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. The curve A, B, and C shown in fig below are respectively the stress-strain curves for stress of a) Dense sand, clay, and loose sand b) Dense sand, loose sand, and clay c) Loose sand, dense sand, and clay d) Clay, loose sand, and dense sand 2 / 50 2. The shear strength of cohesive soil is equal to a) C = q/2 b) C = 0.5 q tanΦ c) C = q d) C = q tan Φ 3 / 50 3. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass is known as a) Porosity b) Void ratio c) Specific gravity d) Water content 4 / 50 4. The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in a triaxial test is generally a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 2 d) 2.5 5 / 50 5. * Angle of internal friction is minimum for: a) Angular grained loose soil b) Angular grained dense soil c) Round grained loose soil d) Clay 6 / 50 6. In Rankine's earth pressure theory, the following assumption is made: a) Wall face is rough and vertical b) Backfill is cohesive soil c) Wall face is smooth and vertical d) Elastic equilibrium is satisfied 7 / 50 7. Which of the following is not the purpose of a foundation? a) To distribute the weight of the structure b) To load the substratum evenly c) To provide a level surface for building construction d) To increase the safe bearing capacity of the soil 8 / 50 8. The soil sample contains a volume of void 0.2 and a volume of soil solid is 0.30 then find the void ratio & porosity of soil a) 0.67, 0.40 b) 2, 0.67 c) 0.67, 0.80 d) 0.80, 0.67 9 / 50 9. The compression resulting from long-term static load and resulting expulsion of water is known as a) Compaction b) Inverse swelling c) Consolidation d) None of the above 10 / 50 10. Inorganic soils with low plasticity are denoted by a) ML b) CH c) MH d) SH 11 / 50 11. The soil transported by wind and deposited is called: a) Aeolian soil b) Marine soil c) Alluvial soil d) Lacustrine soil 12 / 50 12. Who coined the term Soil Mechanics? a) Terzaghi b) Cassagrande c) Newmark d) Rankine 13 / 50 13. 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 a) 1.0 and 0 b) 0 and 1 c) 0.5 and 1 d) 1 and 0.5 14 / 50 14. When a static load is applied, the consolidation is fast in the case of a) Clays b) Silty clays c) Sandy silts d) Sands 15 / 50 15. As moisture content of soil increases, cohesion of soil a) Increases b) Decreases c) Constant d) All of the above 16 / 50 16. 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 17 / 50 17. 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 18 / 50 18. The pressure-void ratio curve will be a) Linear when plotted on ordinary paper b) Linear when plotted on semi-log paper c) Linear when plotted on log-log paper d) None of the above 19 / 50 19. Contribution due to skin friction is maximum in: a) Sands b) Soft clays c) Piles resting on rock d) None of the above 20 / 50 20. Agent of transportation for alluvial soils is a) Water b) Gravity c) Wind d) Ice 21 / 50 21. If a solid suffers a change in volume by the application of external loads but recovers its volume immediately after the load is removed, such a soil is termed as: a) Compressive soils b) Plastic solids c) Elastic soils d) Perfect soils 22 / 50 22. Units of the coefficient of permeability a) cm/sec b) sec/cm c) cm/sec^2 d) sec^2/cm 23 / 50 23. 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 24 / 50 24. A dam is a) One-dimensional structure b) Two-dimensional structure c) Three-dimensional structure d) None of the above 25 / 50 25. The shear strength of a soil a) Is directly proportional to the depth of the soil b) Is directly proportional to the angle of repose of the soil c) Increases with normal stress d) Decreases with an increase in the normal stress 26 / 50 26. For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended is a) Direct shear test b) Triaxial compression test c) Unconfined compression test d) All of the above 27 / 50 27. Consolidation theory was enunciated by a) Rankine b) Westergaard c) Skempton d) Terzaghi 28 / 50 28. The soil having minimum/least bearing capacity is: a) Moist clay b) Sandy soil c) Rock soil d) Silt clay 29 / 50 29. In the modified Proctor test, the drop height of the rammer is a) 30cm b) 45cm c) 60cm d) 75cm 30 / 50 30. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in a soil is a) (1-e) / (G-1) b) (G+e) / (1+e) c) (G-1)/(1+e) d) None of the above 31 / 50 31. Cohesion is defined as: a) Attraction of molecules of the same material b) Attraction of molecules of different materials c) Both of the above d) None of the above 32 / 50 32. 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. 33 / 50 33. 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 34 / 50 34. Which is the correct definition of soil in the geotechnical engineer's point of view? a) Soil is the top surface of the earth where plants can grow. b) Soil is the unconsolidated material consisting of particles produced by the disintegration of rock, which may or may not contain organic matter. c) Soil is the relatively thin surface zone that can contain moisture. d) None of the above. 35 / 50 35. The critical height in the stability of the soil is the: a) Maximum height at which the stability of the slope is possible b) Minimum height at which the stability of the slope is possible c) Maximum vertical height of the soil in an open excavation d) None of the above 36 / 50 36. The shear strength of a soil is proportional a) Directly to the angle of internal friction b) Directly to the tangent of the angle of internal friction c) Inversely to the angle of internal friction d) None of the above 37 / 50 37. Rise of water table in cohesionless soils up to the ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by: a) 90% b) 80% c) 50% d) 40% 38 / 50 38. If the soil stays at a place above the parent rock where it is produced, then it is called a) Stationary soil b) Static soil c) Residual soil d) Immobile soil 39 / 50 39. Base failure refers to a failure surface that: a) Is above the toe of the slope b) Includes the toe of the slope c) Is below the toe of the slope d) None of the above 40 / 50 40. Water content is defined as the ratio of a) Weight of water to weight of solids b) Weight of solids to weight of water c) Total amount of water in soil d) All of the above 41 / 50 41. The bearing capacity factors (N_c, N_q,) and (N_r) are functions of: a) Cohesion only b) Angle of internal friction c) Both (a) and (b) of above d) None of the above 42 / 50 42. The degree of saturation, Sr, of soil in percentage has a value a) Sr > 0 b) Sr ≤ 0 c) 0 < S < 100 d) 0 ≤ S ≤ 100 43 / 50 43. The seepage force in the soil is a) Parallel to equipotential line b) Perpendicular to equipotential line c) Perpendicular to flow line d) None of the above 44 / 50 44. If the coefficient of passive earth pressure k is 1/3 then the coefficient of active earth pressure is: a) 1/3 b) 1 c) 3 d) 3/2 45 / 50 45. The assumption of Coulomb's theory is: a) Backfill is dry, homogeneous, isotropic, and cohesionless b) Rupture plane is linear and passes through the toe of the wall c) Sliding wedge acts as a rigid body, and the value of earth pressure is obtained by considering the equilibrium of the wedge d) All 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. 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 48 / 50 48. Most of the shear tests are done in equipment which is: a) stress controlled b) strain controlled c) drainage controlled d) volume controlled 49 / 50 49. Sheet piles are held in position by: a) Self-weight of the sheet pile b) Tie rods which are anchored c) Embedding the bottom of the sheet pile d) Adjusting water level on one side 50 / 50 50. The coefficient of earth pressure for loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is: a) 0.5 b) 1/3 c) 3 d) 1 Please provide accurate information so we can send your Achievement Certificate by mail. NameEmailPhone Number Your score is Share your achievement! LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart Test Please provide your feedback. Thank you for your valuable feedback. Send feedback Buy Soil Mechanics MCQ PDF for Offline Study Share the above MCQs: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
