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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about bearing capacity failure of footings. The questions cover topics like failure mechanisms, effects of water table, shear failure patterns between footings and ground surface, adopted bearing capacity equations, development of plastic equilibrium in local shear failures, density thresholds for punching shear in loose sand, modifications to bearing capacity equations based on footing shape, accounting for water table effects through a correction factor, and limitations of Terzaghi's bearing capacity equation.

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Assignment-3question and Solution

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about bearing capacity failure of footings. The questions cover topics like failure mechanisms, effects of water table, shear failure patterns between footings and ground surface, adopted bearing capacity equations, development of plastic equilibrium in local shear failures, density thresholds for punching shear in loose sand, modifications to bearing capacity equations based on footing shape, accounting for water table effects through a correction factor, and limitations of Terzaghi's bearing capacity equation.

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1.

When a footing fails due to insufficient bearing capacity, distinct failure patterns
are developed depending upon_________
a) Failure mechanism
b) Plastic equilibrium
c) Shear strength
d) All of the mentioned
Answer:a

2. When the water table is above the base of the footing, the submerged weight ‘γ’
can be used to compute__________
a) Effective pressure and Surcharge
b) Pore pressure
c) None of the mentioned
d) Both (a) and ( b).

Answer: a

3. In general shear failure, continuous failure is developed


between______________
a) Ground surface and footing
b) Edge of the footing and ground surface
c) Foundation and the ground surface
d) None of the mentioned
Answer:b

4. The equation Nc = (Nq – 1) cot φ, have been adopted by___________


a) Terzaghi and Peck
b) Hansen
c) Vesic
d) All of the mentioned
Answer:d

5. In local shear failure, the development of plastic equilibrium is______________


a) Full
b) Partial
c) Zero
d) None of the mentioned
Answer:b

6. Punching shear may occur in loose sand with density less than___________
a) 45 %
b) 50 %
c) 35 %
d) 20 %
Answer:c

7. The bearing capacity equation for strip footing as given IS standard, can be
modified on the basis of___________
a) Shape of the footing
b) Type of soil
c) Bearing capacity
d) All of the mentioned.

Answer:a

8. The effect of water table is taken into account for bearing capacity in the form
of___________
a) Depth factor
b) Inclination factor
c) Correction factor
d) Shape factor

Answer:c

9. An analysis of the condition of complete bearing capacity failure is usually


termed as___________
a) General shear failure
b) Terzaghi’s analysis
c) Bearing failure
d) All of the mentioned

Answer:a
10. Terzaghi’s bearing capacity equation is not applicable for____________
a) Depth effect and Inclination factor
b) Narrow slope
c) None of the mentioned
d) Both (a) and (b).

Answer:a

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