| 1. | The ratio of the volume of air voids to the volume of voids, is called ? | |
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void ratio
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air content
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degree of saturation
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porosity
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Report Question| 2. | When the water table is close to the ground surface, the bearing capacity of a soil is reduced to ? | |
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one-fourth
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one-half
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two-third
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three-fourth
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| 3. | The void ratio of a soil is defined as the ratio of the ? | |
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weight of water to the weight of solids
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volume of water to the volume of voids in the soil mass
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total volume of voids to the volume of soil solids
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total volume of voids to the total volume of soil
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| 4. | The earth pressure at rest is defined as the lateral pressure exerted by soil ? | |
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when it is at rest
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when the retaining wall has no movement relative to the back fill
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when the retaining wall tends to move away from the back fill
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when the retaining wall moves into the soil
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| 5. | Bulk density of a soil is defined as the ratio of ? | |
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total mass of soil to the total volume of soil
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weight of water to the weight of solids
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unit weight of solids to the unit weight of water
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weight of solid grains to the volume of solids
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| 6. | The permeability of a given soil is ? | |
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directly proportional to the average grain size
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inversely proportional to the average grain size
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directly proportional to the square of the average grain size
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inversely proportional to the square of the average grain size
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| 7. | The change in volume of soil per unit of initial volume due to a given unit increase in pressure is called ? | |
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coefficient of permeability
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coefficient of compressibility
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coefficient of volume compressibility
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coefficient of curvature
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| 8. | The seepage force in soils is ? | |
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proportional to head loss
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proportional to exit gradient
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perpendicular to the equipotential lines
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all of these
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| 9. | The decrease in voids ratio per unit increase of pressure is called ? | |
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coefficient of permeability
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coefficient of compressibility
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coefficient of volume compressibility
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coefficient of
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| 10. | The expansion of soil due to shear at a constant value of press is called ? | |
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apparent cohesion
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true cohesion
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dilatancy
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consistency
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