quiz Geotechnical Engineering MCQ Practice

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Which of the following are used as a standard sedimentation method in a laboratory?

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How does the specific surface of a soil particle change as the grain size decreases?

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Which of the following clay minerals are considered as colloidal?

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The USCS system was used for which of the following purpose during World War 2?

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What are the forces involved in hygroscopic water or contact moisture?

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The coefficient of surface tension depends on which of the following?

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What are the minerals, responsible for large volume decrease in soil on drying in clayey soils?

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What is the effect of adsorbed water on the permeability of soil?

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Which of the following tools is not used in static compaction?

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Which of the following well, does not penetrate to the full depth of an aquifer?

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Seepage pressure is important for which of the following purpose?

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Which of the following is similar to that of khosla's theory?

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The ground water table may be lowered by which of the following methods?

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For fine-grained soil what type of dewatering system can be used?

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Which of the following equipment is not used in standard compactor test?

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Which of the following property of soil is improved by compacting the soil?

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Which of the following stresses does not have any influence on strength of a material?

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Which of the following cannot be obtained by using un-drained test?

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Which of the following cases for cohesion less backfill in Rankine's theory is considered?

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Which of the following is a basic assumption of the wedge theory?

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Which of the following effect of line load can be taken into account by Culmann's graphical method?

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Which of the following is not one of the criteria, for design of gravity dam?

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Which of the following conduit is installed in shallow bedding?

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Earth embankments or slopes are commonly required for which of the following purpose?

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Which of the following tests is used to determine the shear strength of cohesive soils?

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What is the typical range of the specific gravity of soil solids?

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Which method is used to estimate the bearing capacity of shallow foundations?

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The process of soil compaction increases which of the following?

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Which factor is most crucial in slope stability analysis?

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In a consolidation test, the void ratio of soil is plotted against which parameter?