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  • 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of


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

  • Correct Answer
  • wind 


  • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


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    • 1. 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.
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    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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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    • 4. 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.
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    • 5. 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.
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    • 6. Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is

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    • A. equal to total shearing strength
    • B. greater than total shearing strength
    • C. less than total shearing strength
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Sedimentation analysis is based on the assumption:

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    • 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.
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    • 8. Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:

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    • A. Red earth
    • B. Clay
    • C. Black cotton soil
    • D. Compacted ground.
    • Discuss
    • 9. One end of a light string 4 m in length is fixed to a point on a smooth wall and the other end fastened to a point on the surface of a smooth sphere of diameter 2.25 m and of weight 100 kg. The reaction between the sphere and the wall of the arrangement made is

    • Options
    • A. 102.5 kg
    • B. 105.5 kg
    • C. 108.5 kg
    • D. 110 kg.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Time required to stop a car moving with a velocity 20 m/sec within a distance of 40 m, is

    • Options
    • A. 2 sec
    • B. 3 sec
    • C. 4 sec
    • D. 5 sec
    • E. 6 sec.
    • Discuss


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