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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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1. Cohesion of soil may

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2. Core-cutter method is used for

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3. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

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4. The shear strength of a soil

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5. 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:

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6. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest and its natural state and fully dense state is termed as

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7. Combined footing is generally used when:

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8. If you are asked to classify soils into 3 categories, which of the following categorizations would you prefer?

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9. Cohesive soils:

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10. Black cotton soil is not suitable for foundations because of its:

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11. The bottom plug in well foundation is used:

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12. Chemical weathering occurs because of

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13. In an undrained plastic clay, the shear strength is due to

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14. The ultimate B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

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

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

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17. The minimum number of piles needed to support a column is:

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18. Contribution due to skin friction is maximum in:

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19. The thickness of adsorbed layers of soil is measured in

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20. The phreatic line is

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21. Who coined the term Soil Mechanics?

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

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

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24. California Bearing Ratio test is used:

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25. "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

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26. Generally, soils are considered as

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27. The most suitable method for increasing the bearing capacity of black cotton soil is:

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28. Terzaghi's analysis assumes:

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

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30. The assumption of Rankine's theory of earth pressure is:

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31. If the sand in situ is in the densest state, then its relative density is

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

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33. Honeycombed structure is found in

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34. Physical weathering occurs due to

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35. Plasticity needle/Proctor needle is used to determine

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36. If the resultant force at the bottom of the retaining wall lies outside the middle third, the failure will be due to:

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37. Mechanical stabilization is done by

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38. A pycnometer is used to determine

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39. Which of the following is not the purpose of a foundation?

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40. Silts have the following property

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41. The ratio of volume of air void to the volume of voids is known as

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42. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

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

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44. For normally consolidated clay deposits, the stability analysis of slope by the following method is appropriate:

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

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

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47. Passive earth pressure is defined as

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48. A fully saturated soil is called

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49. Absorbed water in soil is

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50. A grillage foundation is used under:

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