| The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of |
A) Volume of water to volume of given soil
B) Volume of water to volume of voids in soil
C) Weight of water to weight of air in voids
D) Weight of water to weight of solids of given mass of soil
| Time factor for a clay layer is |
A) A dimensional parameter
B) Directly proportional to permeability of soil
C) Inversely proportional to drainage path
D) Independent of thickness of clay layer
| The application of electro-osmosis on dewatering of soil was developed by |
A) L. casagrande
B) Darcy
C) Chapmen
D) Dupuit
| Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is |
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 16
| The angle of internal friction is maximum for |
A) angular-grained loose sand
B) angular-grained dense sand
C) round-grained dense sand
D) round-grained loose sand
| The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in triaxial test, is generally |
A) 1
B) 1.5
C) 2
D) 3
| Darcy’s law in some cases is not valid in |
A) clay
B) silt
C) fine sand
D) coarse-gravel
| The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall is proportional to |
A) The depth of the soil
B) The soil retained
C) The internal friction of the soil
D) The square of the depth of the soil
| The method of the slices is applicable to |
A) Saturated soils
B) stratified soils
C) Homogenous soils
D) None of the above
| Fine grained cohesive soil can be drained or stabilized by |
A) Vacuum method
B) Electro-osmosis method
C) Shallow well system
D) Well point system
