Civil Engineering MCQs

Page No. 240

The load stress of a section can be reduced by______________?


a Decreasing the lever arm


b Increasing the total perimeter of bars


c Replacing larger bars by greater number of small bars


dReplacing smaller bars by greater number of greater bars



Select the correct statement?


a Unit weight of dry soil is greater than unit weight of wet soil


b For dry soils, dry unit weight is less than total unit weight


c Unit weight of soil increases due to submergence in water


dUnit weight of soil decreases due to submergence in water



Which of the following statements is correct ?


aUniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve


bFor a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity


cA soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size


dnone of the above


View Answer none of the above

Select the correct statement?


aA uniform soil has more strength and stability than a non-uniform soil


b A uniform soil has less strength and stability than a non-uniform soil


cUniformity coefficient does not affect strength and stability


dUniformity coefficient of a poorly graded soil is more than that of a well graded soil



Select the incorrect statement?


a Effective cohesion of a soil can never have a negative value


bEffective angle of internal friction for coarse grained soils is rarely below 30°


cEffective angle of internal friction for a soil increases as state of compact-ness increases


d Effective angle of internal friction is a complicated function of mineralogy and clay size content



In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear________________?


adecreases


bincreases


c remains unchanged


d first increases and then decreases


View Answer decreases

Select the incorrect statement ?Effective angle of shearing resistance


aincreases as the size of particles increases


bincreases as the soil gradation im-proves


c is limited to a maximum value of 45°


dis rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil



Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by________________?


a25%


b 50%


c 75%


d90%


View Answer 50%

Contact pressure beneath a rigid footing resting on cohesive soil is_________________?


aless at edges compared to middle


bmore at edges compared to middle


c uniform throughout


dnone of the above



A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is___________________?


a 15 mm


b30 mm


c 50 mm


d167 mm


View Answer 50 mm

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