Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. Cohesive soils are generally/normally

3. The change of moisture content of soils changes

4. The bearing capacity factors (N_c, N_q,) and (N_r) are functions of:

5. The well foundation is normally used under:

6. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

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

8. In hydrometer analysis, the principle used

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

10. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

11. In the modified Proctor test, the drop height of the rammer is

12. Plasticity index is obtained as the difference between

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

14. The functional equation for specific gravity (G), water content (w), void ratio (e), and degree of saturation (Sr) is

15. Units of the coefficient of permeability

16. The factor of safety of embankments shall be:

17. * Angle of internal friction is minimum for:

18. For a well-graded soil, the coefficient of curvature will be between

19. Absorbed water in soil is

20. Stability analysis shall be made considering:

21. The internal molecular attraction of a soil is known as cohesion:

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

23. The soil having minimum/least bearing capacity is:

24. The curve A, B, and C shown in fig below are respectively the stress-strain curves for stress of

25. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

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

27. Piping in soils is due to

28. Pick up the correct sequence of geological cycle for the formation of soil

29. *Earth pressure acting at a height of ..... in case of inclined surcharge is:

30. Negative skin friction is to be considered when:

31. The water content at which the soil changes from a liquid state to a plastic state is known as

32. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

33. Core-cutter method is used for

34. Hydrometer readings are corrected for

35. Terzaghi's theory of one-dimensional consolidation assumes:

36. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of

37. The bottom plug in well foundation is used:

38. A pycnometer is used to determine

39. The pressure-void ratio curve will be

40. In an earthen dam, the phreatic line is

41. In the case of retaining walls, surcharge is:

42. The dry density of soil can be defined as

43. Sheet pile walls are used as:

44. Silts have the following property

45. Honeycombed structure is found in

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

47. Well foundation in sandy soils derive their bearing capacity from:

48. The bulk density of soil can be defined as

49. The difference of the range of water between liquid limit and plastic limit is called

50. The admixture used in soil stabilization is