Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Soil Mechanics And Foundation: part2



Civil Engineering : Soil Mechanics And Foundation QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 1 to 5

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

1.If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in

liquid state
plastic state
semi-solid state
solid state

2.Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having

face to face or parallel orientation
edge to edge orientation
edge to face orientation
all of the above

3.Which of the following soils has more plasticity index ?

sand
silt
clay
gravel

4.At liquid limit, all soils possess

same shear strength of small magni-tude
same shear strength of large magni-tude
different shear strengths of small magnitude
different shear strengths of large magnitude

5.The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively

zero and zero
0.5 kg/cm2 and zero
0.5 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
1.0 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2

More Soil Mechanics And Foundation QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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