Civil Engineering :: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
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The zero atmospheric pressure is at
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A soil mass coated with a thin layer of paraffin weighs 460 g. When immersed, it displaces 299 cc of water. The weight of paraffin is 10 g. If specific gravity of solids is 2.5 and that of paraffin 0.9, the void ratio of soil, is
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Pick up the incorrect definition from the following:
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In a fow net
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The ratio of the volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of its voids, is known
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Stoke's law does not hold good if the size of particle is smaller than
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. In a purely cohesive soil, the critical centre lies at the intersection of
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The angle of internal friction, is least for
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In non-cohesive soil in passive state of plastic equilibrium
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In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface
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Ratio of the compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of remoulded soil, is known as the sensitivity of the soil sample |
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The rotation of soil particles into stable state while remoulding, is known as the thiostropy of soil |
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The water content at which a soil changes from the liquid state to solid state, is known liquid limit of the so |
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The water content at which a soil flows, is known plastic limit of the soil |
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None of these. |
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fields are rectangles whose length is twice the breadth |
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D.
for homogeneous soil, the curves are smooth and circular. |