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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 4
16.
Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between
liquid and plastic limit
plastic limit and semi solid limit
semi-solid limit and liquid limit
liquid limit and solid limit.
Answer: Option
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17.
The minimum depth of building foundations on
sandy soils is 80 cm to 100 cm
clay soils is 90 cm to 160 cm
rocky soils is 5 cm to 50 cm
all the above.
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18.
The ratio of the undrained strength in the undrained state to the undrained strength, at the same water content, in the remoulded state, is called the sensivity of the clay. Its value for quick clays is
4
8
12
16
20
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19.
The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil 200 (g) is 1600 g. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighs 1500 g. The specific gravity of the soil, is
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
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20.
The consolidation time for soils
increases with increasing compressibility
decreases with increasing permeability
increases rapidly with increasing size of soil mass
is independent of the magnitude of the stress change.
All the above.
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