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Soil Mechanics and Foundations MCQs: 152 Questions & Answers in Engineering

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Soil Mechanics and Foundations MCQs: 152 Questions & Answers in Engineering

The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon ?

The flow index in soils indicates the ?

The submerged or buoyant unit weight of soil is equal to the ......... of unit weight of saturated soil and unit weight of water ?

The sensitivity of a normal clay is about ?

According to Indian standards, in a 2 mm sieve ?

Toughness index is the ratio of ?

The liquid limit minus plastic limit is termed as ?

The coefficient of consolidation of a soil is affected by ?

The ratio of the liquid limit minus the natural content of a soil to its plasticity index, is known as ?

When the consistency index is zero, then the soil is at its ?

If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of soil solids, then the values of porosity and ratio are respectively ?

The useful method of finding the shear strength of very plastic cohesive soils is by means of ?

The active earth pressure of a soil is defined as the lateral pressure exerted by soil ?

The compression index of the soil ?

Which of the following statement is wrong ?

A flow line in seepage through a soil medium is defined as the ?

The activity of clay is defined as the ratio of ?

A sample of clay and a sample of sand have the same specific gravity and void ratio. Their permeabilities will differ because ?

The coefficient of earth pressure at rest for stiff clay is about ?

The effective stress on the soil is due to the ?

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