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17. Soil grains with particle size is 26. Allowable bearing pressure for a
greater than 75 mm according to USCS. foundation depends upon:
A. Cobbles C. Boulder A. Allowable settlement only
B. Gravel D. Sand B. Ultimate bearing capacity of
soil only
18. The maximum shear stress occurs on the C. Both allowable settlement and
filament which makes an angle with the ultimate bearing capacity
horizontal plane equal to: D. None of the above
A. 30° C. 60°
B. 45° D. 90° 27. The over consolidation ratio (OCR) of
an over consolidated soil is:
19. A practice of procedure used to asses A. Less than 1
the particle size distribution (also B. Equal to 1
called gradation) of a granular C. Greater than 1
material. The size distribution is D. None of the above
often of critical importance to the
way the material performs in use. 28. The over consolidation ratio (OCR) of
A. Consolidation test a normally consolidated soil is:
B. Standard penetration test A. Less than 1
C. Unconfined compression test B. Equal to 1
D. Sieve Analysis C. Greater than 1
D. None of the above
20. The average/equivalent coefficient of
permeability of natural deposits 29. Pick up the correct statement from the
A. Parallel to stratification is following:
always greater than that A. Failure plane carries maximum
perpendicular to stratification shear stress
B. Parallel to stratification is B. Failure plane does not carry
always less than that maximum shear stress
perpendicular to stratification C. Failure plane carries shear
C. Is always same in both stress equal to maximum shear
directions stress
D. Parallel to stratification may D. None of these
or may not be greater than that
perpendicular to stratification 30. At liquid limit a soil has
A. No shearing strength
21. Transporting and re-depositing soils, B. Negligible or very small shear
is done by strength
A. Water C. High shearing strength
B. Glacier D. Nothing to do with shearing
C. Gravity strength.
D. All the above
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