Soil Mechanics Online Test - Paper 2

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1. Negative skin friction affects the load carrying capacity of the pile by:

a) Increases

b) Decreases

c) Constant

d) None of the above

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2. Talus' is the soil transported by

a) Wind

b) Water

c) Glacier

d) Gravitational force

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3. The lateral earth pressure of the soil moves towards the retaining wall indicates

a) Active earth pressure

b) Passive earth pressure

c) Constant

d) All of the above

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4. The void ratio of soil is

a) The ratio of voids to solids in volume

b) The ratio of voids to gross volume

c) The ratio of solids to voids in volume

d) The ratio of solid volume to gross volume

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5. The ratio of weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil is known as

a) Void ratio

b) Porosity

c) Specific gravity

d) Water content

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6. The factor of safety of embankments shall be:

a) At least 1.0

b) At least 1.5

c) At least 2.0

d) At least 2.5

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7. As sheet pile walls are embedded in soil, for the design of:

a) Active earth pressure only

b) Earth pressure at rest only

c) Passive earth pressure only

d) Active and passive earth pressure both considered

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8. Sheet piles are held in position by:

a) Self-weight of the sheet pile

b) Tie rods which are anchored

c) Embedding the bottom of the sheet pile

d) Adjusting water level on one side

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9. The critical height in the stability of the soil is the:

a) Maximum height at which the stability of the slope is possible

b) Minimum height at which the stability of the slope is possible

c) Maximum vertical height of the soil in an open excavation

d) None of the above

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

a) Safe bearing capacity

b) Net ultimate bearing capacity

c) Net bearing capacity

d) Ultimate bearing capacity

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11. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of the roadway is called:

a) Breast wall

b) Retaining wall

c) Parapet wall

d) Wing wall

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12. * For a properly designed footing, the bearing stress must be less than the bearing capacity, which is the bearing stress that causes a ......... failure within the foundation soil.

a) Tensile

b) Expected

c) Unexpected

d) Shear

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13. 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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14. The percentage voids (n) has a value

a) 0 < n < 100

b) Sr ≤ 0

c) n > 0

d) n ≤ 0

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15. The bottom plug in well foundation is used:

a) To seal off the water

b) For stable resting

c) To transfer load from the steining to the soil

d) Create a working place in the well

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16. A fully saturated soil is called

a) One phase system

b) Two phase system with soil and air

c) Two phase system with soil and water

d) Three phase system

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

a) 90%

b) 80%

c) 50%

d) 40%

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18. Cohesion of soil may

a) Not be affected due to the moisture content

b) Increases as the moisture content increases

c) Decreases as the moisture content decreases

d) More in well-compacted solids

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19. Shearing strength of cohesionless soil depends upon

a) Dry density

b) Void ratio

c) Loading rate

d) Normal stress

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

a) Below GL

b) Above GL

c) At GL

d) Any of the above

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21. The quantity of seepage of water in the soil is

a) Proportional to the coefficient of permeability

b) Proportional to the head of the water at downstream

c) Inversely proportional to the coefficient of permeability

d) Inversely proportional to the head of the water at downstream

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22. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

a) Mass energy

b) Surface energy

c) Mass energy and surface energy

d) None of the above

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23. 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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24. The angle of internal friction for cohesive soils is equal to:

a) Zero

b) 30°

c) 45°

d) 15°

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25. The strength of a soil is generally identified by

a) Direct tensile stress

b) Net stress

c) Ultimate shear stress

d) Direct ultimate compressive stress

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

a) Crushing

b) Sliding

c) Upthrust

d) Overturing

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27. In the modified Proctor test, the drop height of the rammer is

a) 30cm

b) 45cm

c) 60cm

d) 75cm

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28. Honeycombed structure is found in

a) Gravels

b) Coarse sands

c) Fine silt and clays

d) Highly plastic clays

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29. "If Nf, Nd, and H are the total flow channels, the total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head difference, respectively, the discharge, q, through the complete flow is given by

a) q = √H(Nf/Nd)

b) q = KH(Nd/Nf)

c) q = KH(Nf/Nd)

d) q = KH√(Nf/Nd)

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30. Chemical weathering occurs because of

a) Oxidation

b) Carbonation

c) Hydration

d) All of the above

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