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  • Plate bearing test with 20 cm diameter plate on soil subgrade yielded a pressure of 1.25 x 105 N/m2 at 0.5 cm deflection. What is the elastic modulus of subgrade?


  • Options
  • A. 56.18 x 105 N/m2
  • B. 22.10 x 105 N/m2
  • C. 44.25 x 105 N/m2
  • D. 50.19 x 105 N/m2
  • E. None.

  • Correct Answer
  • None. 

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    • 1. A volume of 3.0 x 106 m3 of ground water was pumped out from an unconfined aquifer, uniformly from an area of 5 km2. The pumping lowered the water table from initial level of 102 m to 99 m. The specific yield of the aquifier is

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    • A. 0.20
    • B. 0.30
    • C. 0.40
    • D. 0.50
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    • 2. The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are :

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    • A. saturated dense sands
    • B. saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size
    • C. saturated clays of uniform size
    • D. saturated gravels and cobbles
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    • 3. Temporary hardness in water is caused by the presence of

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    • A. Bicarbonates of Ca and Mg
    • B. Sulphates of Ca and Mg
    • C. Chlorides of Ca and Mg
    • D. Nitrates of Ca and Mg.
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    • 4. Flow at critical depth takes place in an open channel When

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    • A. for a given specific energy, discharge is maximum
    • B. for a given discharge, specific energy is maximum
    • C. discharge is minimum for a given specific energy
    • D. discharge is maximum for a given specific force
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    • 5. The influence line diagram for the force in member 'a' of the truss shown below is given by



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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 6. The maximum allowable compressive stress corresponding to lateral buckling in a discretely laterally supported symmetrical I beam does not depend upon :

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    • A. the modulus of elasticity
    • B. the radius of gyration about the minor axis
    • C. the span length of the beam
    • D. the ratio of overall depth of thickness of the flange
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    • 7. The following general statement may be made about the penetration value and softening point of bitumen

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    • A. higher the penetration value, higher is the softening point
    • B. higher the penetration value, lower is the softening point
    • C. for very high and very low penetration value the softening point is very low
    • D. absolutely no correlation can be drawn between penetration value and softening point of bitumen
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