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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Exercise : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6
11.
Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is
equal to total shearing strength
greater than total shearing strength
less than total shearing strength
none of these.
Answer: Option
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12.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
A soil having pH value more than 7 is an acidic soil
A soil having pH value less than 7 is an acidic soil
A soil having pH value more than 7 is an alkaline soil
A soil containing chemicals for the manufacture of portland cement is preferred.
Answer: Option
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13.
Cohesionless soil is
sand
silt
clay
clay and silt.
Answer: Option
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14.
The shearing force acting along the slice of a curved surface of slippage, causes the soil to slide
down at the centre
down at the toe
upward at the centre
none of these.
Answer: Option
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15.
The seepage exit gradient in a soil is the ratio of
total head to the length of seepage
flow line to slope
head upstream to that at downstream
head loss to the length of the seepage
none of these.
Answer: Option
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