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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


  • 1. If G is specific gravity of sand particles, e is porosity, the critically hydraulic gradient

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  • A. ic =
  • B. ic =
  • C. ic =
  • D. ic =
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  • 2. According to Rankine's fromula, the minimum depth of foundation

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
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  • 3. An unsaturated 100 cm3 sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is

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  • A. 0.188
  • B. 0.288
  • C. 0.388
  • D. 0.488
  • E. 0.588
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  • 4. The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of total voids, is known as

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  • A. air content
  • B. percentage air voids
  • C. percentage voids
  • D. porosity.
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  • 5. A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the void ratio, is

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  • A. 0.858
  • B. 0.860
  • C. 0.862
  • D. 0.864
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  • 6. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 30.5%, 42.5% and 22.5% respectively, the ratio of liquidity index and plastic index, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C. 2
  • D.
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  • 7. A soil mass is said to be in plastic equilibrium if

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  • A. it is stressed to maximum
  • B. it is on the verge of failure
  • C. it is in plastic stage
  • D. it starts flowing.
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  • 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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  • A. The object of classifying soils is to arrange them into groups according to their properties and behaviour
  • B. A soil classification system is meant to provide an accepted and systematic method of describing the various types of soils eliminating personal factors
  • C. The first category of soil classification is based on grain size of the soil
  • D. The second category of soil classification is based on fine as well as coarse grains
  • E. All the above.
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  • 9. The property of a soil which allows it to be deformed rapidly without rupture, elastic rebound and also a volume change, is known

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  • A. porosity
  • B. plasticity
  • C. permeability
  • D. ductility.
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  • 10. On wetting, cohesive soils,

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  • A. loose permeability
  • B. gain shear strength
  • C. loose elasticity
  • D. decrease their shear strength.
  • Discuss

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