SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION QUIZ

deep well system

electroosmosis method

well ppint system

vacuum method

Is provided for heavily loaded isolated columns

All of these

Is treated as spread foundation

Consists of two sets of perpendicularly placed steel beams

Parallel to stratification may or may not be greater than that perpendicular to stratification

Parallel to stratification is always greater than that perpendicular to stratification

Parallel to stratification is always less than that perpendicular to stratification

Is always same in both directions

same shear strength of small magnitude

different shear strengths of large magnitude

same shear strength of large magnitude

different shear strengths of small magnitude

4.75 mm to 2.00 mm

2.00 mm to 0.425 mm

0.075 mm to 0.002 mm

0.425 mm to 0.075 mm

Increases both voids ratio and permeability

Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability

Decreases both voids ratio and permeability

Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability

almost equal to that of clayey soils

much less than that of clayey soils

None of these

much greater than that of clayey soils

directly proportional to the voids ratio

None of these

inversely proportional to the compression index

directly proportional to the compression index

compressibility

permeability

None of these

both compressibility and permeability

semi-solid state

plastic state

liquid state

solid state