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_______________?

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1. 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___________________?

   A. 15 mm
   B. 30 mm
   C. 50 mm
   D. 167 mm

2. 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

3. Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by________________?

   A. 25%
   B. 50%
   C. 75%
   D. 90%

4. The major principal stress in an element of cohesionless soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is________________?

   A. vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium
   B. vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium
   C. inclined at 45° to the vertical plane
   D. none of the above

5. 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

6. 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

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. A soil has a bulk density of 22 kN/m3 and water content 10 %. The dry density of soil is_______________?

   A. 18.6 kN/m3
   B. 20.0 kN/m3
   C. 22.0 kN/m3
   D. 23.2 kN/m3

9. If the permeability of a soil is 0.8 mm/sec, the type of soil is_______________?

   A. gravel
   B. sand
   C. silt
   D. clay

10. 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