A. well ppint system
B. vacuum method
C. deep well system
D. electroosmosis method
Related Mcqs:
- For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as____________________?
A. dry of OMC and wet of OMC
B. wet of OMC and dry of OMC
C. wet of OMC and wet of OMC
D. dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content - 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 - Which of the following methods is best suited for determination of permeability of coarse-grained soils ?
A. constant head method
B. falling head method
C. both the above
D. none of the above - Coarse grained soils are best compacted by a_______________?
A. drum roller
B. rubber tyred roller
C. sheep’s foot roller
D. vibratory roller - 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° - 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 - 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 - 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 - At liquid limit, all soils possess________________?
A. same shear strength of small magnitude
B. same shear strength of large magnitude
C. different shear strengths of small magnitude
D. different shear strengths of large magnitude - Highway Research Board (HRB) classification of soils is based on__________________?
A. particle size composition
B. plasticity characteristics
C. both particle size composition and plasticity characteristics
D. none of the above
