Geotechnical Engineering - Online Test
Q1. Group symbols assigned to silty sand and clayey sand are respectively
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q2. When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the
wall is termed as
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q3. Compaction by vibratory roller is the best method of compaction i case of
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q4. The liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) of a cohesive
soil satisfy the relation
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q5. A footing 2m × 1m exerts a uniform pressure of 150 kN/m2 on the soil. Assuming
a load dispersion of 2 vertical to 1 horizontal, the average vertical stress (kN/m2) at 1.0 m below the footing is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. A direct shear test was conducted on a cohesion less soil (C = 0) specimen under
a normal stress of 200 kN/m2. The specimen failed at a shear stress of 100 kN/m2. The angle of internal friction of the soil (degree) is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. A pile of 0.50 m diameter and of length 10 m is embedded in a deposit of clay.
The undrained strength parameters of the clay are cohesion = 60 kN/m2 and the
angle of internal friction= 0. The skin friction capacity (kN) of the pile for an
adhesion factor of 0.6, is
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8. A saturated clay stratum draining both at the top and bottom undergoes 50 per
cent consolidation in 16 year under an applied load. If an additional drainage
layer were present at the middle of the clay stratum, 50 per cent consolidation
would occur in
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q9. A test plate 30m × 30m cm resting on a sand deposit settles by 10 mm under
a certain intensity. A footing 150cm × 200cm resting on the same sand deposit
and loaded to the same load intensity settles by
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q10. The ground conditions at a site are shown in the figure below
The saturated unit weight of the sand (kN/m2) is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
