In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on (A) Horizontal plane only (B) Vertical plane only (C) Both horizontal and vertical planes (D) All planes except horizontal and vertical planes

In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on
the soil specimen produces shear stress on
(A) Horizontal plane only
(B) Vertical plane only
(C) Both horizontal and vertical planes
(D) All planes except horizontal and vertical planes
by

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(D) All planes except horizontal and vertical planes
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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test (B) An unconfined compression test is a special case of direct shear test (C) The confining pressure is maximum during an unconfined compression test (D) The cylindrical specimen of a soil is subjected to major principal stress till it fails due to shearing along the plane of the failure

Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test (B) An unconfined compression test is a special case of direct ... subjected to major principal stress till it fails due to shearing along the plane of the failure

Last Answer : Option A

In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as (A) Consolidated drained test (B) Consolidated undrained test (C) Unconsolidated drained test (D) Unconsolidated undrained test

Description : In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator ... test (B) Consolidated undrained test (C) Unconsolidated drained test (D) Unconsolidated undrained test

Last Answer : (B) Consolidated undrained test

A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m² when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively (A) 0.5 N/mm² and 30° (B) 0.05 N/mm² and 0° (C) 0.2 N/mm² and 0° (D) 0.05 N/mm² and 45°

Description : A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m² when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of ... N/mm² and 0° (C) 0.2 N/mm² and 0° (D) 0.05 N/mm² and 45°

Last Answer : Answer: Option B

Select the incorrect statement. (A) In a direct shear box test, the plane of shear failure is predetermined (B) Better control is achieved on the drainage of the soil in a triaxial compression test (C) Stress distribution on the failure plane in the case of triaxial compression test is uniform (D) Unconfined compression test can be carried out on all types of soils

Description : Select the incorrect statement. (A) In a direct shear box test, the plane of shear failure is predetermined (B) Better control is achieved on the drainage of the soil in a triaxial compression ... compression test is uniform (D) Unconfined compression test can be carried out on all types of soils

Last Answer : Answer: Option D

For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because (A) It can be performed under all three drainage conditions (B) Precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible (C) Stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform (D) All the above

Description : For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because (A) It can be performed under all three drainage conditions (B) Precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible (C) Stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform (D) All the above

Last Answer : (D) All the above

A triaxial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because (A) It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control (B) Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible (C) Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform (D) None of these

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Last Answer : Answer: Option A

For the determination of shear strength parameters, c and , of soil in the laboratory, the test to be conducted will be (a) Triaxial compression test (b) Sieve analysis (c) Compaction test (d) Relative density test

Description : For the determination of shear strength parameters, c and , of soil in the laboratory, the test to be conducted will be (a) Triaxial compression test (b) Sieve analysis (c) Compaction test (d) Relative density test

Last Answer : (a) Triaxial compression test

Ellipse of stress is used to find a. Resultant stress on any plane in a bi-axial stress system b. Resultant stress on any plane in a general two dimensional system c. Maximum shear stress d. Location of planes of maximum shear stress

Description : Ellipse of stress is used to find a. Resultant stress on any plane in a bi-axial stress system b. Resultant stress on any plane in a general two dimensional system c. Maximum shear stress d. Location of planes of maximum shear stress

Last Answer : a. Resultant stress on any plane in a bi-axial stress system

For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is (A) Direct shear test (B) Triaxial compression test (C) Unconfined compression test (D) All the above

Description : For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is (A) Direct shear test (B) Triaxial compression test (C) Unconfined compression test (D) All the above

Last Answer : Answer: Option C

AA saturated clay is to be tested for shearing strength. Which test should be recommended? a) Direct shear test b) Triaxial shear test c) Vane shear test d) Unconfined compression*

Description : A saturated clay is to be tested for shearing strength. Which test should be recommended? a) Direct shear test b) Triaxial shear test c) Vane shear test d) Unconfined compression*

Last Answer : d) Unconfined compression*

If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is (A) 90° (B) 45° (C) 22.5° (D) 0

