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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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1. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

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2. The reduction factor to the bearing capacity of soil due to the water table at a depth equal to half of the width of the footing below the footing is:

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3. Inorganic soils with low plasticity are denoted by

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4. In a sand stratum of 1.5m thickness, specific gravity 2.67, and voids ratio 0.67, the head required for the quick condition is equal to

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5. The assumption of Coulomb's theory is:

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6. Cohesive soils:

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7. Rise of water table in cohesionless soils up to the ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by:

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8. For a well-graded soil, the coefficient of curvature will be between:

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9. The most suitable method for increasing the bearing capacity of black cotton soil is:

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

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11. The neutral stress in a soil mass is

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12. The basis for all soil classification systems is

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

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14. Negative skin friction is to be considered when:

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15. Cohesion is defined as:

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

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

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

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19. The ratio of settlement at any time t, to the final settlement is called

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

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21. The factor of safety of slopes is defined as:

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22. A vertical wall is subjected to a liquid pressure on its one side, the total pressure on the wall acts at a distance of:

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23. A clay deposit that is not fully consolidated under the existing overburden pressure is known as

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24. Cohesion of soil may

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25. The shear strength of a soil is

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26. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

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27. In hydrometer analysis, the principle used

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28. The base width of the retaining wall is B. What is the maximum permissible eccentricity if the wall should not fail in tension?

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29. The load-carrying capacity of the pile is............due to skin friction.

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30. Who coined the term Soil Mechanics?

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