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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 4
11.
If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as
quick test
drained test
consolidated undrained test
none of these.
Answer: Option
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12.
A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the degree of saturation, is
95.4%
95.5%
95.6%
95.7%
Answer: Option
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13.
For slopes of limited extent the surface of slippage, is usually along
a parabolic arc
an elliptical arc
a straight line
a circular arc.
Answer: Option
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14.
For a base failure of a slope, depth factor
Df = 1
Df < 1
Df > 1
none of these.
Answer: Option
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15.
A critical hydraulic gradient may occur when
flow is in upward direction
seepage pressure is in upward direction
effective pressure is zero
all the above.
Answer: Option
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