase in specific gravity
  • B. a decrease in specific gravity
  • C. a decrease in void ratio
  • D. both (a) and (c)
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (c) 


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    • 1. The shear strength of a soil

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    • A. increases with an increase in the normal stress
    • B. is proportional to the cohesion of the soil
    • C. is generally known as the strength of the soil
    • D. is proportional to the tangent of the angle of internal friction
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. According to IS : 2720 - 1965, the composition of a dispersing solution used in pipette analysis for determining the size of particles, is

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    • A. sodium-hexametaphosphate 33 g, sodium carbonate 7 g and distilled water one litre
    • B. sodium-hexametaphosphate 7 g, sodium carbonate 33 g and distilled water one litre
    • C. sodium-hexametaphosphate 23 g, sodium carbonate 17 g and distilled water one litre
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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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    • 5. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. The void ratio in soils is defined as the ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of solids
    • B. The porosity of a soil is defined as the ratio of the volume of voids to the gross volume of the soil
    • C. The bulk density of a soil is defined as the unit weight of the soil
    • D. The dry density of a soil is defined as weight of solids to the total volume of the soil
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. For slopes of limited extent the surface of slippage, is usually along

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    • A. a parabolic arc
    • B. an elliptical arc
    • C. a straight line
    • D. a circular arc.
    • Discuss
    • 8. For a base failure of a slope, depth factor

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    • A. Df = 1
    • B. Df < 1
    • C. Df > 1
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

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    • A. quick condition
    • B. boiling condition
    • C. quick sand
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a fow net

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    • A. flow lines and equipotential lines cross each other at right angles
    • B. fields are rectangles whose length is twice the breadth
    • C. smaller the dimensions of the field, smaller will be the hydraulic gradient and velocity of flow through it
    • D. for homogeneous soil, the curves are smooth and circular.
    • Discuss


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