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The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing_______________?


a cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance


bcohesion and effective unit weight of soil


ceffective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance


d effective angle of shearing resistance



Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of______________?


acohesion only


bangle of internal friction only


cboth cohesion and angle of internal friction


dnone of the above



A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is_______________?


a15 mm


bbetween 15 mm and 25 mm


c 25 mm


dgreater than 25 mm



In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be_________________?


aless than 300 mm


bbetween 300 mm and 750 mm


c between 750 mm and 1 m


d greater than 1 m



Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends upon_______________?


a allowable settlement only


b ultimate bearing capacity of soil only


cboth allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity


dnone of above



Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is__________________?


a less than active earth pressure but greater than passive earth pressure


b greater than active earth pressure but less than passive earth pressure


c greater than both the active earth pressure and passive earth pressure


d less than both the active and passive earth pressures



The effect of cohesion on a soil is to______________?


a reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity


b increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity


creduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity


dincrease the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity



Bishop’s method of stability analysis_______________?


a is more conservative


b neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices


cassumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle


dall of the above



A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of_________________?


a


b10°


c12°


d17°


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The major principal stress in an element of cohesionless soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is________________?


a vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium


bvertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium


c inclined at 45° to the vertical plane


dnone of the above



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