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This section includes 99 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geotechnical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In the process of pile foundation, boring is done with the help of _________ |
| A. | Boring guide |
| B. | Under-reamer |
| C. | Spiral auger |
| D. | Pile beams |
| Answer» D. Pile beams | |
| 2. |
The base of an vibro-pile should be in the shape of ___________ |
| A. | Conical shoe |
| B. | Mushroom |
| C. | Sphere |
| D. | Rectangle |
| Answer» B. Mushroom | |
| 3. |
There are __________ types of bored piles. |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Pile groups in under-reamed pile foundation can be tested by means of _________ |
| A. | Free standing piles and Pile foundation |
| B. | Cannot be tested |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Cannot be tested | |
| 5. |
The dimension of the bulb in an under-reamed pile can be checked by __________ |
| A. | Meter scale |
| B. | G.I pipe assembly |
| C. | Auger |
| D. | Under-reamer |
| Answer» C. Auger | |
| 6. |
The equipment required for construction of a under-reamed pile is________ |
| A. | Auger boring guide |
| B. | Spiral auger |
| C. | Concreting funnel |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which of the following pile is used, when the ground is soft? |
| A. | Franki pile |
| B. | Simplex pile |
| C. | Vibro-piles |
| D. | Pedestal piles |
| Answer» D. Pedestal piles | |
| 8. |
The Raymond standard pile is used primarily as a________ |
| A. | Compaction pile |
| B. | Tension pile |
| C. | Friction pile |
| D. | End bearing pile |
| Answer» D. End bearing pile | |
| 9. |
The bearing capacity of vibro-pile can be increased by ________ |
| A. | Increasing its diameter |
| B. | Elongation of the pile |
| C. | By using cone-shape base at the bottom |
| D. | By adding more load |
| Answer» B. Elongation of the pile | |
| 10. |
Raymond concrete pile is reinforced with _________ |
| A. | Corrugated steel shell |
| B. | Steel mandrel |
| C. | Steel bars |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Steel mandrel | |
| 11. |
In bored pile, concreting is done by using ___________ |
| A. | Auger |
| B. | Casing tube |
| C. | Under-reamer |
| D. | Concrete plug |
| Answer» C. Under-reamer | |
| 12. |
The uncased cast-in-situ piles can be used only in the condition, where _______ |
| A. | Water should not fall in the hole and Adjacent pile will not damage the concrete |
| B. | Seasonal condition change |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Seasonal condition change | |
| 13. |
If tamping of concrete is provided at regular intervals in a simplex pile, it is called as ________ |
| A. | Simplex standard pile |
| B. | Simplex tamped pile |
| C. | Tamped standard pie |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 14. |
The type of cased piles used in soil, where the driving is very hard? |
| A. | McArthur cased pile |
| B. | Raymond standard pile |
| C. | Western button bottom piles |
| D. | Swage pile |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Modern pile driving method was first invented by ___________ |
| A. | Romans |
| B. | Nasmyth |
| C. | Terzaghi |
| D. | Vitruvious |
| Answer» C. Terzaghi | |
| 16. |
The types of hammer used for driving piles are ___________ |
| A. | Drop hammer |
| B. | Diesel hammer |
| C. | Vibratory hammer |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
If a hammer is raised by steam and allowed to fall by gravity on top of the pile, it is called as________ |
| A. | Diesel hammer |
| B. | Vibratory hammer |
| C. | Single acting hammer |
| D. | Drop hammer |
| Answer» D. Drop hammer | |
| 18. |
Piles are commonly driven in to ground by means of special device called __________ |
| A. | Pile driver and Hammer |
| B. | Driller |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Driller | |
| 19. |
Which of the following are some of the commonly used dynamic formula? |
| A. | Engineers News formula and Hiley’s formula |
| B. | Static formula |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Static formula | |
| 20. |
The greater objection to any of the pile driving formulae is _________ |
| A. | Uncertainty in relation between dynamic and static resistance |
| B. | Shear strength of the soil |
| C. | Uncertainty in the allowable pressure |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Shear strength of the soil | |
| 21. |
The static formula is based on the assumption that the ultimate bearing capacity Qup is equal to ___________ |
| A. | Rf + Qa |
| B. | Rf + Rp |
| C. | As + Ap |
| D. | Q up / F |
| Answer» C. As + Ap | |
| 22. |
Dynamic formula does not indicate about _________ |
| A. | Temporary change in soil structure and Future settlement |
| B. | Allowable load |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Allowable load | |
| 23. |
The dynamic formula is valueless for which of the following type of soil? |
| A. | Loose sand |
| B. | Saturated soil |
| C. | Clay soil |
| D. | Compacted soil |
| Answer» D. Compacted soil | |
| 24. |
The area of the pile group along the failure surface is equal to __________ |
| A. | Perimeter × Area of cross section |
| B. | Breadth × Length |
| C. | Perimeter × Length |
| D. | Perimeter/area of cross section |
| Answer» D. Perimeter/area of cross section | |
| 25. |
The pile spacing of each pile is taken as __________ diameter of the pile. |
| A. | Four |
| B. | Five |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Ten |
| Answer» D. Ten | |
| 26. |
The downward drag acting on a pile due to the movement of the surrounding is called ________ |
| A. | Skin friction |
| B. | Negative skin friction |
| C. | Frictional force |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Frictional force | |
