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- Question
For the determination of earth pressure, Coulomb's wedge theory assumes that:
Options- 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
- Correct Answer
- the wall surface is rough
- 1. Alligator or map cracking is the common type of failure in
Options- A. concrete pavements
- B. bituminous surfacing
- C. gravel roads
- D. WBM construction Discuss
- 2. 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
Options- A. 10000
- B. 6561
- C. 1000
- D. 656 Discuss
- 3. 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 Discuss
- 4. 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,
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 5. 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
Options- 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 Discuss
- 6. 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
Options- 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
- 7. 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 :
Options- A. activity
- B. damping
- C. plasticity
- D. sensitivity Discuss
- 8. The time for a clay layer to achieve 90% consolidation is 15 years. The time required to achieve 90% consolidation; if the layer were twice as thick, 3 times forr permeable and 4 times more compressible would be :
Options- A. 70 years
- B. 75 years
- C. 80 years
- D. 85 years Discuss
- 9. The unit of dynamic viscosity of a fluid is
Options- A. m2/s
- B. Ns/m2
- C. Pa s/m2
- D. kg s2/m2 Discuss
- 10. A point load of 700 kN is applied on the surface of thick layer of clay. Using Boussinesq's elastic analysis, the estimated vertical stress (?v) at a depth of 2 m and a radial distance of 1.0 m from the point of application of the load, is :
Options- A. 47.5 kPa
- B. 47.6 kPa
- C. 47.7 kPa
- D. 47.8 kPa Discuss
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Correct Answer: bituminous surfacing
Correct Answer: 10000
Correct Answer: LL > PL > SL
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: the liquid pressure increases linearly with depth
Correct Answer: 2000 vehicles per hour and 40 km per hour
Correct Answer: sensitivity
Correct Answer: 80 years
Correct Answer: Ns/m2
Correct Answer: 47.8 kPa
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