Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

1. Absorbed water in soil is

2. The principal stress is maximum on

3. Number of blows required to penetrate the sampler & cone for a depth of ...&... is known as penetration number

4. Compaction of soil is aimed at

5. Talus' is the soil transported by

6. Black cotton soil is not suitable for foundations because of its:

7. The bearing capacity of a weak soil may be improved by:

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

9. To what category do the gravel and sand belong?

10. Honeycombed structure is found in

11. The minimum depth of the building foundation in:

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

13. A decrease in water content results in a reduction of the volume of a soil in

14. Permeability of soil varies,

15. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

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

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

18. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

19. Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends on:

20. Soils are basically

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

22. 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:

23. The top flow line in the case of seepage flow through an earthen dam has the shape of

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

25. The shear strength of a soil is

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

27. The ultimate bearing capacity of frictionless soils is:

28. The angle between the horizontal and the slope of a heap produced by pouring clean dry sand from a small height is known as:

29. Which is the correct definition of soil in the geotechnical engineer's point of view?

30. The shear strength of cohesive soil is equal to

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

32. In hydrometer analysis, the principle used

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

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

35. A fully saturated soil is called

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

37. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

38. Consolidation is a process involving

39. The seepage force is proportional to

40. The seepage force in the soil is

41. Negative skin friction affects the load carrying capacity of the pile by:

42. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

43. Sheet piles are held in position by:

44. The factor of safety of embankments shall be:

45. Inorganic soils with low plasticity are denoted by

46. Hygroscopic water can be removed by

47. If the resultant force at the face of the retaining wall is much more than frictional resistances at the bottom, the failure will be due to:

48. The angle between the maximum shear stress plane and the horizontal plane is equal to

49. The strength of a soil is generally identified by

50. The compression resulting from long-term static load and resulting expulsion of water is known as