Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

1. As sheet pile walls are embedded in soil, for the design of:

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

3. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

4. The rise of the water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing:

5. The degree of saturation in soils can be defined as the ratio of

6. Negative skin friction is to be considered when:

7. Toe failure is most likely in the case of:

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

9. Bearing capacity of soil primarily depends upon:

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

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

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

13. A clay deposit that is not fully consolidated under the existing overburden pressure is known as

14. Bearing capacity of soils depends on:

15. The rate of consolidation

16. Angle of Internal friction is minimum for

17. A foundation may be classified as a strip foundation if:

18. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

19. The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength is known as

20. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of the roadway is called:

21. Stability analysis shall be made considering:

22. The well foundation is normally used under:

23. The assumption of Coulomb's theory is:

24. The structure that derives its stability due to self-weight is:

25. The minimum depth of the building foundation in:

26. Bleeder wells are required to

27. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

28. The safe B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

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

30. If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are

31. The lateral pressure exerted by a uniform surcharge of intensity q per unit area is:

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

33. The finest size of soil particle is

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

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

36. The neutral stress in a soil mass is

37. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as

38. Units of the coefficient of permeability

39. The types of compaction suitable for cohesionless soil having large thickness are

40. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

41. The ratio of settlement at any time t, to the final settlement is called

42. The effective stress in a soil is equal to

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

44. The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure is called:

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

46. The degree of saturation, Sr, of soil in percentage has a value

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

48. Soil transported by water and deposited at the bottom of the lake is known as

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

50. Total lateral earth pressure is proportional to