Soil Mechanics Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. Sheet piles are held in position by:

3. The density of soil can be increased by

4. "If Nf, Nd, and H are the total flow channels, the total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head difference, respectively, the discharge, q, through the complete flow is given by

5. A grillage foundation is used under:

6. An agent responsible for the transportation of soil is

7. The behavior of silt is normally governed by

8. The well in well foundation:

9. The finest size of soil particle is

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

11. Cement stabilizer is suitable for

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

13. For a well-graded soil, the coefficient of curvature will be between

14. Wedge shape failure is assumed by:

15. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

16. Which of the following is not the purpose of a foundation?

17. The soil transported by wind and deposited is called:

18. The principal stress is maximum on

19. Physical weathering occurs due to

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

21. The water content at which the soil changes from a liquid state to a plastic state is known as

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

23. The process of compaction may involve

24. Pile foundations are normally used in:

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

26. The internal molecular attraction of a soil is known as cohesion:

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

28. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

29. If the sand in situ is in the densest state, then its relative density is

30. The shear strength of cohesive soil is equal to

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

32. The types of compaction suitable in a congested area for cohesive as well as cohesionless soil are

33. The bearing capacity of soil primarily depends on:

34. Which method is quickest to find the water content of soils?

35. The angle of repose of soil is defined as the angle that an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it just sliding is:

36. Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends on:

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

38. Cohesionless soils are formed due to

39. The functional equation for specific gravity (G), water content (w), void ratio (e), and degree of saturation (Sr) is

40. The shear strength of a soil is

41. Berms are used to:

42. The seepage force is proportional to

43. The coefficient of earth pressure for loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is:

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

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

46. Cohesive soils:

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

48. Sheet pile walls are used as:

49. Moisture content for the optimum moisture content of silt is

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