Soil Mechanics Online Test - Paper 2

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1. If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids will be

a) Less than the specific gravity of soil

b) Equal to the specific gravity of soil

c) Greater than the specific gravity of soil

d) Independent of the specific gravity of soil

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2. The types of compaction suitable in a congested area for cohesive as well as cohesionless soil are

a) Roller

b) Rammer

c) Vibrator

d) Vibrofloatation

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

a) Shrinkage Limit Method

b) Gas Jar Method

c) Density Bottle Method

d) All of the above

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5. Pick up the correct sequence of geological cycle for the formation of soil

a) Transportation - Upheaval - Deposition - Weathering

b) Transportation - Deposition - Weathering - Upheaval

c) Weathering - Upheaval - Deposition - Transportation

d) Weathering - Transportation - Deposition - Upheaval

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6. The process of improving the engineering properties of the soil and thus making it more stable is known as

a) Compaction

b) Consolidation

c) Stabilization

d) None of the above

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7. Plasticity needle/Proctor needle is used to determine

a) Plastic limit of the soil used in compaction

b) Penetration resistance to control field compaction

c) Penetration value of bitumen used in road construction

d) Swelling index of black cotton soil

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8. For the same soil, an increase in compaction effort

a) Does not affect OMC

b) Increases OMC

c) Decreases OMC

d) Decreases more dry density

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9. The soil sample contains a volume of void 0.2 and a volume of soil solid is 0.30 then find the void ratio & porosity of soil

a) 0.67, 0.40

b) 2, 0.67

c) 0.67, 0.80

d) 0.80, 0.67

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10. The vane shear test is used for the in-situ determination of the undrained strength of the intact fully saturated

a) Sands

b) Clays/cohesive soils

c) Gravels

d) Highly organic soils

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11. Cohesive soils are generally/normally

a) Plastic and also compressible

b) Elastic and also compressible

c) Plastic but incompressible

d) None of the above

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12. 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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13. Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends on:

a) Allowable settlement only

b) Ultimate bearing capacity of soil only

c) Both allowable settlement & ultimate bearing capacity of soil

d) None of the above

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

a) Thixotropy

b) Dilatancy

c) Remoulding less

d) Degree of sensitivity

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16. A grillage foundation is used under:

a) Heavy load-bearing wall

b) Set of columns

c) Combined footing

d) Heavy loaded situations

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17. 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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18. Quick sand is a

a) Type of sand

b) Condition in which a cohesionless soil loses its strength because of upward flow of water

c) Moist sand containing small particles

d) Condition which occurs in coarse sand

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19. The pressure-void ratio curve will be

a) Linear when plotted on ordinary paper

b) Linear when plotted on semi-log paper

c) Linear when plotted on log-log paper

d) None of the above

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20. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of

a) Wind

b) Water

c) Glacier

d) Gravitational force

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21. The basis for all soil classification systems is

a) Permeability characteristics

b) Specific gravity of solids

c) Grain size and plasticity characteristics

d) None of the above

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22. 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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23. The minimum number of piles needed to support a column is:

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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24. Silts have the following property

a) Plasticity

b) Limited plasticity

c) Limited or no plasticity

d) Elasticity

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25. Sheet pile walls are used as:

a) Retaining walls for waterfront construction

b) Load-bearing pile foundations

c) Seepage preventing devices

d) Uplift preventing devices

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26. Which of the following soils will have the least value of the safe load?

a) Sandstone

b) Limestone

c) Moorum

d) Soft chalk

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27. The shearing strength of a cohesionless soil depends upon:

a) Dry density

b) Rate of loading

c) Confining pressure

d) Nature of loading

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28. Compaction is done to remove... from the soil.

a) Air

b) Water

c) Soil

d) None of the above

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29. 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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30. 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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