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Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering MCQs

MCQ explainedThe unit weight of a completely saturated soil is given by:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedIf the degree of saturation of soil is given by 67.89%, what is the percentage of air content of the soil?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedRelationship between dry density γd, percentage air voids na, water content w and specific gravity G of any so…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhich of the following is determined with the help of pycnometer?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhich of the following represents the void ratio of soil sample whose porosity is 0.452?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe moisture content in a soil sample is 18.2% and specific gravity of the soil particles is given by 2.65. Wh…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhat would be the void ratio of the soil mass, if the porosity of a soil mass is 0.35?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe void ratio of a soil sample is given by 0.58. What is the porosity of soil sample?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedWhat is the capacity of density bottle used generally for determination of specific gravity of fine-grained so…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explained________ soil cannot achieve the plastic state of consistency.Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedVoid ratio is defined as the ratio of:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe ratio of volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of voids is called:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedVolume and weight of air, water and solid in soil mass are given in the table.Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA soil sample taken from the field has a specific gravity of 2.5 and void ratio of 0.75. The water content req…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA saturated soil sample has a dry unit weight of 18000 N/m³ and specific gravity 2.65. If the unit weight of w…Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedIn soil engineering, what is the volumetric relationship that defines porosity?Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe submerged weight of soil solids per unit volume is:Geotechnical · 1 min read
MCQ explainedDetermine the specific weight of a liquid having specific gravity of 0.85. Take specific weight of water as 10…Geotechnical · 1 min read