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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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1. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass is known as

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2. Earth pressure at rest can be defined as lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall tends to

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3. Which sequence is correct regarding different coefficients of friction in increasing order?

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4. The angle between the maximum shear stress plane and the horizontal plane is equal to

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5. Specific gravity of solid particles is determined in a laboratory with:

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6. The maximum dry density occurs at a particular water content which is known as

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7. 'Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported, and repositioned by

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8. If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is

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9. Pile foundations are normally used in:

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10. The water content at which the soil changes from a liquid state to a plastic state is known as

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11. In the case of retaining walls, surcharge is:

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12. Plasticity needle/Proctor needle is used to determine

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13. Westergaard's theory is more appropriate for

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14. If you are asked to classify soils into 3 categories, which of the following categorizations would you prefer?

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15. The failure plane

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16. * For a properly designed footing, the bearing stress must be less than the bearing capacity, which is the bearing stress that causes a ......... failure within the foundation soil.

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17. If a solid suffers a change in volume by the application of external loads but recovers its volume immediately after the load is removed, such a soil is termed as:

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18. The types of compaction suitable for cohesionless soil having large thickness are

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19. * A 'shear stress' is a stress which is applied.......to a face of material.

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20. Cohesionless soils are formed due to

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21. Void ratio, e, of a soil can

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22. The seepage force in the soil is

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23. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils

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24. The u/s face of an earthen dam is

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25. The seepage flow through a porous medium is generally

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26. Wedge shape failure is assumed by:

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27. The relation between dry density (yd), bulk density (y), and water content (w) is

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28. Permeability of soil varies,

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29. As moisture content of soil increases, cohesion of soil

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30. Over-consolidated soils caused due to:

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