A. less than active earth pressure but greater than passive earth pressure
B. greater than active earth pressure but less than passive earth pressure
C. greater than both the active earth pressure and passive earth pressure
D. less than both the active and passive earth pressures
Related Mcqs:
- The coefficient of active earth pressure for a loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is___________________?
A. 1/3
B. 3
C. 1
D. 1/2 - Clay layer A with single drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv takes 6 months to achieve 50% consolidation. The time taken by clay layer B of the same thickness with double drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv/2 to achieve the same degree of consolidation is_________________?
A. 3 months
B. 6 months
C. 12 months
D. 24 months - Uniformity coefficient of a soil is__________________?
A. always less than 1
B. always equal to 1
C. equal to or less than 1
D. equal to or gi eater than 1 - During the first stage of triaxial test when the cell pressure is increased from 0.10 N/mm2 to 0.26 N/mm2, the pore water pressure increases from 0.07 N/mm2 to 0.15 “N/mm2. Skempton’s pore pressure parameter B is___________________?
A. 0.5
B. -0.5
C. 2.0
D. – 2.0 - Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is________________?
A. 1
B. zero
C. between 0 and 1
D. greater than 1 - Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that the back of the wall is_______________?
A. plane and smooth
B. plane and rough
C. vertical and smooth
D. vertical and rough - A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of_________________?
A. 7°
B. 10°
C. 12°
D. 17° - In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as__________________?
A. consolidated drained test
B. consolidated undrained test
C. unconsolidated drained test
D. unconsolidated undrained test - The flownet for an earthen dam with 30 m water depth consists of 25 potential drops and 5 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of dam material is 0.03 mm/sec. The discharge per meter length of dam is________________?
A. 0.00018 nrVsec
B. 0.0045 m3/sec
C. 0.18m3/sec
D. 0.1125m3/sec - Coefficient of compressibility is_______________?
A. constant for any type of soil
B. different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
C. different for different types of soils but same for a soil under different states of consolidation
D. independent of type of soil but depends on the stress history of soil
