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Ritu Nagar • 3.20K Points
Extraordinary

Q. According to Terzaghi's equation, the bearing capacity of strip footing resting on cohesive soil (c=10 kN/m²) per unit depth and unit width (assume N, as 5.7) is ?

(A) 47 kN/m²
(B) 57 kN/m²
(C) 67 kN/m²
(D) 77 kN/m²
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Gopal Sharma • 37.10K Points
Coach

Q. The effective size of a soil is ?

(A) D10
(B) D20
(C) D40
(D) D60
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Priyanka Tomar • 34.02K Points
Instructor I

Q. The earth pressure at rest is calculated by using ?

(A) Euler's theory
(B) Rankine's theory
(C) bending theory
(D) theory of elasticity
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Sandhya Thakur • 2.91K Points
Extraordinary

Q. When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be in ?

(A) solid state
(B) liquid state
(C) semi-solid state
(D) plastic state
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Vinay • 27.26K Points
Instructor II

Q. The soil transported by glaciers either by ice or water is called ?

(A) talus
(B) loss
(C) drift
(D) none of these
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Gopal Sharma • 37.10K Points
Coach

Q. A soil is in a semi-solid state, if the consistency index is ?

(A) zero
(B) one
(C) more than unity
(D) none of these
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Sandhya Thakur • 2.91K Points
Extraordinary

Q. Cohesionless soils are ?

(A) sands
(B) clays
(C) silts
(D) silts and clays
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Sandhya Thakur • 2.91K Points
Extraordinary

Q. The clays which exhibit high activity ?

(A) contain montmorillonite
(B) have high plasticity index
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none of these
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Vijay Sangwan • 27.21K Points
Instructor II

Q. If a shear stress is applied on a dense sand, the shear strain caused will ........ the volume of sand ?

(A) increase
(B) decrease
(C) not effect
(D) none
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Ram Avtar Sharma • 3.06K Points
Extraordinary

Q. The permissible exit gradient for safety against piping which endanger stability of a hydraulic structure, should be ?

(A) 0.2
(B) 0.4
(C) 0.6
(D) 0.8
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