Soil Mechanics Mcqs

The application of electro-osmosis on dewatering of soil was developed by

The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall is proportional to

Consolidation time of a soil sample

The weakest bond in soils is

Soil compacted dry of the optimum as compared to that wet of the optimum

The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of

With an increase in the liquid limit, compression index

A well foundation is a type of

Darcy’s law in some cases is not valid in

The water content of a highly organic soil is determined in an oven at a temperature of

The angle of internal friction is maximum for

Time factor for a clay layer is

Single-sheet pile coffer dams are suitable upto a height of

In which soil the capillary rise will be maximum

Fine grained cohesive soil can be drained or stabilized by

The frost heave in the following type of soils is generally high

The seismic refraction methods cannot be used if the wave velocity in the lower layer is _____ that in the upper layer

Lime stabilisation of clayey soils generally leads to

The standard penetration test is useful to measure

The method of determination of water content of soils suitable for coarse grained soils is

Vaccum well points are generally used for draining

When consolidation of a saturated soil sample occurs, the degree of saturation

Which of the following are used as a standard sedimentation method in a laboratory?

Dry density of soil is equal to the

The following type of soil is not glacier-deposited

In hydrometer analysis for a soil mass

Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is

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

The method of the slices is applicable to

A silty soil gives a positive reaction in