Q. Buoyant unit weight equals the saturated density
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Minus unit weight of water
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Q. The change of moisture content of soils, changes the
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
Q. Skempton's pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
1
Q. The density of soil can be increased
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
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Q. Pick up the correct definition from the following:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
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Q. Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Effective stress only
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
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
18.2 %
Q. The angle that Coulomb's failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Cohesion
Q. A flow net may be utilised for the determination of
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
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