Soil Mechanics & Foundation

361) A fully compensated raft foundation for a building is

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such that the weight of the excavated soil is equal to the load due to the building

362) When the degree of consolidation is 50%, the time factor is about

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0.2

363) The upstream slope of an earth dam under steady seepage conditions is

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equipotential line

364) A soil having particles of nearly the same size is known as:

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uniformly graded

365) A plate load test is useful to estimate

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both bearing capacity and settlement of foundation

366) Undisturbed samples are obtained by

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thin-walled samplers

367) The maximum differential settlement in isolated footings on clayey soils should be limited to

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40 mm

368) Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq, and Ny are functions of

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angle of internal friction only

369) Cohesive soils are

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poor for backfill because of large lateral pressure

370) Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that the back of the wall is

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vertical and smooth

Subject Notes

→ Hydraulics → Structural Design-RCC → Irrigation Engineering → Highway Engineering → Engineering Survey → Water supply & sanitary → Soil Mechanics → Mechanics and structure → Construction Management → Building Construction → Estimating and Costing → Engineering Drawing → Building Material → Airport Engineering

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→ Airport Engineering → Building Construction → Construction Management → Construction Materials → Engineering Drawing → Engineering Survey → Estimating and Costing → Highway Engineering → Fluid & Hydraulics → Soil Mechanics → Structural Design - RCC → Water Supply and Sanitary → Irrigation Engineering → Mechanics and Structure → Civil MCQ Set 1 → Civil MCQ Set 2 → Civil MCQ Set 3 → Civil MCQ Set 4

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