1. The method of the slices is applicable to

2. When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

3. The phreatic line in an earth dam may be

4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

5. The shearing strength of a cohesion-less soil depends upon

6. According to IS : 2720 - 1965, the composition of a dispersing solution used in pipette analysis for determining the size of particles, is

7. Cohesive soils are generally

8. The inventor of the term soil mechanics, was

9. Compression of soil occurs rapidly if voids are filled with

10. If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as

11. A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the degree of saturation, is

12. For slopes of limited extent the surface of slippage, is usually along

13. For a base failure of a slope, depth factor

14. A critical hydraulic gradient may occur when

15. Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between

16. The minimum depth of building foundations on

17. The ratio of the undrained strength in the undrained state to the undrained strength, at the same water content, in the remoulded state, is called the sensivity of the clay. Its value for quick clays is

18. The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil 20 (g) is 1600 g. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighs 1500 g. The specific gravity of the soil, is

19. he consolidation time for soils

20. The zero atmospheric pressure is at

21. A soil mass coated with a thin layer of paraffin weighs 460 g. When immersed, it displaces 299 cc of water. The weight of paraffin is 10 g. If specific gravity of solids is 2.5 and that of paraffin 0.9, the void ratio of soil, is

22. Pick up the incorrect definition from the following:

23. In a fow net

24. The ratio of the volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of its voids, is known

25. Stoke's law does not hold good if the size of particle is smaller than

26. In a purely cohesive soil, the critical centre lies at the intersection of

27. The angle of internal friction, is least for

28. In non-cohesive soil in passive state of plastic equilibrium

29. In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface

30. The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed

31. Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported and redeposited by

32. The consistency index of a soil is defined as the ratio of

33. The shear strength in plastic undrained clay, is due to

34. A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be

35. A saturated soil sample has water content of 40% and specific gravity of soil particles 2.7. The void ratio of the soil, is

36. For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is

37. The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, increases with

38. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

39. The shear strength of a soil

40. The property of a soil which permits water to percolate through it, is called

41. The triaxial apparatus is usually used for

42. A pycnometer is used to determine