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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A clay is not said to be ___________ if it has been subjected to a pressure in excess of its present overburden pressure. |
| A. | normally consolidated |
| B. | pre-consolidated |
| C. | over- consolidated |
| D. | pre- compressed |
| Answer» B. pre-consolidated | |
| 2. |
Pre-consolidated pressure is the pressure subjected in ________ |
| A. | past |
| B. | present but not future |
| C. | future but not present |
| D. | present but not past |
| Answer» B. present but not future | |
| 3. |
The soil deposits may be divided into _________ classes according to consolidation theory. |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 4. |
The temporary over burden pressure to which a soil has been subjected and under which it got consolidated is known as ________ |
| A. | normally consolidation pressure |
| B. | pre- consolidation pressure |
| C. | under- consolidation pressure |
| D. | pre- compression pressure |
| Answer» C. under- consolidation pressure | |
| 5. |
The example of pre-consolidation pressure is _____________ |
| A. | ice sheet or glacier |
| B. | desert soil |
| C. | sea soil |
| D. | marine soil |
| Answer» B. desert soil | |