Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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1. The seepage flow through a porous medium is generally

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2. * When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be:

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

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4. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

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5. Raising of water table in shallow foundations, near foundation level:

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

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7. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

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8. Consolidation theory was enunciated by

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9. The failure plane

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10. California Bearing Ratio test is used:

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11. For the determination of shear strength in the laboratory, the tests done are

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12. The strength of a soil is generally identified by

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13. The percentage of the porosity of loose sand is in the range of

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14. In a flow net, which of the following statements is true?

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15. The minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of the soil is called:

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16. Which of the following soils will have the least value of the safe load?

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17. The difference between plastic limit and shrinkage limit is called

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18. A dam is

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19. If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is

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

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21. When a static load is applied, the consolidation is fast in the case of

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

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23. Negative skin friction:

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24. 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:

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

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

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27. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

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28. The reduction factor to the bearing capacity of soil due to the water table just below the footing is:

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

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30. A clay deposit subjected to pressure in the past which is more than the present overburden pressure is known as

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31. The bearing capacity of soil depends upon:

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32. Sheet piles are held in position by:

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33. As moisture content of soil increases, cohesion of soil

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34. The load-carrying capacity of the pile is............due to skin friction.

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35. A foundation may be classified as continuous foundation if:

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36. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils

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37. A plane inclined at an angle to the horizontal at which the soil is expected to stay in the absence of any lateral support is known as:

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38. An agent responsible for the transportation of soil is

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39. Plasticity index is obtained as the difference between

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

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41. Contribution due to skin friction is maximum in:

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42. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

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43. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in a soil is

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44. The types of soil, which contain particles of almost the same size

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45. The active earth pressure of a soil can be defined as lateral pressure exerted by the soil when

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46. If the coefficient of permeability of a soil is 0.08 cm/sec, that soil will be

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47. Which of the following is responsible for the shear resistance in soils?

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48. A pycnometer is used to determine

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

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50. The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in a triaxial test is generally

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