Rise of water table above the ground surface causes

Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

If the material of the base of the Casagrande liquid limit device on which the cup containing soil paste drops is softer than the standard hard rubber, then

A triaxial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because

The average coefficient of permeability of natural deposits

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The shear strength of a soil

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The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is

A grillage foundation

Effective stress on soil

Hydrometer readings are corrected for:

The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil

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

The angle of internal friction, is least for

Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having

The neutral stress in a soil mass is

The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of

A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be

Physical properties of a permeant which influence permeability are

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Rankine’s theory of active earth pressure assumes

For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is

Coefficient of permeability of soil

The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of total voids, is known as

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The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand?

During seepage through a soil, direction of seepage is always

The seepage force in a soil, is

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Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made

The property of a soil which allows it to be deformed rapidly without rupture, elastic rebound and also a volume change, is known

Failure of the stability of slopes, generally occurs along

The shearing force acting along the slice of a curved surface of slippage, causes the soil to slide

With the increase in the amount of compaction energy

Soils containing organic matters

Buoyant unit weight equals the saturated density

The change of moisture content of soils, changes the

Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is

The density of soil can be increased

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Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of

260 g of wet soil was taken in a pycnometer jar of weight 400 g in order to find the moisture content in the soil, with specific gravity of soil particles 2.75. The weight of soil and remaining water filled in pycnometer without air bubbles was 1415 g and the weight of pycnometer filled with water alone was 1275 g. The moisture content in the soil is

The method of the slices is applicable to

The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called

A flow net may be utilised for the determination of

The compression index of a soil

If the coefficient of the active pressure K0 is 1/3, the coefficient of passive pressure Kp, is

Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as

The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called

Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between

Bishop’s method of stability analysis

You are given a sample of soil containing coarse grains to determine its water content, you will use

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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/ramz. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is

In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface

Residual soils are formed by

A soil not fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called

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The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon

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If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample is

If water content of a soil is 40%, G is 2.70 and void ratio is 1.35, the degree of saturation is

The angle of internal friction of clays, is usually

Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle is

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Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is

If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in

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Negative skin friction on piles

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The slip at critical angle, is generally known

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

The water content in a soil sample when it continues to loose weight without loosing the volume, is called

Effective stress is

The angle of internal friction is maximum for

If the coefficients of volume change and compressibility of a soil sample are 6.75 x 10-2 and 3 x 10-2 respectively, the void ratio of the soil sample, is

When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses

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A direct shear test possesses the following disadvantage:

A stratum of clay 2 m thick will get consolidated 80% in 10 years. For the 80% consolidation of 8 m thick stratum of the same clay, the time required is

When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

The most suitable method for drainage of fine grained cohesive soils is

Which one of the following statements is true for Mohr-Coulomb envelope?

If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as

Degree of consolidation is

Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

The shear resistance of a soil is constituted basically of the following component.

The consolidation time for soils

Coefficient of compressibility is

The ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil, is known

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

In a purely cohesive soil, the critical centre lies at the intersection of

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The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to

A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/mz when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively

The pressure that builds up in pore water due to load increment on the soil, is termed

The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, increases with

Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that the back of the wall is

The Mohr’s straight theory is based on the following fact:

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

Pile foundations are generally preferred to for

The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing

A soil mass is said to be in plastic equilibrium if

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

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Contact pressure beneath a rigid footing resting on cohesive soil is

The plasticity of fine soils may be assessed by means of

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For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by

Water content of soil can

Through a point in a loaded soil mass, there exists V typical planes mutually orthogonal on which the stress is wholly normal and no shear stress acts, if V is

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The phreatic line in an earth dam may be

If the voids of a soil mass are full of air only, the soil is termed as

On wetting, cohesive soils,

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A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92 has moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the degree of saturation, is

A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92 has moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the void ratio, is

In a flow net

Which of the following methods is most accurate for the determination of the water content of soil?

The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed

Which of the following statements is correct?

Talus’ is the soil transported by

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The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as

The specific gravity of Calcite is

The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:

The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is

The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in triaxial test, is generally

The maximum load carried by a pile, when it continues to sink without further increase of load, is known as

The seepage exit gradient in a soil is the ratio of

Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil?

The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest state and its natural void ratio (e) to the difference between the void ratios in the loosest and fully dense state, is generally termed as

For determining the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, the recommended size of a square bearing plate to be used in load plate test should be 30 to 75 cm square with a minimum thickness of

Within the consolidation process of a saturated clay

An unsaturated 100 cm3 sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is

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Compression of soil occurs rapidly if voids are filled with

For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as

Chemical weathering of soil is caused due to

Terzaghi’s analysis assumes:

According to IS : 2720 – 1965, the composition of a dispersing solution used in pipette analysis for determining the size of particles, is

If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is

The ultimate bearing capacity of a soil, is

The minimum depth of building foundations on

The effect of cohesion on a soil is to

If voids ratio is 0.67, water content is 0.188 and specific gravity is 2.68, the degree of saturation of the soil, is

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A soil mass coated with a thin layer of paraffin weighs 460 g. When immersed, it displaces 299 cc of water. The weight of paraffin is 10 g. If specific gravity of solids is 2.5 and that of paraffin 0.9, the void ratio of soil, is

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The ratio of emax and emin of silty sand, is

Over-consolidation of soils is caused due to

The consistency index of a soil is defined as the ratio of

Which of the following types of soil is transported by gravitational forces?

Soil classification of composite soils, exclusively based on the particle size distribution, is known

When the degree of saturation is zero, the soil mass under consideration represents

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For proper field control, which of the following methods is best suited for quick determination of water content of a soil mass?

The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion

Which of the following is a measure of particle size range?