| 1. | The earth pressure at rest is calculated by using ? | |
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Euler's theory
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Rankine's theory
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bending theory
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theory of elasticity
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Report Question| 2. | When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be in ? | |
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solid state
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liquid state
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semi-solid state
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plastic state
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| 3. | The soil transported by glaciers either by ice or water is called ? | |
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talus
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loss
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drift
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none of these
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| 4. | A soil is in a semi-solid state, if the consistency index is ? | |
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zero
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one
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more than unity
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none of these
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| 5. | Cohesionless soils are ? | |
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sands
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clays
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silts
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silts and clays
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| 6. | The clays which exhibit high activity ? | |
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contain montmorillonite
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have high plasticity index
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both (a) and (b)
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none of these
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| 7. | If a shear stress is applied on a dense sand, the shear strain caused will ........ the volume of sand ? | |
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increase
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decrease
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not effect
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none
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| 8. | The permissible exit gradient for safety against piping which endanger stability of a hydraulic structure, should be ? | |
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0.2
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0.4
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0.6
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0.8
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| 9. | The critical gradient for all soils is normally ? | |
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0.5
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1
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1.5
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2.5
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| 10. | The density of soil mass is expressed in ? | |
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kg/m²
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kg/m³
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N/m²
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N/m³
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