| 27. |
In which of the following rule, the value of each pile is reduced by one-sixteenth? |
| A. | Converse Labarre formulae |
| B. | Feld’s formulae |
| C. | Seiler-Keeney formulae |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Seiler-Keeney formulae | |
| 28. |
The equation used for determining the bearing capacity of a group of friction piles is __________ |
| A. | Qup = Rf + Rp |
| B. | Qug = n Qup . ηg |
| C. | Qug = n Qup / ηg |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Qug = n Qup / ηg | |
| 29. |
The settlement of a group of friction piles can be computed on the assumption that ________ |
| A. | Clay is incompressible |
| B. | Pile below the lower level is ignored |
| C. | Bearing resistance is zero |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Pile below the lower level is ignored | |
| 30. |
The type of bored pile that is suitable for congestion sites? |
| A. | Under-reamed piles |
| B. | Bored compaction piles |
| C. | Pressure piles |
| D. | Simplex piles |
| Answer» D. Simplex piles | |
| 31. |
In pressure piles, the soil is excavated by _________ |
| A. | Casing tube |
| B. | Under-reamer |
| C. | Concrete plug |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Concrete plug | |
| 32. |
The bearing value of the pressure pile can be increased by which of the following? |
| A. | Cement grout |
| B. | Increasing diameter |
| C. | Changing the shape of base |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Increasing diameter | |
| 33. |
Composite piles are suitable for ______________ |
| A. | Maximum design load |
| B. | Project above the water table |
| C. | Compacting the soil |
| D. | Protect water front structures |
| Answer» C. Compacting the soil | |
| 34. |
When the under-reamed pile has only one bulb, it is called _________ |
| A. | Multi-under reamed pile |
| B. | Single-under reamed pile |
| C. | Unique-under reamed pile |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Unique-under reamed pile | |
| 35. |
Under-reamed pile foundation is most suitable for ___________ type of condition. |
| A. | Seasonal moisture change |
| B. | Dry conditioned soil |
| C. | Cohesive type of soil |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Dry conditioned soil | |
| 36. |
A Factor of safety that should be adopted for finding an allowable load for a pile is _________ |
| A. | 2.5 and 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 37. |
The load carrying capacity of a pile can be determined by which of the following methods? |
| A. | Dynamic formulae |
| B. | Static formulae |
| C. | Plate load test |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Cast-in-situ piles may be classified in to ________ classes. |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Eight |
| C. | Two |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» D. Four | |
| 39. |
Routine tests are usually carried out on _________ |
| A. | Test piles |
| B. | Working piles |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. None of the mentioned | |
| 40. |
Dynamic formulae are best suited for _________ type of soil. |
| A. | Fine grained soil |
| B. | Coarse grained soil |
| C. | Cohesive soil |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Cohesive soil | |
| 41. |
For pile in cohesive soil __________ is neglected for individual pile action. |
| A. | Frictional resistance |
| B. | Surface area of pile |
| C. | Shear strength of soil |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Shear strength of soil | |
| 42. |
The grade beams are designed for a maximum bending moment of _________ if the beams are supported. |
| A. | (wL2)/50 |
| B. | (wL2)/30 |
| C. | (wL2) |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. (wL2)/30 | |
| 43. |
When a pile hammer hits the pile, the total driving energy is equal to _________ |
| A. | Weight of hammer times the height of drop |
| B. | Weight of the ram time times the height of the stroke |
| C. | Sum of the impact of the ram |
| D. | Sum of the impact of ram plus the energy delivered by explosion |
| Answer» B. Weight of the ram time times the height of the stroke | |
| 44. |
A major difference between the procedure of construction in bored piles and cast-in-situ driving piles is ___________ |
| A. | Driving equipment |
| B. | Method of driving |
| C. | Concrete filling |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Method of driving | |
| 45. |
The types of uncased piles used are __________ |
| A. | Swage pile |
| B. | McArthur cased pile |
| C. | Simplex pile |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 46. |
In dynamic formulae what are the energy losses, that is not accounted? |
| A. | Energy Loss due to vibration and Energy loss due to heat |
| B. | Frictional loss |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Frictional loss | |
| 47. |
Who was the first to develop a method for placing cast-in-situ concrete piles? |
| A. | McArthur |
| B. | A.M. Wellington |
| C. | Raymond |
| D. | Hiley |
| Answer» D. Hiley | |
| 48. |
The test which can be used for separating load carried by the pile is _________ |
| A. | Cyclic load test |
| B. | Pile load test |
| C. | Penetration test |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Pile load test | |
| 49. |
The types of Raymond concrete piles in use are __________ |
| A. | Raymond standard concrete pile and Raymond step-taper pile |
| B. | Raymond cased pile |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Raymond cased pile | |
| 50. |
The result of Dutch cone penetration test can be applied to determine _________ |
| A. | Ultimate skin fraction |
| B. | Total ultimate point |
| C. | Ultimate bearing capacity |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |