Home» Online Test » Civil Engineering » Soil Mechanics Online Test » Paper 1 » Paper 2 » Paper 3 0% Sorry, time's up. To complete the online test, please restart it. Created by Vikash chaudhary This is a FREE online test. Beware of scammers who ask for money to attend this test. Get New Questions in Each Attempt Total Questions: 30 Time Allotted: 30 minutes Passing Score: 50% Randomization: Yes Certificate: No Do not refresh the page! 👍 All the best! 1 / 30 1. The process of improving the engineering properties of the soil and thus making it more stable is known as a) Compaction b) Consolidation c) Stabilization d) None of the above 2 / 30 2. The seepage flow through a porous medium is generally a) Turbulent b) Supercritical c) Transitional d) Laminar 3 / 30 3. The bearing capacity of a weak soil may be improved by: a) Increasing the depth of the foundation b) Compacting the soil by ramming c) Removing the poor soil and filling the gap with sand, gravel, etc. d) All of the above 4 / 30 4. 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 5 / 30 5. Chemical weathering occurs because of a) Oxidation b) Carbonation c) Hydration d) All of the above 6 / 30 6. The percentage voids (n) has a value a) 0 < n < 100 b) Sr ≤ 0 c) n > 0 d) n ≤ 0 7 / 30 7. 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 8 / 30 8. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for a) Unconsolidated-untrained test b) Consolidated-untrained test c) Drained test d) All of the above 9 / 30 9. 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 10 / 30 10. 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 11 / 30 11. The degree of saturation in soils can be defined as the ratio of a) Water by weight to the dry soil weight b) Volume of water to the gross volume of soil c) Volume of water to volume of voids in soil d) Weight of the water to weight of the soil 12 / 30 12. 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 13 / 30 13. The assumption of Rankine's theory of earth pressure is: a) The soil is semi-finite, homogeneous, dry, and cohesionless b) Ground surface is a plane that may be inclined or horizontal c) The back of the wall is vertical and smooth d) All of the above 14 / 30 14. 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 15 / 30 15. 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 16 / 30 16. The thickness of adsorbed layers of soil is measured in a) Angstroms b) cm c) mm d) Micron 17 / 30 17. Flow path/flow channel is a) The space between two adjacent flow lines b) Direction of flow c) The space between two equipotential lines d) None of the above 18 / 30 18. 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 19 / 30 19. 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 20 / 30 20. Which of the following soils will have the least value of the safe load? a) Sandstone b) Limestone c) Moorum d) Soft chalk 21 / 30 21. Soil which contains particles of different sizes in good proportion is called a) Uniform soil b) Well-graded soil c) Consistent soil d) None of the above 22 / 30 22. 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 23 / 30 23. Active earth pressure is a) Always less than passive earth pressure b) Always greater than passive earth pressure c) Sometimes greater than passive earth pressure d) Equal to passive earth pressure 24 / 30 24. Void ratio, e, of a soil can a) Never be greater than one b) Be equal to zero c) Be greater than zero d) Be between 0 and 1 25 / 30 25. If a solid suffers a change in volume by the application of external loads but recovers its volume immediately after the load is removed, such a soil is termed as: a) Compressive soils b) Plastic solids c) Elastic soils d) Perfect soils 26 / 30 26. In the case of a backfill with a sloping surface, the total active pressure on the wall of height H acts at: a) H/3 above the base parallel to the base b) H/3 above the base parallel to the sloping surface c) H/2 above the base parallel to the base d) H/2 above the base parallel to the sloping surface 27 / 30 27. Soil having more cohesion than sand a) Silt b) Gravel c) Clay d) None of the above 28 / 30 28. * A 'shear stress' is a stress which is applied.......to a face of material. a) Perpendicularity b) Parallel c) Softly d) With a bang 29 / 30 29. Generally, soils are considered as a) Single-phase system b) Two-phase system c) Three-phase system d) None of the above 30 / 30 30. Over-consolidated soils caused due to: a) erosion of overburden b) melting of ice sheets after glaciations c) permanent rise of water table d) all of the above Your score is Share your achievement! LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart Test Please provide your feedback. Thank you for your valuable feedback. Send feedback Buy Soil Mechanics MCQ PDF for Offline Study
