Geotechnical Engineering Set 3

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This set of Geotechnical Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Geotechnical Engineering Set 3

Q1 | Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between
Q2 | Bishop's method of stability analysis
Q3 | You are given a sample of soil containing coarse grains to determine its water content, you will use
Q4 | Pick up the incorrect definition from the following:
Q5 | A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesion-less 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
Q6 | The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to
Q7 | In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface
Q8 | Residual soils are formed by
Q9 | A soil not fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called
Q10 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Q11 | If Cv is the coefficient of consolidation,t is the time and d is drainage path of one dimensional consolidation of soil, the time factor Tv, is given by
Q12 | Select the correct statement.
Q13 | The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon
Q14 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Q15 | If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample is
Q16 | If water content of a soil is 40%, G is 2.70 and void ratio is 1.35, the degree of saturation is
Q17 | Stoke's law is valid only if the size of particle is
Q18 | Pick up the correct statement applicable to plate load test
Q19 | Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is
Q20 | If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in
Q21 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Q22 | Negative skin friction on piles
Q23 | Select the correct statement.
Q24 | If a soil undergoes a change in shape and volume by application of external loads over it, but recovers its shape and volume immediately after removal of the load, the property of the soil is said to be
Q25 | The water content in a soil sample when it continues to loose weight without loosing the volume, is called