Soil Mechanics Online Test - Paper 2

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

a) Excess moisture in wall

b) Extra load on the wall

c) Additional load carrying capacity of wall

d) Extra load on the horizontal backfill

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2. The angle of internal friction depends upon

a) Particle shape and roughness

b) Normal direct pressure

c) The amount of interlocking

d) All of the above

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3. Westergaard's theory is more appropriate for

a) layered soils

b) homogeneous deposits

c) anisotropic soils

d) normally consolidated homogeneous soils

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4. The safe B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

a) Ultimate load on the bearing area

b) Load intensity beyond which the soil should not be loaded

c) Load at which the soil fails

d) Load beyond which the soil yields

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5. Angle of Internal friction is minimum for

a) angular grained loose soil

b) angular grained dense soil

c) round drained loose soil

d) clay

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6. If the resultant force at the face of the retaining wall is much more than frictional resistances at the bottom, the failure will be due to:

a) Crushing

b) Sliding

c) Upthrust

d) Overturning

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7. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

a) RCC

b) Masonry

c) Soil stabilization

d) All of the above

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8. Which of the following statements is true?

a) In a dry soil, all the voids are filled with air.

b) In a saturated soil, all the voids are filled with water.

c) In a partly saturated soil, the voids are occupied by both air and water.

d) All of the above

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9. Inorganic soils with low plasticity are denoted by

a) ML

b) CH

c) MH

d) SH

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10. Water content is defined as the ratio of

a) Weight of water to weight of solids

b) Weight of solids to weight of water

c) Total amount of water in soil

d) All of the above

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11. Consolidation theory was enunciated by

a) Rankine

b) Westergaard

c) Skempton

d) Terzaghi

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12. Consolidation test of a soil sample is carried out to determine:

a) The void ratio in soil

b) The decrease in the total volume

c) The liquid limit of soil

d) The plastic limit of soil

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13. A foundation may be classified as deep if:

a) Depth to width ratio is more than 2

b) Depth to width ratio is less than 2

c) Length to width ratio is more than 2

d) Length to width ratio is between 1 and 2

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14. An isobar is a line which connects the points of equal stress

a) Below GL

b) Above GL

c) At GL

d) Any of the above

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15. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

a) Net safe bearing capacity

b) Net safe settlement pressure

c) Minimum of net safe bearing capacity and net safe settlement pressure

d) Gross safe bearing capacity

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16. A soil sample contains a degree of saturation of 30%, find the percentage of air voids

a) 70%

b) 30%

c) 60%

d) 50%

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17. The ultimate B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

a) Ultimate load on the bearing area

b) Safe load on the bearing area

c) Load at which the soil fails

d) Load beyond which the soil should not be loaded

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18. The failure plane

a) Carries maximum shear stress

b) Does not carry maximum shear stress

c) Carries minimum shear stress

d) None of the above

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19. The difference between total pressure and pore water pressure is known as

a) Major principal stress

b) Minor principal stress

c) Effective stress

d) None of the above

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20. The thickness of adsorbed layers of soil is measured in

a) Angstroms

b) cm

c) mm

d) Micron

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21. Flow lines and equipotential lines are

a) Parallel to each other

b) Perpendicular to each other

c) Not intersecting lines

d) Intersecting lines at 90°

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22. A clay deposit subjected to pressure in the past which is more than the present overburden pressure is known as

a) Normally consolidated soil

b) Overconsolidated soil

c) Underconsolidated soil

d) None of the above.

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23. The shape & structure of an isobar is like a/an

a) Onion

b) Potato

c) Pumpkin

d) Turnip

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

a) Optimum moisture content

b) Maximum moisture content

c) Low moisture content

d) Water content

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

a) Kp-Ka-Ko

b) Ka-Ko-Kp

c) Ko-Kp-Ka

d) Kp-Ko-Ka

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26. Combined footing is generally used when:

a) Number of columns are more than two and are spaced far apart

b) Number of columns are two and are spaced close to each other

c) Number of columns are two and are spaced far apart

d) None of the above

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27. The permissible settlement in the case of an isolated foundation on clayey soils is:

a) 25 mm

b) 45 mm

c) 65 mm

d) 85 mm

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28. Three-phase system is concerned with

a) Partially saturated soil

b) Saturated soil

c) Dry soil

d) All of the above

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29. The process of compaction may involve

a) Rolling

b) Tamping

c) Vibration

d) Any of the above

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30. "If Nf, Nd, and H are the total flow channels, the total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head difference, respectively, the discharge, q, through the complete flow is given by

a) q = √H(Nf/Nd)

b) q = KH(Nd/Nf)

c) q = KH(Nf/Nd)

d) q = KH√(Nf/Nd)

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