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  • Question
  • When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses


  • Options
  • A. shear strength
  • B. bearing capacity
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. neither (a) nor (6).

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


  • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


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    • 1. A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall

    • Options
    • A. moves away from the backfill
    • B. moves towards the backfill
    • C. sinks downwards
    • D. stresses equally by vertical and horizontal forces.
    • Discuss
    • 2. For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by

    • Options
    • A. particle size classification system
    • B. textural classification system
    • C. High Way Research Board (HRB), classification system
    • D. unified soil classification system.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The seepage exit gradient in a soil is the ratio of

    • Options
    • A. total head to the length of seepage
    • B. flow line to slope
    • C. head upstream to that at downstream
    • D. head loss to the length of the seepage
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 4. If the bulk density of the soil is ? and water content ?, then dry density of the soil, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The maximum possible value nf dry density is referred to as

    • Options
    • A. dry density
    • B. zero air voids
    • C. saturation dry density
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The void ratio of the soil sample stated in Q. No. 216, is

    • Options
    • A. 0.4
    • B. 0.5
    • C. 0.6
    • D. 0.75
    • Discuss
    • 7. The change of moisture content of soils, changes the

    • Options
    • A. value of the angle of repose
    • B. amount of compaction required
    • C. cohesive strength of soil
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. In hydrometer method, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found directly
    • B. In pipette analysis, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found indirectly
    • C. In pipette analysis, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found directly
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Cohesionless soil is

    • Options
    • A. sand
    • B. silt
    • C. clay
    • D. clay and silt.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure, is called

    • Options
    • A. safe bearing capacity
    • B. net safe bearing capacity
    • C. net ultimate bearing capacity
    • D. ultimate bearing capacity.
    • Discuss


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