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Soil Mechanics and Foundation

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is

17
0 < PI < 7
PI>27
7

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that the back of the wall is

plane and smooth
vertical and smooth
plane and rough
vertical and rough

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Water content of soil can

never be greater than 100 %
take values only from 0 % to 100 %
be greater than 100 %
be less than 0 %

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of

7°
10°
17°
12°

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is

40 mm
None of these
10 mm
20 mm

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following methods is most accurate for the determination of the water content of soil ?

calcium carbide method
pycnometer method
oven drying method
sand bath method

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