A. well ppint system
B. vacuum method
C. deep well system
D. electroosmosis method
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering MCQs
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.
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.
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.
Valid range for S, the degree of saturation of soil in percentage is______________?
A. S>0
B. S<0
C. 0
D. 0 < S < 100
✅ The correct answer is option D.
A pycnometer is used to determine_______________?
A. water content and voids ratio
B. specific gravity and dry density
C. water content and specific gravity
D. voids ratio and dry density
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Select the correct range of density index,ID ________________?
A. lD>0
B. ID>0
C. 0 < lD < 1
D. 0 < ID < 1
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle is________________?
A. less than 0.0002 mm
B. greater than 0.2 mm
C. between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
According to IS classification, the range of silt size particles is_________________?
A. 4.75 mm to 2.00 mm
B. 2.00 mm to 0.425 mm
C. 0.425 mm to 0.075 mm
D. 0.075 mm to 0.002 mm
✅ The correct answer is option D.
A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively______________________?
A. 0.5 N/mm2 and 30°
B. 0.05 N/mm2 and 0°
C. 0.2 N/mm2 and 0°
D. 0.05 N/mm2 and 45°
✅ The correct answer is option B.