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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2
36.
The maximum load carried by a pile, when it continues to sink without further increase of load, is known as
ultimate load carrying capacity
ultimate bearing capacity
ultimate bearing resistant
all the above.
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37.
The soil which contains finest grain particles, is
coarse sand
fine sand
silt
clay.
Answer: Option
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38.
The general relationship between specific gravity (G), weight of water (γω), degree of saturation (Sr), void ratio (e) and bulk density (γ), is
γ =
γ =
γ =
γ =
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39.
If C is cohesion, F is factor of safety, γ is unit weight of soil and H is the maximum height of embankment, the stability number, is
Answer: Option
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40.
The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to
90° + effective angle of shearing resistance
90° + half of the angle of shearing resistance
45° - half of the angle of shearing resistance
45° + half of the angle of shearing resistance.
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