Soil Mechanics And Foundation QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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

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