The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as None of these ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil mass, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are 0.5 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.0 0.0 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.5 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A fully saturated soil is said to be three phase system two phase system with soil and air one phase system two phase system with soil and water TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is a measure of particle size range ? uniformity coefficient coefficient of curvature None of these effective size TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 7° 17° 10° 12° TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ? over-consolidated clay with a low over-consolidation ratio normally consolidated clay over-consolidated ciay with a high over-consolidation ratio under-consolidated clay TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Voids ratio of a soil mass can never be greater than unity be zero take any value greater than zero take values between 0 and 1 only TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control None of these Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in liquid state solid state plastic state semi-solid state TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?