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Civil Engineering Mcqs

Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________?

  • (A)  effective stress only
  • (B)  total stress only
  • (C)  both effective stress and total stress
  • (D)  none of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Unconfmed compressive strength test is________________?

  • (A)  undrained test
  • (B)  drained test
  • (C)  consolidated undrained test
  • (D)  consolidated drained test
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


In a deposit of normally consolidated clay_________________?

  • (A)  effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth
  • (B)  effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth
  • (C)  effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
  • (D)  effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is________________?

  • (A)  1
  • (B)  zero
  • (C)  between 0 and 1
  • (D)  greater than 1
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The shear strength of a soil_________________?

  • (A)  is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
  • (B)  is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
  • (C)  decreases with increase in normal stress
  • (D)  decreases with decrease in normal stress
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as____________________?

  • (A)  dry of OMC and wet of OMC
  • (B)  wet of OMC and dry of OMC
  • (C)  wet of OMC and wet of OMC
  • (D)  dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


For a loose sand sample and a dense sand sample consolidated to the same effective stress_____________?

  • (A)  ultimate strength is same and also peak strength is same
  • (B)  ultimate strength is different but peak strength is same
  • (C)  ultimate strength is same but peak strength of dense sand is greater than that of loose sand
  • (D)  ultimate strength is same but peak
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


With the increase in the amount of compaction energy________________?

  • (A)  optimum water content increases but maximum dry density decreases
  • (B)  optimum water content decreases but maximum dry density increases
  • (C)  both optimum water content and maximum dry density increase
  • (D)  both optimum water content and maximum dry density decrease
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made_______________?

  • (A)  only in fixed ring type consolido-meter
  • (B)  only in floating ring type consolido-meter
  • (C)  both (A) and (B)
  • (D)  none of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal