Q. According to Rankine's fromula, the minimum depth of foundation

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Q. If the bulk density of the soil is ρ and water content ω, then dry density of the soil, is

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Q. The area of cross-section A at failure or during any stage of Triaxial Compression Test and its initial length (L) and volume (V), are related by the equation

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Q. The intensity of vertical pressure at a depth Z directly below the point load Q on its axis of loading is :

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Q. Stoke's law sates that the velocity at which a grain settles out of suspension, the other factors remaining constant, is dependent upon

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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Q. The liquid limit and plastic limit exist in

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Q. Pick up the clay soil group which does not swell when wet from the following :

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Q. Factor of safety against sliding of a slope, is the ratio of

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Q. The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in a given soil mass, is known

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Q. A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm³. If the specific gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the degree of saturation of the soil is

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Q. A partially saturated sample of soil has a unit weight of 2.0 g/cm³ and specific gravity of soil particles is 2.6. If the moisture content in the soil is 20%, the degree of saturation is

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Q. The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall

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Q. The internal molecular attraction of a soil, the cohesion

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Q. The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to

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Q. When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as

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Q. The minimum water content at which the soil retains its liquid state and also possesses a small shearing strength against flowing, is known

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Q. Back fill with a sloping surface exerts a total active pressure Pa on the wall of height H and acts at

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Q. The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known

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