Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. Which of the following statements is true?

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

4. 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:

5. The shearing strength of a cohesionless soil depends upon:

6. A fully saturated soil is called

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

8. Cohesive soils:

9. The lateral earth pressure of the soil moves towards the retaining wall indicates

10. A foundation may be classified as deep if:

11. In cohesive soils, the depth of the vertical cut up to which no lateral support is required is given by:

12. The ratio of plasticity index to clay fraction is known as

13. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

14. Flow lines and equipotential lines are

15. In a sand stratum of 1.5m thickness, specific gravity 2.67, and voids ratio 0.67, the head required for the quick condition is equal to

16. Three-phase system is concerned with

17. Shearing strength of cohesionless soil depends upon

18. Base failure refers to a failure surface that:

19. In Rankine's earth pressure theory, the following assumption is made:

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

21. Berms are used to:

22. Sheet piles are held in position by:

23. The ultimate B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

24. The most suitable method for increasing the bearing capacity of black cotton soil is:

25. Specific gravity of solid particles is determined in a laboratory with:

26. Bleeder wells are required to

27. * A 'shear stress' is a stress which is applied.......to a face of material.

28. The specific gravity of sandy soils/gravel is

29. The phreatic line is

30. The effective stress in a soil is equal to

31. Clays containing organic matter are made suitable for stabilization by first adding a small percentage of

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

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

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

35. Angle of internal friction of silty sand

36. The assumption of Rankine's theory of earth pressure is:

37. Cohesionless soils are formed due to

38. A pycnometer is used to determine

39. The ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water is called:

40. Which sequence is correct regarding different coefficients of friction in increasing order?

41. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

42. Water content is defined as the ratio of

43. The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane is equal to:

44. A soil sample contains a degree of saturation of 30%, find the percentage of air voids

45. 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:

46. The base width of the retaining wall is B. What is the maximum permissible eccentricity if the wall should not fail in tension?

47. The basis for all soil classification systems is

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

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

50. Terzaghi's analysis assumes: