Category: Civil Engineering Mcqs

In a deposit of normally consolidated clay_________________?

A. effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth
B. effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth
C. effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
D. effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth

Center of percussion is______________?

A. the point of C.G.
B. the point of metacentre
C. the point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis
D. point of suspension
E. the point in a body about which it can rotate horizontally and oscillate under the influence of gravity