Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

1. The angle of repose of soil is defined as the angle that an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it just sliding is:

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

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

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

5. The force exerted by flowing water on the sediment particles to cause their motion is called:

6. The critical exit gradient may occur when

7. Cohesionless soils are formed due to

8. The soil transported by wind and deposited is called:

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

10. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest and its natural state and fully dense state is termed as

11. The tendency of dense sand to expand on the application of shearing load is known as

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

13. *Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is:

14. The permeability of a soil deposit in situ can be best obtained by

15. The strength of a soil is generally identified by

16. 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:

17. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

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

19. The angle of internal friction of clay is about

20. Compression of soils occurs rapidly if voids are occupied by

21. Consolidation is a process involving

22. The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure is called:

23. Clays containing organic matter are made suitable for stabilization by first adding a small percentage of

24. Soil which contains particles of different sizes in good proportion is called

25. Moisture content for the optimum moisture content of silt is

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

27. The compression resulting from long-term static load and resulting expulsion of water is known as

28. Combined footing is generally used when:

29. To what category do the gravel and sand belong?

30. Flow path/flow channel is