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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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1. The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength is known as

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2. Cohesionless soil is

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3. An agent responsible for the transportation of soil is

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4. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of the roadway is called:

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5. A soil that is fully consolidated under the existing overburden pressure is known as

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6. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

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7. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as

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8. Core-cutter method is used for

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9. California Bearing Ratio test is used:

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10. A dam is

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11. Square root of times fitting method is used for calculating

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12. Overturning moment due to the pressure of the soil is 10 KN-m while the resisting moment is 5 KN-m. Find the factor of safety:

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13. The specific gravity of sandy soils/gravel is

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

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15. Toe failure is most likely in the case of:

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16. The minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of the soil is called:

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17. The difference of the range of water between liquid limit and plastic limit is called

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

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19. Negative skin friction affects the load carrying capacity of the pile by:

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20. *Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is:

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21. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

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22. Peat is composed of

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23. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter is known as

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24. Base failure refers to a failure surface that:

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25. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

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26. The percentage of the porosity of loose sand is in the range of

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27. A pycnometer is used to determine

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28. *Earth pressure acting at a height of ..... in case of inclined surcharge is:

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29. Black cotton soil is not suitable for foundations because of its:

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30. When a static load is applied, the consolidation is fast in the case of

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