Soil Mechanics and Foundation For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and dry of OMC dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content dry of OMC and wet of OMC wet of OMC and wet of OMC ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The shear strength of a soil Decreases with decrease in normal stress Decreases with increase in normal stress Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Decreases with decrease in normal stress Decreases with increase in normal stress Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The maximum dry density upto which any soil can be compacted depends upon moisture content only None of these both moisture content and amount of compaction energy amount of compaction energy only moisture content only None of these both moisture content and amount of compaction energy amount of compaction energy only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Compressibility of sandy soils is much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is between 15 mm and 25 mm 25 mm greater than 25 mm 15 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm 25 mm greater than 25 mm 15 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Bishop’s method of stability analysis is more conservative All of these assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices is more conservative All of these assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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