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



Civil Engineering : Soil Mechanics And Foundation QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 11 to 15

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

11.The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as

liquid limit
plastic limit
shrinkage limit
plasticity index

12.Physical properties of a permeant which influence permeability are

viscosity only
unit weight only
both viscosity and unit weight
none of the above

13.Rise of water table above the ground surface causes

equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress
equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress

14.Effective stress is

the stress at particles contact
a physical parameter that can be measured
important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil
all of the above

15.Highway Research Board (HRB) classification of soils is based on

particle size composition
plasticity characteristics
both particle size composition and plasticity characteristics
none of the above

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

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