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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


  • 1. The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, is

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  • A. directly proportional to the voids ratio
  • B. inversely proportional to the specific gravity
  • C. directly proportional to the specific gravity
  • D. inversely proportional to the voids ratio
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The general relationship between specific gravity (G), weight of water (??), degree of saturation ( S r ), void ratio (e) and bulk density (?), is

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  • A. ? =
  • B. ? =
  • C. ? =
  • D. ? =
  • Discuss
  • 3. If C is cohesion, F is factor of safety, ? is unit weight of soil and H is the maximum height of embankment, the stability number, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
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  • 4. A phreatic line is defined as the line within a dam section below which there are

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  • A. positive equipotential lines
  • B. positive hydrostatic pressure
  • C. negative hydrostatic pressure
  • D. negative equipotential lines
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. The compressibility of clays, is caused due to:

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  • A. expulsion of double layer water from in between the grains
  • B. sliping of particles to new positions of greater density
  • C. bending of particles as elastic sheets
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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  • A. To an agriculturist, soil is the substance existing on the earth's surface, which grows and develops plants
  • B. To a geologist, soil is the material in a relatively thin surface zone within which roots occur, and rest of the crust is termed as rock irrespective of hardness
  • C. To an engineer, soil is the unaggregated and uncemented deposits of minerals and organic particles covering the earth's crust
  • D. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 7. For determing the specific gravity of soil solids, using a pycnometer of 500 cc., the following data is available : Weight of dry empty pycnometer = 125 g Weight of dried soil and pycnometer = 500 g Weight of dried soil and distilled = 850 g water filled in pycnometer up to top The specific gravity of soil soilds, is

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  • A. 2.0
  • B. 2.25
  • C. 2.50
  • D. 2.75
  • Discuss
  • 8. The equation ? = C + ? tan ? is given by

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  • A. Rankine
  • B. Coulomb
  • C. Culaman
  • D. Mohr.
  • Discuss
  • 9. For a homogeneous earth dam 50 m high having 2 m free broad, a flow net was constructed and the results were : Number of potential drops = 2.4 Number of flow channels = 0.4. If coefficiency of permeability of the dam mateiral is 3 x 10-3 cm3/sec, the discharge per metre length of dam, is

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  • A. 12 x 10-5 m3/sec
  • B. 24 x 10-3 m3/sec
  • C. 6 x 10-5 m3/sec
  • D. 24 x 10-5 m3/sec
  • Discuss
  • 10. W is the weight of soil having a moisture content ?. If V is the volume of proctor's mould, the dry density of the soil is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss

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