Soil Mechanics and Foundation A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform None of these It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A plane inclined at an angle ‘φ’ to the horizontal at which the soil is expected to stay in the absence of any lateral support, is known as The φ line All listed here Natural slope line Repose line The φ line All listed here Natural slope line Repose line ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these directly proportional to the compression index inversely proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these directly proportional to the compression index inversely proportional to the compression index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil mass, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are 0.0 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.0 0.5 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.5 0.0 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.0 0.5 and 1.0 1.0 and 0.5 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made only in fixed ring type consolido-meter both (A) and (B) None of these only in floating ring type consolido-meter only in fixed ring type consolido-meter both (A) and (B) None of these only in floating ring type consolido-meter ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The slope of isochrone at any point at a given time indicates the rate of change of effective stress with time pore water pressure with depth effective stress with depth pore water pressure with time effective stress with time pore water pressure with depth effective stress with depth pore water pressure with time ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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