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📊 Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Q. According to Terzaghi's equation, the bearing capacity of strip footing resting on cohesive soil (c=10 kN/m²) per unit depth and unit width (assume N, as 5.7) is ?
  • (A) 47 kN/m²
  • (B) 57 kN/m²
  • (C) 67 kN/m²
  • (D) 77 kN/m²
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) 57 kN/m²
📊 Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Q. The earth pressure at rest is calculated by using ?
  • (A) Euler's theory
  • (B) Rankine's theory
  • (C) bending theory
  • (D) theory of elasticity
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) theory of elasticity
📊 Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Q. When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be in ?
  • (A) solid state
  • (B) liquid state
  • (C) semi-solid state
  • (D) plastic state
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) solid state
📊 Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Q. If a shear stress is applied on a dense sand, the shear strain caused will ........ the volume of sand ?
  • (A) increase
  • (B) decrease
  • (C) not effect
  • (D) none
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) increase

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