officerpath@gmail.com Hyderabad, Pakistan
Login Register
Latest Jobs CSS 2025 PMS CCE Sindh FPSC PPSC MCQs Past Papers Current Affairs Scholarships Admissions Downloads Roll No. Slips Results
Civil Engineering

Soil Mechanics And Foundation MCQs

Practice Soil Mechanics And Foundation MCQs for competitive exams.

Soil Mechanics And Foundation MCQs

Practice questions from this topic.

If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is

  1. A. sand
  2. B. silt
  3. C. clay
  4. D. clayey silt
Report Error

Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle is

  1. A. less than 0.0002 mm
  2. B. greater than 0.2 mm
  3. C. between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm
  4. D. all of the above
Report Error

Relative density of a compacted dense sand is approximately equal to

  1. A. 0.4
  2. B. 0.6
  3. C. 0.95
  4. D. 1.20
Report Error

Effective stress on soil

  1. A. Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability
  2. B. Increases both voids ratio and permeability
  3. C. Decreases both voids ratio and permeability
  4. D. Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability
Report Error

A pycnometer is used to determine

  1. A. water content and voids ratio
  2. B. specific gravity and dry density
  3. C. water content and specific gravity
  4. D. voids ratio and dry density
Report Error

The shear strength of a soil

  1. A. Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
  2. B. Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
  3. C. Decreases with increase in normal stress
  4. D. Decreases with decrease in normal stress
Report Error

Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends upon

  1. A. allowable settlement only
  2. B. ultimate bearing capacity of soil only
  3. C. both allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity
  4. D. none of above
Report Error

If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is

  1. A. 45°
  2. B. 90°
  3. C. 135°
  4. D. 225°
Report Error

If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is

  1. A. 90°
  2. B. 45°
  3. C. 22.5°
  4. D. 0°
Report Error

Which of the following types of soil is transported by gravitational forces ?

  1. A. loess
  2. B. talus
  3. C. drift
  4. D. dune sand
Report Error

The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as

  1. A. liquid limit
  2. B. plastic limit
  3. C. shrinkage limit
  4. D. plasticity index
Report Error

Bishop’s method of stability analysis

  1. A. is more conservative
  2. B. neglects the effect of forces acting on the sides of the slices
  3. C. assumes the slip surface as an arc of a circle
  4. D. all of the above
Report Error