Civil Engineering Archives

2391. Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity formula for a strip footing (C Nc + y D Nq + 0.5 Y NTB. gives______________?

A. safe bearing capacity

B. net safe bearing capacity

C. ultimate bearing capacity

D. net ultimate bearing capacity where C = unit cohesion

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2392. Coarse grained soils are best compacted by a_______________?

A. drum roller

B. rubber tyred roller

C. sheep’s foot roller

D. vibratory roller

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2393. In the lever of third order, load W, effort P and fulcrum F are oriented as follows_________________?

A. W between P and F

B. F between W and P

C. P between W and F

D. W, P and F all on one side

✅ The correct answer is option A.

2394. Coefficient of consolidation of a soil is affected by_______________?

A. compressibility

B. permeability

C. both compressibility and permeability

D. none of the above

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2395. Uniformity coefficient of a soil is__________________?

A. always less than 1

B. always equal to 1

C. equal to or less than 1

D. equal to or gi eater than 1

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2396. For a loose sand sample and a dense sand sample consolidated to the same effective stress_____________?

A. ultimate strength is same and also peak strength is same

B. ultimate strength is different but peak strength is same

C. ultimate strength is same but peak strength of dense sand is greater than that of loose sand

D. ultimate strength is same but peak

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2397. The most suitable method for drainage of fine grained cohesive soils is________________?

A. well ppint system

B. vacuum method

C. deep well system

D. electroosmosis method

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2398. Compressibility of sandy soils is______________?

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

✅ The correct answer is option C.

2399. In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on__________________?

A. horizontal plane only

B. vertical plane only

C. both horizontal and vertical planes

D. all planes except horizontal and vertical planes

✅ The correct answer is option D.

2400. Highway Research Board (HRB) classification of soils is based on__________________?

A. particle size composition

B. plasticity characteristics

C. both particle size composition and plasticity characteristics

D. none of the above

✅ The correct answer is option C.