2371. Which of the following is not a vector quantity_______________?
A. weight
B. velocity
C. acceleration
D. force
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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2372. Effective stress is______________?
A. the stress at particles contact
B. a physical parameter that can be measured
C. important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2373. The possible loading in various members of framed structures are_______________?
A. compression or tension
B. buckling or shear
C. shear or tension
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2374. Inorganic soils with low compressibility are represented by_________________?
A. MH
B. SL
C. ML
D. CH
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2375. From a circular plate of diameter 6 cm is cut out a circle whose diameter is a radius of the plate. Find the e.g. of the remainder from the center of circular plate___________________?
A. 0.5 cm
B. 1.0 cm
C. 1.5 cm
D. 2.5 cm
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2376. Bishop’s method of stability analysis_______________?
A. is more conservative
B. neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices
C. assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2377. A sample of metal weighs 219 gms in air, 180 gms in water, 120 gms in an unknown fluid. Then which is correct statement about density of metal________________?
A. density of metal can’t be determined
B. metal is twice as dense as water
C. metal will float in water
D. metal is twice as dense as unknown fluid
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2378. The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is_______________?
A. kaolinite
B. illite
C. montmorillonite
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2379. The ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction is known as_______________?
A. coefficient of friction
B. angle of friction
C. angle of repose
D. sliding friction
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2380. A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is___________________?
A. 15 mm
B. 30 mm
C. 50 mm
D. 167 mm
✅ The correct answer is option C.