Soil Mechanics And Foundation MCQ Questions & Answers | Civil Engineering

A. Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.

B. For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.

C. A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size

D. none of the above

A. decreases

B. increases

C. remains unchanged

D. first increases and then decreases

A. reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity

B. increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity

C. reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity

D. increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99]

A. the principle of test

B. the method of taking observations

C. the method of preparation of soil suspension

D. all of the above

A. Equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress

B. Equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress

C. Increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress

D. Decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress

A. effective stress only

B. total stress only

C. both effective stress and total stress

D. none of the above

A. 40%

B. 60%

C. 80%

D. 100%

A. never be greater than 100 %

B. take values only from 0 % to 100 %

C. be less than 0 %

D. be greater than 100 %

A. almost equal to that of clayey soils

B. much greater than that of clayey soils

C. much less than that of clayey soils

D. none of the above

A. one phase system

B. two phase system with soil and air

C. two phase system with soil and water

D. three phase system