Q. The soil which contains finest grain particles, is

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Q. The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to

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Q. The compressibility of clays, is caused due to:

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Q. A phreatic line is defined as the line within a dam section below which there are

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Q. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest state and its natural void ratio (e) to the difference between the void ratios in the loosest and fully dense state, is generally termed as

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. According to the Indian Standards the specific gravity is the ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water at a temperature of

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Q. The compression index of a soil

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. For a homogeneous earth dam 50 m high having 2 m free broad, a flow net was constructed and the results were : Number of potential drops = 2.4 Number of flow channels = 0.4. If coefficiency of permeability of the dam mateiral is 3 x 10^-3 cm³/sec, the discharge per metre length of dam, is

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Q. For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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Q. The ratio of settlement at any time 't' to the final settlement, is known as

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Q. The Westergaard analysis is used for

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Q. 260 g of wet soil was taken in a pycnometer jar of weight 400 g in order to find the moisture content in the soil, with specific gravity of soil particles 2.75. The weight of soil and remaining water filled in pycnometer without air bubbles was 1415 g and the weight of pycnometer filled with water alone was 1275 g. The moisture content in the soil is

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Q. Pick up the in-correct statement from the following: The soils which contain montmorillonite minerals

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Q. For determing the specific gravity of soil solids, using a pycnometer of 500 cc., the following data is available : Weight of dry empty pycnometer = 125 g Weight of dried soil and pycnometer = 500 g Weight of dried soil and distilled = 850 g water filled in pycnometer up to top The specific gravity of soil soilds, is

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. A pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 1800 kg and having a free fall of 1.00 m. If the penetration with last blow is 5 mm, the load carrying capacity of the pile, -according to the Engineering News formula, is

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Q. Negative skin friction on piles

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