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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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1. The coefficient of earth pressure for loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is:

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2. Terzaghi's theory of one-dimensional consolidation assumes:

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3. The reduction factor to the bearing capacity of soil due to the water table just below the footing is:

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4. The failure plane

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5. If the resultant force at the bottom of the retaining wall lies outside the middle third, the failure will be due to:

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

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7. Cohesionless soils are formed due to

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8. For normally consolidated clay deposits, the stability analysis of slope by the following method is appropriate:

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9. Bearing capacity of soil primarily depends upon:

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10. The dry density of soil can be defined as

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11. The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is

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12. 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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13. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

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14. Raft foundation is a type of:

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15. If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is

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16. 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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17. Negative skin friction:

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

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19. The rise of the water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing:

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20. Combined footing is generally used when:

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21. Who coined the term Soil Mechanics?

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22. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

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

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24. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils

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

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26. * A 'shear stress' is a stress which is applied.......to a face of material.

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27. According to Terzaghi's theory, the ultimate B.C., at ground surface for a purely cohesive soil and for a smooth base of a strip footing is:

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28. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

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29. Void ratio, e, of a soil can

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30. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

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