Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 2

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1. A foundation may be classified as spread foundation if:

a) Depth to width ratio is more than 2

b) Depth to width ratio is less than 2

c) Length to width ratio is more than 2

d) Length to width ratio is between 1 and 2

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2. Quick sand is a

a) Type of sand

b) Condition in which a cohesionless soil loses its strength because of upward flow of water

c) Moist sand containing small particles

d) Condition which occurs in coarse sand

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3. In hydrometer analysis, the principle used

a) Newton's law

b) Darcy's law

c) Stoke's law

d) Rehbann's law

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4. Hydrometer readings are corrected for

a) Temperature correction

b) Meniscus correction

c) Both a) and b) of above

d) None of the above

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5. Compaction of soil is aimed at

a) Decreasing dry density

b) Increasing porosity

c) Decreasing void ratio

d) Decreasing shear strength

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6. If the soil stays at a place above the parent rock where it is produced, then it is called

a) Stationary soil

b) Static soil

c) Residual soil

d) Immobile soil

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7. Terzaghi's analysis assumes:

a) Soil is homogeneous and isotropic

b) Elastic zone has straight boundaries inclined at (Theta = theta) to the horizontal and plastic zones fully developed

c) Failure zones do not extend above the horizontal plane through the base of the footing

d) All of the above

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8. Moisture content for the optimum moisture content of silt is

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 20%

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

a) 0.5

b) 1/3

c) 3

d) 1

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10. The compression resulting from long-term static load and resulting expulsion of water is known as

a) Compaction

b) Inverse swelling

c) Consolidation

d) None of the above

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11. Shearing strength of cohesionless soil depends upon

a) Dry density

b) Void ratio

c) Loading rate

d) Normal stress

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12. Most of the shear tests are done in equipment which is:

a) stress controlled

b) strain controlled

c) drainage controlled

d) volume controlled

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13. The factor of safety of slopes is defined as:

a) FS= Total stress / Effective stress

b) FS= Shear strength / Shear stress

c) FS= Overturning moment / Resisting moment

d) FS= Shear stress / Normal stress

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14. 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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15. The bearing capacity factors (N_c, N_q,) and (N_r) are functions of:

a) Cohesion only

b) Angle of internal friction

c) Both (a) and (b) of above

d) None of the above

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16. In cohesive soils, the depth of the vertical cut up to which no lateral support is required is given by:

a) 2c/γ

b) 4c/γ

c) 2γ/c

d) 4γ/c

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17. The basis for all soil classification systems is

a) Permeability characteristics

b) Specific gravity of solids

c) Grain size and plasticity characteristics

d) None of the above

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18. Contribution due to skin friction is maximum in:

a) Sands

b) Soft clays

c) Piles resting on rock

d) None of the above

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

a) Clay

b) Silt

c) Sand

d) Gravel

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20. The bearing capacity of soil primarily depends on:

a) Depends on the size of the footing

b) Load intensity

c) Depends on the load

d) Rate of loading

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21. Inorganic soils with low plasticity are denoted by

a) ML

b) CH

c) MH

d) SH

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22. Specific gravity of soil is

a) Same for clays and sands

b) Determined by hydrometer

c) Less than 2.0 for most soils

d) More than 2.5 for most soils

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23. The bearing capacity of soil depends upon:

a) Shape and size of the particles

b) Cohesive properties of particles

c) Internal frictional resistance of particles

d) All of the above

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24. The direction of seepage is

a) Parallel to equipotential line

b) Perpendicular to equipotential line

c) Parallel to flow line

d) None of the above

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25. The u/s face of an earthen dam is

a) An equipotential line

b) A phreatic line

c) A flow line

d) None of the above

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26. * The shear resistance between particles is provided by:

a) Terzaghi's

b) Pairwise

c) Adhesive

d) Broken

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27. The types of soil, which contain particles of almost the same size

a) Uniform soil

b) Uniformly graded soil

c) Skip-graded soil

d) Gap-graded soil

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28. "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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29. To what category do the gravel and sand belong?

a) Cohesive soil

b) Cohesionless soil

c) Marine soil

d) Expansive soil

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30. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as

a) Weight of soil in water to its volume

b) Weight of soil minus weight of equivalent water to volume of soil

c) Weight of soil less weight of water in voids to the volume of solids plus voids in the soil

d) Unit weight of saturated soil

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