Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Soil Mechanics And Foundation: part3



Civil Engineering : Soil Mechanics And Foundation QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part3 : 21 to 25

Following Civil Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

21.Coefficient of consolidation of a soil is affected by

compressibility
permeability
both compressibility and permeability
none of the above

22.Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?

over-consolidated ciay with a high over-consolidation ratio
over-consolidated clay with a low over-consolidation ratio
normally consolidated clay
under-consolidated clay

23.Degree of consolidation is

directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path
directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path
directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time
directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely propor-tional to time

24.The total discharge from two wells situated near to each other is

sum of the discharges from individual wells
less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells

25.Clay layer A with single drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv takes 6 months to achieve 50% consolidation. The time taken by clay layer B of the same thickness with double drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv/2 to achieve the same degree of consolidation is

3 months
6 months
12 months
24 months

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