Soil Mechanics Online Test - Paper 2

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1. Who coined the term Soil Mechanics?

a) Terzaghi

b) Cassagrande

c) Newmark

d) Rankine

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

a) Sheet pile wall

b) Bulkhead

c) Cantilever retaining wall

d) Masonry retaining wall

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3. Consolidation theory was enunciated by

a) Rankine

b) Westergaard

c) Skempton

d) Terzaghi

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4. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

a) Proportional to the head of water downstream

b) Proportional to the head of water upstream

c) Proportional to the total head loss

d) None of the above

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5. Soil in which some of the intermediate size particles are missing is known as

a) Poorly graded soil

b) Non-uniform soil

c) Ill-proportioned soil

d) Skip-graded soil

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6. As moisture content of soil increases, cohesion of soil

a) Increases

b) Decreases

c) Constant

d) All of the above

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7. Angle of internal friction of silty sand

a) 5-20°

b) 24-30°

c) 27-33°

d) 30-35°

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

a) Less than the specific gravity of soil

b) Equal to the specific gravity of soil

c) Greater than the specific gravity of soil

d) Independent of the specific gravity of soil

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9. Which of the following statements is true?

a) In a dry soil, all the voids are filled with air.

b) In a saturated soil, all the voids are filled with water.

c) In a partly saturated soil, the voids are occupied by both air and water.

d) All of the above

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10. The soil having minimum/least bearing capacity is:

a) Moist clay

b) Sandy soil

c) Rock soil

d) Silt clay

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11. 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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12. A foundation may be classified as a strip foundation if:

a) Length is very large

b) Length is very large compared with uniform width

c) Load is applied at long intervals

d) None of the above

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13. Westergaard's theory is more appropriate for

a) layered soils

b) homogeneous deposits

c) anisotropic soils

d) normally consolidated homogeneous soils

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14. The minimum number of piles needed to support a wall is:

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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15. Total lateral earth pressure is proportional to

a) Depth of the soil

b) Square of the depth of the soil

c) Angle of internal friction of the soil

d) None of the above

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16. The water content of soils can be accurately determined by

a) Calcium carbide

b) Sand bath

c) Alcohol method

d) Oven drying method

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17. Soil having more cohesion than sand

a) Silt

b) Gravel

c) Clay

d) None of the above

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18. Soil transported by water and deposited at the bottom of the lake is known as

a) Alluvial soil

b) Lacustrine soil

c) Loess

d) Dune sand

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19. The difference between plastic limit and shrinkage limit is called

a) Fluidity index

b) Relative consistency

c) Plasticity index

d) Shrinkage index

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20. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

a) Cement

b) Lime

c) Bitumen

d) Any of the above

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21. Raft foundation is a type of:

a) Deep foundation

b) Shallow foundation

c) Foundation under water

d) None of the above

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22. 'Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported, and repositioned by

a) Wind

b) Gravitational force

c) Glacier water

d) All of the above

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23. Cohesive soils are generally/normally

a) Plastic and also compressible

b) Elastic and also compressible

c) Plastic but incompressible

d) None of the above

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24. The shape & structure of an isobar is like a/an

a) Onion

b) Potato

c) Pumpkin

d) Turnip

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25. 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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26. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

a) Depth is less than 6 m

b) Depth is less than its width

c) Depth is less than 1 m

d) None of the above

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27. For the determination of shear strength in the laboratory, the tests done are

a) Triaxial shear test

b) Direct shear test

c) All of the above

d) Unconfined shear test

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28. The ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water is called:

a) Void ratio

b) Porosity

c) Specific gravity

d) Degree of saturation

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29. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass is known as

a) Porosity

b) Void ratio

c) Specific gravity

d) Water content

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30. The water content at which the soil changes from a liquid state to a plastic state is known as

a) Plastic limit

b) Liquid limit

c) Shrinkage limit

d) None of the above

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