All India SSC JE 2017 Civil Engineering - Quiz 17

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Question 1

Coefficient of permeability of soil varies approximately as

• A(D₁₀)²
• B(D₁₀)^1/2
• C(D₁₀)³
• D(D₁₀)^3/2

Question 2

The flow in a river is 1500 cumecs. A distorted model is built with horizontal scale of 1/150 and vertical scale of 1/25. The flow rate in the model should be

• A0.04 m³s^-1
• B0.06 m³s^-1
• C0.08 m³s^-1
• D0.10 m³s^-1

Question 3

A footing is resting on fully saturated clayey strata. For checking the initial stability, shear parameters are used from which one of the following

• AConsolidated non-drained tests
• BUnconsolidated drained tests
• CUnconsolidated non-drained tests
• DUnconsolidated non-drained tests with pore pressure measurement

Question 4

In a plane stress problem, there are normal tensile stresses and with accompanied by shear stress at a point in the x-y plane. If it is observed that the minimum principal stress on a certain section is zero, then

• A
• B
• C
• D

Question 5

When the higher values are inside the loop, it indicates a

• AHill
• Bpond
• Csloping ground
• Dflat ground

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