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Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions

Exercise : GATE Exam Questions - Section 4
36.
The two criteria for the determination of allowable bearing capacity of a foundation are
tensile failure and compression failure.
tensile failure and settlement.
bond failure and shear failure.
shear failure and settlement.
Answer: Option
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37.
The time for a clay layer to achieve 90% consolidation is 15 years. The time required to achieve 90% consolidation; if the layer were twice as thick, 3 times forr permeable and 4 times more compressible would be :
70 years
75 years
80 years
85 years
Answer: Option
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38.
If soil is dried beyond its shrinkage limit, it will show :
Large volume change
Moderate volume change
Low volume change
No volume change
Answer: Option
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39.
If YY is the centroidal axis of a T beam-section subjected to plastic moment, Mp, the neutral axis lies,
above the line ZZ
between the lines YY and ZZ
between the lines XX and YY
below the line XX
Answer: Option
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40.
The expression for the specific speed of a pump :
does not include the diameter of the impeller
yields larger values for radial pumps than for axial flow pump
is necessarily non dimensional
includes power as one of the variables
Answer: Option
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