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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2
26.
The degree of saturation of the soil sample stated in Q. No, 216, is
60%
62%
64%
66%
Answer: Option
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27.
Number of piles required to support a column, is
1
2
3
4
Answer: Option
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28.
The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called
free water
hydroscopic water
gravity water
none of these.
Answer: Option
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29.
If the specific gravity of a soil particle of 0.05 cm diameter is 2.67, its terminal velocity while settling in distilled water of viscosity, 0.01 poise, is
0.2200 cm/sec
0.2225 cm/sec
0.2250 cm/sec
0.2275 cm/sec
0.2300 cm/sec
Answer: Option
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30.
The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:
Drain condition cannot be controlled
Pore water pressure cannot be measured
Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform.
The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test
All the above.
Answer: Option
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