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- Question
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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- 1. If there is no impervious boundary at the bottom of a hydraulic structure, stream lines tend to follow :
Options- A. a straight line
- B. a parabola
- C. a semi-ellipse
- D. a semi-circle. Discuss
- 2. Pick up the correct definition from the following:
Options- 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. Discuss
- 3. 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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- 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- 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. Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
Options- A. 5 mm
- B. 10 mm
- C. 15 mm
- D. 20 mm
- E. 25 mm Discuss
- 7. The shearing force acting along the slice of a curved surface of slippage, causes the soil to slide
Options- A. down at the centre
- B. down at the toe
- C. upward at the centre
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 8. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of
Options- A. water
- B. glacier
- C. wind
- D. gravitational force. Discuss
- 9. Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is
Options- A. equal to total shearing strength
- B. greater than total shearing strength
- C. less than total shearing strength
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 10. Sedimentation analysis is based on the assumption:
Options- A. soil particles are spherical
- B. particles settle independent of other particles
- C. walls of the jar do not affect the settlement .
- D. all the above. Discuss
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Correct Answer: a semi-ellipse
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: safe bearing capacity
Correct Answer: 25 mm
Correct Answer: down at the centre
Correct Answer: wind
Correct Answer: greater than total shearing strength
Correct Answer: all the above.
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