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The document contains 21 multiple choice questions about soil exploration techniques, foundation types, retaining walls, and their design considerations. Some key points covered include: - The purpose of soil exploration is to select foundation types and depths. - Standard penetration and vane shear tests are used to measure strength of soils like sands and clays. - Sample area ratios should be less than 10% for undisturbed soil samples. - Deep foundations are used when soils are weak or loads are too high for shallow foundations. - Design of foundations requires bearing capacity and settlement to be within permissible limits.

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Soil Question

The document contains 21 multiple choice questions about soil exploration techniques, foundation types, retaining walls, and their design considerations. Some key points covered include: - The purpose of soil exploration is to select foundation types and depths. - Standard penetration and vane shear tests are used to measure strength of soils like sands and clays. - Sample area ratios should be less than 10% for undisturbed soil samples. - Deep foundations are used when soils are weak or loads are too high for shallow foundations. - Design of foundations requires bearing capacity and settlement to be within permissible limits.

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1. One of the following is the main purpose of soil exploration?

A. Selection of alternative construction sites or the choice of the most economical sites.
B. Selection of alternative types or depth of foundation.
C. Selection of alternative methods of construction.
D. All
2. The standard penetration test is useful to measure:
A. Shear strength of soft clays
B. Shear strength of sands
C. Consistency of clays
D. None of above
3. For an undisturbed sample, the area ratio of the samples should be:
A. Zero
B. 10% or less
C. 10% to 20%
D. More than 20%
4. In-situ vane shear test is used to measure shear strength of:
A. Very soft and sensitive clays
B. Stiff and fissured clays
C. Sands soils
D. All the above
5. Methods of determining the stratification and engineering characteristics of sub-surface are:
A. Test pits and geophysical methods
B. Boring and sampling
C. Field tests and laboratory tests
D. All
6. If the actual value of the standard penetration number (N) is greater than 15 for fine sands
below water table, the corrected value of N is:

A. 15 + ( N +15
2 )

B. 15 - (
2 )
N +15
C. 15 + ( )N−15
2

D. 15 + (
2 )
15−N

7. Trapezoidal combined footings are required when:


A. The space outside the exterior column is limited
B. The exterior columns is heavier
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) and (B)
8. For what purpose the foundations are used?
A. To distribute the load of the structure over a large bearing area
B. To load the bearing surface at a uniform rate so as to prevent unequal settlement.
C. To prevent the lateral movement of the supporting material.
D. All
9. For the design of a strap footing, the following assumption is not made:
A. The strap is perfectly rigid
B. The soil pressure varies linearly
C. The interior footing is centrally loaded
D. The strap is not subjected to any direct soil pressure
10. For what case deep foundation is used over shallow foundation?
A. When the upper ground stratum at a site is weak
B. When the loads are unable to carry by a raft foundation,
C. When the water table is near to ground surface
D. All
11. A shallow foundation is usually defined as a foundation which has:
A. Depth less than 0.6m
B. Depth less than its width
C. Depth less than 1.0m
D. None of above
12. One of the following is not the type of shallow foundations:
A. Spread or Isolated footings
B. Combined footing
C. Pile foundation
D. Raft foundation
13. For what case combined footing is used over isolated footing?
A. To supports two or sometimes three column in a row.
B. Is used when property lines and equipment locations,
C. Column spacing or other considerations limit the footing clearance at the column
locations.
D. All
14. The requirements in design of foundations are:
A. The pressure on the soil should not exceed the bearing capacity of the soil.
B. The settlement of the structure should be within the permissible limits.
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) and (B)
15. In the selection of the foundation type what type of criteria must be considered?
A. Function of the structure
B. Loads it must carry
C. Subsurface conditions
D. All
16. The minimum allowable factor of safety against sliding in the case of a cantilever retaining
wall is:
A. 2.0
B. 3.0
C. 1.50
D. 2.50
17. Two footings, one circular and the other strip, are founded on the surface of a purely
cohesionless soil. Diameter of circular footing and the width of circular footing is the same.
Then, the ratio of ultimate capacity of circular to strip footing is:
A. 0.75
B. 0.60
C. 1.20
D. 1.33
18. One of the following is true about gravity retaining walls:
A. Made of plain concrete or stone masonry
B. Depends upon its weight for stability
C. Economically used for walls less than 6m high
D. All
19. In the case of a counterfort retaining wall, the toe slab acts as a:
A. Cantilever
B. Continuous slab
C. Simply supported slab
D. None of above
20. The yield of a retaining wall required to reach plastic equilibrium in active case is:
A. More than that in the passive case
B. Less than that in the passive case
C. Equal to that in the passive case
D. None of above
21. Retaining walls should be designed to provide adequate stability against:
A. Sliding
B. Overturning
C. Foundation bearing failure and overall or deep foundation failure
D. All

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