Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

1. The ratio of settlement at any time t, to the final settlement is called

2. The dry density of soil can be defined as

3. The types of compaction suitable in a congested area for cohesive as well as cohesionless soil are

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

5. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter is known as

6. The passive earth pressure of a soil can be defined as lateral pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall tends to

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

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

9. Pile foundations are normally used in:

10. Flow lines and equipotential lines are

11. Raising of water table in shallow foundations, near foundation level:

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

13. Cohesive soils are:

14. The minimum depth of the building foundation in:

15. The ultimate bearing capacity of frictionless soils is:

16. The seepage force in the soil is

17. Distribution of earth pressure with depth is:

18. The reduction factor to the bearing capacity of soil due to the water table at a depth equal to the width of the footing below the footing is:

19. The difference of the range of water between liquid limit and plastic limit is called

20. California Bearing Ratio test is used:

21. The lateral pressure exerted by a uniform surcharge of intensity q per unit area is:

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

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

24. The slope of the flow curve obtained in the liquid limit test is called

25. The void ratio of soil is

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

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

28. Cohesionless soil is

29. 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:

30. Raft foundation is a type of:

31. Toe failure is most likely in the case of:

32. The failure plane

33. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils is

34. The degree of saturation, Sr, of soil in percentage has a value

35. Chemical weathering occurs because of

36. The law which states that the velocity of flow through a porous medium is directly proportional to the hydraulic gradient is

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

38. Cohesive soils:

39. Pile foundations are enormously used in:

40. Consolidation is a process involving

41. The angle of internal friction of clay is about

42. Which of the following statements is true?

43. If the coefficient of permeability of a soil is 0.08 cm/sec, that soil will be

44. The functional equation for specific gravity (G), water content (w), void ratio (e), and degree of saturation (Sr) is

45. Standard Proctor test is used for determining

46. Consolidation theory was enunciated by

47. The process of compaction may involve

48. The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength is known as

49. Weathering of soils is caused by

50. * When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be: