Geotechnical Engineering Mock Test 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In Standard Proctor test, the free fall height is ________ inches.

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Question 2 of 10

2. For same soil, the effect of heavier compaction is to ________

decrease in strength

decrease in stability

decrease the optimum water content

decrease in the maximum dry density

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Question 3 of 10

3. The drained test is also known as ___________

Quick test

Direct shear test

Slow test

Vane shear test

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Question 4 of 10

4. What will be the shearing resistance of a sample of clay in an unconfined compression test, falls under a load of 150 N? Take change of cross-section Af=2181.7 mm².

34.38 kN/m²

0.6875 kN/m²

11.35 kN/m²

68.75 kN/m²

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Question 5 of 10

5. Shearing resistance can be determined in the laboratory by _________ methods.

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Question 6 of 10

6. The zero air voids line is also known as ___________

specific gravity line

density line

saturation line

unit weight line

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Question 7 of 10

7. The shear deformation of soil in a building can cause ___________ of the following?

Slide in an earth embankment

Movement of wedge

All of the mentioned

Sinking of footing

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following parameter is used to represent unconfined compressive strength at failure?

τf

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Question 9 of 10

9. In plastic failure, load corresponding to __________ strain is arbitrarily taken as the failure load.

50 %

5 %

20 %

10 %

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Question 10 of 10

10. If weight of rammer is W, free fall height is h, number of layers is N, number of blows is n, acceleration due to gravity is g and volume as V, then the formula for energy per volume is ______

\(\frac{WhNng}{V} \)

\(\frac{Whng}{N} \)

\(\frac{WgN}{hnV} \)

\(\frac{WVNng}{h} \)

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