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: 50 Time Allotted: 50 minutes Passing Score: 70% Randomization: Yes Certificate: Yes Do not refresh the page! 👍 All the best! 1 / 50 1. An agent responsible for the transportation of soil is a) Wind b) Water c) Gravity d) All of the above 2 / 50 2. A soil that is fully consolidated under the existing overburden pressure is known as a) Normally consolidated soil b) Overconsolidated soil c) Underconsolidated soil d) None of the above 3 / 50 3. The slope of the flow curve obtained in the liquid limit test is called a) Liquidity index b) Plasticity index c) Toughness index d) Flow index 4 / 50 4. The minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of the soil is called: a) Safe bearing capacity b) Net ultimate bearing capacity c) Net bearing capacity d) Ultimate bearing capacity 5 / 50 5. The ratio of volume of air voids to the total volume of the given soil mass is known as a) Air content b) Percentage of air voids c) Percentage voids d) Degree of saturation 6 / 50 6. The lateral earth pressure of the soil moves towards the retaining wall indicates a) Active earth pressure b) Passive earth pressure c) Constant d) All of the above 7 / 50 7. Moisture content for the optimum moisture content of silt is a) 5% b) 10% c) 15% d) 20% 8 / 50 8. Cohesionless soil is a) Sand b) Silt c) Clay d) Clay and silt 9 / 50 9. Shearing strength of cohesionless soil depends upon a) Dry density b) Void ratio c) Loading rate d) Normal stress 10 / 50 10. The shear strength of a soil is a) Directly proportional to the cohesion of soil b) Directly proportional to the angle of friction of the soil c) Directly proportional to the normal stress d) All of the above 11 / 50 11. 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: a) 2.57c b) 5.14c c) 10.28c d) 12.0c 12 / 50 12. On wetting, cohesive soils a) Lose permeability b) Gain shear strength c) Lose elasticity d) Decrease their shear strength 13 / 50 13. If the resultant force at the face of the retaining wall is much more than frictional resistances at the bottom, the failure will be due to: a) Crushing b) Sliding c) Upthrust d) Overturning 14 / 50 14. For the same soil, an increase in compaction effort a) Does not affect OMC b) Increases OMC c) Decreases OMC d) Decreases more dry density 15 / 50 15. Negative skin friction: a) Increases the load-carrying capacity of the pile b) Decreases the load-carrying capacity of the pile c) Neither increases nor decreases the load-carrying capacity of the pile d) All of the above 16 / 50 16. The types of compaction suitable in a congested area for cohesive as well as cohesionless soil are a) Roller b) Rammer c) Vibrator d) Vibrofloatation 17 / 50 17. 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 18 / 50 18. The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in a triaxial test is generally a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 2 d) 2.5 19 / 50 19. The shearing strength of a cohesionless soil depends upon: a) Dry density b) Rate of loading c) Confining pressure d) Nature of loading 20 / 50 20. The ultimate bearing capacity of frictionless soils is: a) 4.5c to 6c b) 2c to 4c c) 1c to 3c d) 2c to 5c 21 / 50 21. In hydrometer analysis, the principle used a) Newton's law b) Darcy's law c) Stoke's law d) Rehbann's law 22 / 50 22. Soils are basically a) Organic materials b) Inorganic materials c) Mineral materials d) Organic and inorganic materials 23 / 50 23. Bleeder wells are required to a) Increase discharge from the main well b) Store drainage water c) Collect seepage water in dams d) Relieve pressure in impervious layers 24 / 50 24. For normally consolidated clay deposits, the stability analysis of slope by the following method is appropriate: a) Friction circle method b) Swedish circular arc method c) Stices method d) None of the above 25 / 50 25. Overturning moment due to the pressure of the soil is 10 KN-m while the resisting moment is 5 KN-m. Find the factor of safety: a) 2 b) 1 c) 0.5 d) None of the above 26 / 50 26. Which of the following is responsible for the shear resistance in soils? a) Intergranular friction b) Cohesion and adhesion between the soil particles c) Both (a) and (b) of the above d) None of the above 27 / 50 27. The well foundation is normally used under: a) Industrial buildings b) Structures on river beds c) Tall buildings d) Offshore wells 28 / 50 28. 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 29 / 50 29. Piping in soils is due to a) Low exit gradient b) Erosion of subsoil by high velocity of seepage flow c) Leakage of water through pipes laid in dams d) Passage of water through well-connected pores in soil. 30 / 50 30. 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 31 / 50 31. A pycnometer is used to determine a) Specific gravity and dry density b) Water content and void ratio c) Water content and specific gravity d) Dry density and void ratio 32 / 50 32. Raft foundation is a type of: a) Deep foundation b) Shallow foundation c) Foundation under water d) None of the above 33 / 50 33. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils is a) Directly proportional to the void ratio b) Increases with a decrease in void ratio c) Increases with a decrease in specific gravity d) Inversely proportional to the specific gravity 34 / 50 34. Plasticity needle/Proctor needle is used to determine a) Plastic limit of the soil used in compaction b) Penetration resistance to control field compaction c) Penetration value of bitumen used in road construction d) Swelling index of black cotton soil 35 / 50 35. Talus' is the soil transported by a) Wind b) Water c) Glacier d) Gravitational force 36 / 50 36. The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength is known as a) Thixotropy b) Dilatancy c) Remoulding less d) Degree of sensitivity 37 / 50 37. One of the graphical methods for earth pressure determination is: a) Newmark's influence chart method b) Mohr diagram method c) Culmann's method d) Taylor's method 38 / 50 38. The factor of safety of embankments shall be: a) At least 1.0 b) At least 1.5 c) At least 2.0 d) At least 2.5 39 / 50 39. Chemical weathering occurs because of a) Oxidation b) Carbonation c) Hydration d) All of the above 40 / 50 40. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is a) Proportional to the head of water downstream b) Proportional to the head of water upstream c) Proportional to the total head loss d) None of the above 41 / 50 41. Which method is quickest to find the water content of soils? a) Oven dry method b) Alcohol method c) Calcium carbide method d) Sand bath method 42 / 50 42. 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 43 / 50 43. 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 44 / 50 44. Total lateral earth pressure is proportional to a) Depth of the soil b) Square of the depth of the soil c) Angle of internal friction of the soil d) None of the above 45 / 50 45. California Bearing Ratio test is used: a) To find the bearing capacity of the soil b) To find the thickness of a flexible pavement c) To find the ratio of ultimate bearing capacity to net bearing capacity d) None of the above 46 / 50 46. The bottom plug in well foundation is used: a) To seal off the water b) For stable resting c) To transfer load from the steining to the soil d) Create a working place in the well 47 / 50 47. The most suitable method for increasing the bearing capacity of black cotton soil is: a) Watering the surface of the soil b) Compacting the soil c) Replacement of black cotton soil by sand d) Increasing the depth 48 / 50 48. The density of soil can be increased by a) By reducing the air voids b) By elastic compression of soil grains c) By expelling water from soil pores d) All of the above 49 / 50 49. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for a) Unconsolidated-untrained test b) Consolidated-untrained test c) Drained test d) All of the above 50 / 50 50. 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