Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

1. The most effective method for compacting sand is by using

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

3. For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended is

4. The base width of the retaining wall is B. What is the maximum permissible eccentricity if the wall should not fail in tension?

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

6. Silts have the following property

7. The force exerted by flowing water on the sediment particles to cause their motion is called:

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

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

10. Which of the following soils has the largest permeability?

11. The bearing capacity of soil depends on:

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

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

14. A foundation may be classified as continuous foundation if:

15. Sheet pile walls are used as:

16. The percentage voids (n) has a value

17. The angle of repose of soil is defined as the angle that an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it just sliding is:

18. The shear strength of cohesive soil is equal to

19. Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends on:

20. Saturated soil is concerned with

21. Flow path/flow channel is

22. "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

23. Theoretically, the void ratio in soils can have the following values

24. The void ratio of soil is

25. The relation between dry density (yd), bulk density (y), and water content (w) is

26. The maximum dry density occurs at a particular water content which is known as

27. Degree of saturation of a soil is generally

28. The bearing capacity of soil depends upon:

29. A phreatic line is defined as the line within a dam section below which there are

30. Stability analysis shall be made considering:

31. Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of

32. A pycnometer is used to determine

33. The shear strength of a soil

34. A fully saturated soil is called

35. Terzaghi's analysis assumes:

36. When a static load is applied, the consolidation is fast in the case of

37. Angle of Internal friction is minimum for

38. In soil if the water content is equal to the liquid limit, its relative consistency is

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

40. The critical exit gradient may occur when

41. The difference between total pressure and pore water pressure is known as

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

43. The failure plane

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

45. Sheet piles are held in position by:

46. The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is

47. The maximum water content at which a reduction in water content does not cause a decrease in the volume of the soil mass is known as

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

49. The shear strength of a soil is proportional

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