Q.1
Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?
Q.2
Which of the following soils has more plasticity index ?
Q.3
A grillage foundation
Q.4
Residual soils are formed by
Q.5
The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes
Q.6
Coefficient of permeability of soil
Q.7
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
Q.8
A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is
Q.9
The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is
Q.10
The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called
Q.11
Which of the following is a measure of particle size range ?
Q.12
Sand particles are made of
Q.13
If the sand in-situ is in its densest state, then the relative density of sand is
Q.14
A soil has a bulk density of 22 kN/m3 and water content 10 %. The dry density of soil is
Q.15
Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is
Q.16
Effective stress is
Q.17
In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be
Q.18
Uniformity coefficient of a soil is
Q.19
Coefficient of consolidation of a soil is affected by
Q.20
The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called
Q.21
When the plastic limit of a soil is greater than the liquid limit, then the plasticity index is reported as
Q.22
Voids ratio of a soil mass can
Q.23
The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is
Q.24
If the material of the base of the Casagrande liquid limit device on which the cup containing soil paste drops is softer than the standard hard rubber, then
Q.25
According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is
Q.26
If the permeability of a soil is 0.8 mm/sec, the type of soil is
Q.27
A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because
Q.28
Contact pressure beneath a rigid footing resting on cohesive soil is
Q.29
Which of the following methods is most accurate for the determination of the water content of soil ?
Q.30
The maximum dry density upto which any soil can be compacted depends upon
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