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Civil Engineering Mcqs

The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing_______________?

  • (A)  cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance
  • (B)  cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
  • (C)  effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance
  • (D)  effective angle of shearing resistance
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Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of______________?

  • (A)  cohesion only
  • (B)  angle of internal friction only
  • (C)  both cohesion and angle of internal friction
  • (D)  none of the above
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be_________________?

  • (A)  less than 300 mm
  • (B)  between 300 mm and 750 mm
  • (C)  between 750 mm and 1 m
  • (D)  greater than 1 m
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Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity formula for a strip footing (C Nc + y D Nq + 0.5 Y NTB. gives______________?

  • (A)  safe bearing capacity
  • (B)  net safe bearing capacity
  • (C)  ultimate bearing capacity
  • (D)  net ultimate bearing capacity where C = unit cohesion
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Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends upon_______________?

  • (A)  allowable settlement only
  • (B)  ultimate bearing capacity of soil only
  • (C)  both allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity
  • (D)  none of above
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Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is__________________?

  • (A)  less than active earth pressure but greater than passive earth pressure
  • (B)  greater than active earth pressure but less than passive earth pressure
  • (C)  greater than both the active earth pressure and passive earth pressure
  • (D)  less than both the active and passive earth pressures
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The effect of cohesion on a soil is to______________?

  • (A)  reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity
  • (B)  increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity
  • (C)  reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity
  • (D)  increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity
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Bishop’s method of stability analysis_______________?

  • (A)  is more conservative
  • (B)  neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices
  • (C)  assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle
  • (D)  all of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Submitted By :Ali Uppal