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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 4
31.
The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed
primary consolidation
primary compression
primary time effect
all the above.
Answer: Option
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32.
'Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported and redeposited by
wind
gravitational force
glaciated water
all the above.
Answer: Option
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33.
The consistency index of a soil is defined as the ratio of
liquid limit plus the natural water content to the plasticity index of the soil
liquid limit minus the natural water content to the plasticity index of the soil
natural water content of a soil minus plastic limit to the plasticity index of the soil
natural water content of a soil plus its plastic limit to the plasticity index of the soil.
Answer: Option
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34.
The weight of a container is W1 and that of container with soil simple, is W2. If the weight of the container and oven dried soil sample is W3, the moisture content of the soil, is
Answer: Option
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35.
The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to
inter-granular friction
internal friction
cohesion
none of these.
Answer: Option
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