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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems


  • 1. When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses

  • Options
  • A. shear strength
  • B. bearing capacity
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. neither (a) nor (6).
  • Discuss
  • 2. The void ratio of the soil sample stated in Q. No. 216, is

  • Options
  • A. 0.4
  • B. 0.5
  • C. 0.6
  • D. 0.75
  • Discuss
  • 3. The change of moisture content of soils, changes the

  • Options
  • A. value of the angle of repose
  • B. amount of compaction required
  • C. cohesive strength of soil
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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  • A. In hydrometer method, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found directly
  • B. In pipette analysis, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found indirectly
  • C. In pipette analysis, weight Wd per ml of suspension is found directly
  • D. None of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Cohesionless soil is

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  • A. sand
  • B. silt
  • C. clay
  • D. clay and silt.
  • Discuss
  • 6. The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure, is called

  • Options
  • A. safe bearing capacity
  • B. net safe bearing capacity
  • C. net ultimate bearing capacity
  • D. ultimate bearing capacity.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  • Options
  • A. Coefficient of compressibility is the decrease in void ratio per unit increase of pressure
  • B. The percent settlement at any time is called degree of consolidation
  • C. Time factor is a dimensionless quantity
  • D. The initial curve on either side of the point of unloading and reloading is called 'virgin curve'
  • E. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 8. The area of cross-section A at failure or during any stage of Triaxial Compression Test and its initial length (L) and volume (V), are related by the equation

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 9. Pick up the correct definition from the following:

  • Options
  • A. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall moves away from the back fill, is generally known as active earth pressure of the soil
  • B. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wail moves towards the soil, is generally known as 'Passive earth pressure of the soil'
  • C. The lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall has no movement relative to the back fill, is known as 'earth pressure at rest of the soil'
  • D. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If there is no impervious boundary at the bottom of a hydraulic structure, stream lines tend to follow :

  • Options
  • A. a straight line
  • B. a parabola
  • C. a semi-ellipse
  • D. a semi-circle.
  • Discuss

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