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  • Question
  • Pick up the correct definition from the following:


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  • A. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall moves away from the back fill, is generally known as active earth pressure of the soil
  • B. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wail moves towards the soil, is generally known as 'Passive earth pressure of the soil'
  • C. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall has no movement relative to the back fill, is known as 'earth pressure at rest of the soil'
  • D. All the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • All the above. 


  • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


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    • 1. The area of cross-section A at failure or during any stage of Triaxial Compression Test and its initial length (L) and volume (V), are related by the equation

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. Coefficient of compressibility is the decrease in void ratio per unit increase of pressure
    • B. The percent settlement at any time is called degree of consolidation
    • C. Time factor is a dimensionless quantity
    • D. The initial curve on either side of the point of unloading and reloading is called 'virgin curve'
    • E. All the above.
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    • 3. The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure, is called

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    • A. safe bearing capacity
    • B. net safe bearing capacity
    • C. net ultimate bearing capacity
    • D. ultimate bearing capacity.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Cohesionless soil is

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    • A. sand
    • B. silt
    • C. clay
    • D. clay and silt.
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    • 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • 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
    • 6. If there is no impervious boundary at the bottom of a hydraulic structure, stream lines tend to follow :

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    • A. a straight line
    • B. a parabola
    • C. a semi-ellipse
    • D. a semi-circle.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The intensity of vertical pressure at a depth Z directly below the point load Q on its axis of loading is :

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 8. For determining the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, the recommended size of a square bearing plate to be used in load plate test should be 30 to 75 cm square with a minimum thickness of

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    • A. 5 mm
    • B. 10 mm
    • C. 15 mm
    • D. 20 mm
    • E. 25 mm
    • Discuss
    • 9. The shearing force acting along the slice of a curved surface of slippage, causes the soil to slide

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    • A. down at the centre
    • B. down at the toe
    • C. upward at the centre
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of

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    • A. water
    • B. glacier
    • C. wind
    • D. gravitational force.
    • Discuss


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