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Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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

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

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3. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

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

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

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6. Negative skin friction is to be considered when:

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

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

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9. Bearing capacity of soil primarily depends upon:

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

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

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

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

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14. Bearing capacity of soils depends on:

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15. The rate of consolidation

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16. Angle of Internal friction is minimum for

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

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18. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

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

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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. Stability analysis shall be made considering:

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22. The well foundation is normally used under:

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23. The assumption of Coulomb's theory is:

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

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25. The minimum depth of the building foundation in:

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26. Bleeder wells are required to

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27. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

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

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

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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

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

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

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33. The finest size of soil particle is

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

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

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36. The neutral stress in a soil mass is

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37. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as

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38. Units of the coefficient of permeability

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

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40. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

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

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42. The effective stress in a soil is equal to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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50. Total lateral earth pressure is proportional to

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