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  • Two footings, one circular and the other square, are founded on the surface of a purely cohesionless soil. The diameter of the circular footing is same as that of the side of the square footing. The ratio of their ultimate bearing capcities is


  • Options
  • A. 3/4
  • B. 4/3
  • C. 1.0
  • D. 1.3

  • Correct Answer
  • 1.3 

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    • 1. On an immersed body in a flowing fluid the lift force is :

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    • A. due to buoyant force
    • B. always in the opposite direction to gravity
    • C. due to Wake phenomenon
    • D. the dynamic fluid-force component normal to approach velocity
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    • 2. The toughness index of clayey soils is given by

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    • A. Plasticity index/Flow index
    • B. Liquid limit/Plastic limit
    • C. Liquidity index/Plastic limit
    • D. Plastic limit/Liquidity index
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    • 3. A propped cantilever beam in shown in the below figure. The plastic moment capacity of the beam is M0. The collapse load P is

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    • A. 4 M0/L
    • B. 6 M0/L
    • C. 8 M0/L
    • D. 12 M0/L
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    • 4. When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the wall is termed as

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    • A. passive earth pressure
    • B. swelling pressure
    • C. pore pressure
    • D. active earth pressure
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    • 5. A mild steel specimen is under uni-axial tensile stress. Young's modulus and yield stress for mild steel are 2 x 105 MPa and 250 MPa respectively. The maximum amount of strain energy per unit volume that can be stored in this speciment without permanent set, is

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    • A. 156 Nmm/mm3
    • B. 15.6 Nmm/mm3
    • C. 1.56 Nmm/mm3
    • D. 0.156 Nmm/mm3
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    • 6. The nature of contact pressure distribution under a rigid footing resting on a sandy soil and subjected to uniformly distributed load is as shown in :

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 7. Rivets and bolts subjected to both shear stress (?vf , cal) and axial tensile stress (?tf , cal) shall be so proportioned that the stresses do not exceed the respective allowable stresses ?vf and ?tf and the value of exceed does not exceed

    • Options
    • A. 1.0
    • B. 1.2
    • C. 1.4
    • D. 1.8
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    • 8. Compaction by vibratory roller is the best method of compaction in case of

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    • A. moist silty sand
    • B. well graded dry sand
    • C. clay of medium compressibility
    • D. silt of high compressibility
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    • 9. The effective length of a circular electric pole of length L and constant diameters erected on ground is,

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    • A. 0.80 L
    • B. 1.20 L
    • C. 1.50 L
    • D. 2.00 L
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    • 10. A roundabout is provided with an average entry width of 8.4 m, width of weaving section as 14 m, and length of the weaving section between channelizing islands as 35 m. The crossing traffic and total traffic on the weaving section are 1000 and 2000 PCU per hour respectively. The nearest rounded capacity of the roundabout (in PCU per hour) is

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    • A. 3300
    • B. 3700
    • C. 4500
    • D. 5200
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