Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering MCQs

A. effective stress only

B. total stress only

C. both effective stress and total stress

D. none of the above

A. face to face or parallel orientation

B. edge to edge orientation

C. edge to face orientation

D. all of the above

A. type of sand

B. flow condition occurring in cohesive soils

C. flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils

D. flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils

A. oven drying method

B. sand bath method

C. calcium carbide method

D. pycnometer method

A. 40%

B. 60%

C. 80%

D. 100%

A. liquid limit

B. plastic limit

C. shrinkage limit

D. plasticity index

A. same shear strength of small magnitude

B. same shear strength of large magnitude

C. different shear strengths of small magnitude

D. different shear strengths of large magnitude

A. 0

B. 0

D. n<0

✅ The correct answer is option A.

A. decreases with increase in liquid limit

B. increases with increase in liquid limit

C. first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit

D. remains constant at all liquid limits

A. 90°

B. 45°

C. 22.5°

D. 0°