- (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
Civil Engineering Mcqs
- (A) cohesion only
- (B) angle of internal friction only
- (C) both cohesion and angle of internal friction
- (D) none of the above
- (A) 15 mm
- (B) between 15 mm and 25 mm
- (C) 25 mm
- (D) greater than 25 mm
- (A) less than 300 mm
- (B) between 300 mm and 750 mm
- (C) between 750 mm and 1 m
- (D) greater than 1 m
- (A) safe bearing capacity
- (B) net safe bearing capacity
- (C) ultimate bearing capacity
- (D) net ultimate bearing capacity where C = unit cohesion
- (A) allowable settlement only
- (B) ultimate bearing capacity of soil only
- (C) both allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity
- (D) none of above
- (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
- (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
- (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
- (A) 7°
- (B) 10°
- (C) 12°
- (D) 17°
