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Category: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
The slope of isochrone at any point at a given time indicates the rate of change of_______________?
A. effective stress with time
B. effective stress with depth
C. pore water pressure with depth
D. pore water pressure with time
Select the incorrect statement?
A. Bearing capacity of a soil depends upon the amount and direction of load
B. Bearing capacity of a soil depends on the type of soil
C. Bearing capacity of a soil depends upon shape and size of footing
D. Bearing capacity of a soil is indepen-dent of rate of loading
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as__________________?
A. consolidated drained test
B. consolidated undrained test
C. unconsolidated drained test
D. unconsolidated undrained test
Sand particles are made of________________?
A. rock minerals
B. kaolinite
C. illite
D. montmorillonite
A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is_______________?
A. 15 mm
B. between 15 mm and 25 mm
C. 25 mm
D. greater than 25 mm
When the degree of saturation is zero, the soil mass under consideration represents______________?
A. one phase system
B. two phase system with soil and air
C. two phase system with soil and water
D. three phase system
A soil has a bulk density of 22 kN/m3 and water content 10 %. The dry density of soil is_______________?
A. 18.6 kN/m3
B. 20.0 kN/m3
C. 22.0 kN/m3
D. 23.2 kN/m3
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as___________________?
A. percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition
B. ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state
C. ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids
D. none of the above
Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having______________?
A. face to face or parallel orientation
B. edge to edge orientation
C. edge to face orientation
D. all of the above
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