A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is___________________?

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1. A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is_______________?

   A. 15 mm
   B. between 15 mm and 25 mm
   C. 25 mm
   D. greater than 25 mm

2. 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

3. In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be_________________?

   A. less than 300 mm
   B. between 300 mm and 750 mm
   C. between 750 mm and 1 m
   D. greater than 1 m

4. Contact pressure beneath a rigid footing resting on cohesive soil is_________________?

   A. less at edges compared to middle
   B. more at edges compared to middle
   C. uniform throughout
   D. none of the above

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

   A. 90°
   B. 45°
   C. 22.5°
   D. 0°

6. Terzaghi’s general bearing capacity formula for a strip footing (C Nc + y D Nq + 0.5 Y NTB. gives______________?

   A. safe bearing capacity
   B. net safe bearing capacity
   C. ultimate bearing capacity
   D. net ultimate bearing capacity where C = unit cohesion

   Y =unit weight of soil D = depth of foundation B = width of foundation N„ Nq, NY = bearing capacity factors

7. The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is________________?

   A. directly proportional to the voids ratio
   B. directly proportional to the compression index
   C. inversely proportional to the compression index
   D. none of the above

8. The most suitable method for drainage of fine grained cohesive soils is________________?

   A. well ppint system
   B. vacuum method
   C. deep well system
   D. electroosmosis method

9. The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing_______________?

   A. cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance
   B. cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
   C. effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance
   D. effective angle of shearing resistance

10. A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively______________________?

    A. 0.5 N/mm2 and 30°
    B. 0.05 N/mm2 and 0°
    C. 0.2 N/mm2 and 0°
    D. 0.05 N/mm2 and 45°