Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

331. Water content of soil can

1. Never be greater than 100 %
2. Take values only from 0 % to 100 %
3. Be less than 0 %
4. Be greater than 100 %

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332. Water formed transported soil is

1. Alluvial
2. Marine
3. Lacustrine
4. Loess

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333. When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses

1. Shear strength
2. Bearing capacity
3. Both (a) and (b)
4. Neither (a) nor (6)

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334. When drainage is permitted under initially applied normal stress only and full primarily consolidation is allowed to take place, the test is known as

1. Quick test
2. Drained test
3. Consolidated undrained test
4. None of these

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335. When the degree of saturation is zero, the soil mass under consideration represents

1. One phase system
2. Two phase system with soil and air
3. Two phase system with soil and water
4. Three phase system

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336. When the plastic limit of a soil is greater than the liquid limit, then the plasticity index is reported as

1. Negative
2. Zero
3. Non-plastic (NP)
4. 1

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337. When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

1. Quick condition
2. Boiling condition
3. Quick sand
4. All the above

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338. Which of the following is a measure of particle size range?

1. Effective size
2. Uniformity coefficient
3. Coefficient of curvature
4. None of the above

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339. Which of the following methods is best suited for determination of permeability of coarse-grained soils?

1. Constant head method
2. Falling head method
3. Both the above
4. None of the above

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340. Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil?

1. Constant head method
2. Falling head method
3. Horizontal permeability test
4. None of the above

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