A. is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
B. is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
C. decreases with increase in normal stress
D. decreases with decrease in normal stress
Related Mcqs:
- Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________?
A. effective stress only
B. total stress only
C. both effective stress and total stress
D. none of the above - In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on__________________?
A. horizontal plane only
B. vertical plane only
C. both horizontal and vertical planes
D. all planes except horizontal and vertical planes - 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 - Unconfmed compressive strength test is________________?
A. undrained test
B. drained test
C. consolidated undrained test
D. consolidated drained test - Which of the following types of soil is transported by gravitational forces ?
A. loess
B. talus
C. drift
D. dune sand - For proper field control, which of the following methods is best suited for quick determination of water content of a soil mass ?
A. oven drying method
B. sand bath method
C. alcohol method
D. calcium carbide method - Sand particles are made of________________?
A. rock minerals
B. kaolinite
C. illite
D. montmorillonite - 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 - 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 - Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is__________________?
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
