Civil Engineering Soil Mechanics and Foundation Online Test

In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil, is

The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter, is known

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

Which one of the following statements is true ?

The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall

The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion

The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to

When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as

The minimum water content at which the soil retains its liquid state and also possesses a small shearing strength against flowing, is known

Minimum size of the particles of silt soil, is

The maximum value of effective stress in the past divided by the present value, is defined as over consolidation ratio (OCR). The O.C.R. of an over consolidated clay is

Under-reamed piles are generally

Pick up the clay soil group which does not swell when wet from the following :

Factor of safety against sliding of a slope, is the ratio of

The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in a given soil mass, is known

A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3 and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the moisture content in the soil is 20%, the degree of saturation is

According to Coulomb’s wedge theory, the active earth pressure slides the wedge

Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is

The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of

If the failure of a finite slope occurs through the toe, it is known as

Rankine’s theory of active earth pressure assumes

The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of

Accurate determination of water content, is made by

Stoke’s law sates that the velocity at which a grain settles out of suspension, the other factors remaining constant, is dependent upon

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

Pick up the correct statement from the following :

The liquid limit and plastic limit exist in

The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known

The ultimate Settlement of a soil is directly proportional to:

The seepage force in a soil, is