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  • The liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) of a cohesive soil satisfy the relation


  • Options
  • A. LL > PL < SL
  • B. LL > PL > SL
  • C. LL < PL < SL
  • D. LL < PL > SL

  • Correct Answer
  • LL > PL > SL 

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    • 1. A propped cantilever beam of span L, is loaded with uniformly distributed load of intensity w/unit length, all through the span. Bending moment at the fixed end is,

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 2. The centre of pressure of a liquid on a plane surface immersed vertically in a static body of liquid, always lies below the centroid of the surface area, because

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    • A. in liquids the pressure acting is same in-all directions
    • B. there is no shear stress in liquids at rest
    • C. the liquid pressure is constant over depth
    • D. the liquid pressure increases linearly with depth
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    • 3. Which one of the following set of values give the minimum clear cover (in mm) for the main reinforcements in the slab, beam, column and footing, respectively, according to IS : 456-1978?

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    • A. 20, 25, 30, 75
    • B. 5, 15, 25, 50
    • C. 15, 25, 40, 75
    • D. none of the above
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    • 4. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as

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    • A. Stringer beam
    • B. Lintel beam
    • C. Spandrel beam
    • D. Header beam
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    • 5. A weir on a permeable foundation with downstream sheet pile is shown in the figure below. The exit gradient as per Khosla's method is

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    • A. 1 in 6.0
    • B. 1 in 5.0
    • C. 1 in 3.4
    • D. 1 in 2.5
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    • 6. The plan of a survey plotted to a scale of 10 m to 1 cm is reduced in such a way that a line originally 10 cm long now measures 9 cm. The area of the reduced plan is measured as 81 cm2. The actual (m2) of the survey is

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    • A. 10000
    • B. 6561
    • C. 1000
    • D. 656
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    • 7. Alligator or map cracking is the common type of failure in

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    • A. concrete pavements
    • B. bituminous surfacing
    • C. gravel roads
    • D. WBM construction
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    • 8. For the determination of earth pressure, Coulomb's wedge theory assumes that:

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    • A. the back of wall is smooth and vertical
    • B. the soil is non-homogeneous and anisotropic
    • C. the slip surface is circular
    • D. the wall surface is rough
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    • 9. A linear relationship is observed between speed and density on a certain section of a highway. The free flow speed is observed to be 80 km per hour and the jam density is estimated as 100 vehicles per km length. Based on the above relationship, the maximum flow expected on this section and the speed at the maximum flow will respectively be

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    • A. 8000 vehicles per hour and 80 km per hour
    • B. 8000 vehicles per hour and 25 km per hour
    • C. 2000 vehicles per hour and 80 km per hour
    • D. 2000 vehicles per hour and 40 km per hour
      • Discuss
    • 10. The ratio of unconfined compressive strength of an undisturbed sample of soil to that of a remoulded sample, at the same water content, is known as :

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    • A. activity
    • B. damping
    • C. plasticity
    • D. sensitivity
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