Q. A direct shear test possesses the following disadvantage:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
As the test progresses the area under shear, gradually changes
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Q. A stratum of clay 2 m thick will get consolidated 80% in 10 years. For the 80% consolidation of 8 m thick stratum of the same clay, the time required is
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
160 years
Q. When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
Q. If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Drained test
Q. Degree of consolidation is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path
Q. Terzaghi's theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
Q. The shear resistance of a soil is constituted basically of the following component.
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
Q. The consolidation time for soils
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All the above
Q. Coefficient of compressibility is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
Q. The ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil, is known
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Water content
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