Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems
- 1. In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil, is
Options- A. 35%
- B. 50%
- C. 65%
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: 65%
- 2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- A. Failure plane carries maximum shear stress
- B. Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
- C. Failure plane carries shear stress equal to maximum shear stress
- D. None of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
- 3. Geologic cycle for the formation of soil, is
Options- A. Upheavel ? transportation ? deposition ? weathering
- B. Weathering ? upheaval ? transportation ? deposition
- C. Transportation ? upheaval ? weathering ? deposition
- D. Weathering ? transportation ? deposition ? upheaval
- E. None of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: Weathering ? transportation ? deposition ? upheaval
- 4. The liquid limit and plastic limit exist in
Options- A. sandy soils
- B. silty soils
- C. gravel soils
- D. clay soils. Discuss
Correct Answer: clay soils.
- 5. The ultimate Settlement of a soil is directly proportional to:
Options- A. depth of the compressible soil strata
- B. compressive index
- C. void ratio
- D. both (a) and (b)
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
- 6. The clay soil mainly consists of
Options- A. Kaolinites .
- B. Montomorillonite
- C. Illites
- D. Vermiculite
- E. All the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 7. When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as
Options- A. quick test
- B. drained test
- C. consolidated undrained test
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: consolidated undrained test
- 8. The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to
Options- A. coefficient of permeability of soil
- B. total head loss through the soil
- C. neither (a) nor (b)
- D. both (a) and (b). Discuss
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b).
- 9. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter, is known
Options- A. liquid limit
- B. plastic limit
- C. shrinkage limit
- D. permeability limit. Discuss
Correct Answer: plastic limit
- 10. If S, L and R are the arc length, long chord and radius of the sliding circle then the perpendicular distance of the line of the resultant cohesive force, is given by
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer:
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