Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering Mcqs


Q.  Effective stress is______________?

a. the stress at particles contact
b. a physical parameter that can be measured
c. important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil
d. all of the above


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MCQs:  A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is__________________?
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MCQs:  Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made_______________?
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MCQs:  For a loose sand sample and a dense sand sample consolidated to the same effective stress_____________?
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MCQs:  For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as____________________?
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MCQs:  Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is________________?
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MCQs:  In a deposit of normally consolidated clay_________________?
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MCQs:  Unconfmed compressive strength test is________________?
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MCQs:  Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________?
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MCQs:  A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively______________________?
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MCQs:  If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is__________________?
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MCQs:  If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is________________?
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MCQs:  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__________________?
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MCQs:  Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as___________________?
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