Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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

2. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

3. In an undrained plastic clay, the shear strength is due to

4. Plasticity needle/Proctor needle is used to determine

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

6. The assumption of Rankine's theory of earth pressure is:

7. A soil sample has the following characteristics: S-50%, G-2.6, W-30%, find the void ratio, e

8. The bearing capacity of soil depends on:

9. Permeability of soil varies,

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

11. The ultimate B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

12. The maximum water content at which a reduction in water content does not cause a decrease in the volume of the soil mass is known as

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

14. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

15. Generally, soils are considered as

16. The basis for all soil classification systems is

17. The pressure-void ratio curve will be

18. The most effective method for compacting sand is by using

19. The shear strength of cohesive soil is equal to

20. The critical exit gradient may occur when

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

22. 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:

23. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

24. Units of the coefficient of permeability

25. The maximum size of a clay particle is

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

27. The structure that derives its stability due to self-weight is:

28. A foundation may be classified as deep if:

29. Passive earth pressure is defined as

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