Description : If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is (A) 90° (B) 45° (C) 22.5° (D) 0

Last Answer : (B) 45°

The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage: (A) Drain condition cannot be controlled (B) Pore water pressure cannot be measured (C) Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform (D) The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test

Description : The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage: (A) Drain condition cannot be controlled (B) Pore water pressure cannot be measured (C) Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform (D) The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test

Last Answer : Answer: Option C

The shear reinforcement in R.C.C. is provided to resist (A) Vertical shear (B) Horizontal shear (C) Diagonal compression (D) Diagonal tension

Description : The shear reinforcement in R.C.C. is provided to resist (A) Vertical shear (B) Horizontal shear (C) Diagonal compression (D) Diagonal tension

Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Wahl suggested the correction in the stress factor to account for a. the additional transverse shear stress b. stress concentration c. fatigue stress d. axial stress

Description : Wahl suggested the correction in the stress factor to account for a. the additional transverse shear stress b. stress concentration c. fatigue stress d. axial stress

Last Answer : b. stress concentration

Through a point in a loaded soil mass, there exists typical planes mutually orthogonal on which the stress is wholly normal and no shear stress acts, if is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Description : Through a point in a loaded soil mass, there exists typical planes mutually orthogonal on which the stress is wholly normal and no shear stress acts, if is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Last Answer : Answer: Option C

When the helical compression spring is subjected to axial compressive force, the type of stress induced in the spring wire is, (A) Tensile stress (B) Compressive stress (C) Bending stress (D) Torsional shear stress

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Last Answer : (D) Torsional shear stress

Wahl’s stress concentration factor is used in close coiled springs under axial load to account for (a) Shear effect (b) Bending effect (c) Compression effect (d) none

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Last Answer : (b) Bending effect

In a square beam loaded longitudinally, shear develops (A) On middle fibre along horizontal plane (B) On lower fibre along horizontal plane (C) On top fibre along vertical plane (D) Equally on each fibre along horizontal plane

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Last Answer : (D) Equally on each fibre along horizontal plane (D) Equally on each fibre along horizontal plane

Angle of obliquity is defined as a. Angle between the plane on which stresses are evaluated and one of the given planes b. Angle between resultant stress and the plane of given normal stress c. Angle between resultant stress and shear stress d. Angle between resultant stress and normal stress

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What is the value of shear stress acting on a plane of circular bar which is subjected to axial tensile load of 100 kN? (Diamet a. 58.73 Mpa b. 40.23 Mpa c. 39.60 Mpa d. Insufficient data

Description : What is the value of shear stress acting on a plane of circular bar which is subjected to axial tensile load of 100 kN? (Diamet a. 58.73 Mpa b. 40.23 Mpa c. 39.60 Mpa d. Insufficient data

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The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90

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Last Answer : (B) 45°

In a perfect prismatic compass (A) Magnetic axis and geometric axis of the needle coincide (B) Ends of the needle and pivot are in same vertical and horizontal planes (C) Pivot is vertically over the centre of the graduated circle (D) All the above

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Rankine's theory of active earth pressure assumes (A) Soil mass is homogeneous, dry and cohesionless (B) Ground surface is a plane which may be horizontal or inclined (C) Back of the wall is vertical and smooth (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option A

The base of a column is subjected to moment. If the intensity of bearing pressure due to axial load is equal to stress due to moment, then the bearing pressure between the base and the concrete is (a) Uniform compression throughout (b) Zero at one end and compression at the other end (c) Tension at one end and compression at the other end (d) Compression, verying as a parabolic profile

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Last Answer : (b) Zero at one end and compression at the other end

The behaviour of a metal specimen, which when plastically strained in tension reduces its yield stress in compression and vice versa; is termed as the (A) Work hardening (B) Bauschinger effect (C) Creeping effect (D) Stress recovery effect

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Last Answer : (B) Bauschinger effect

A diagram which shows the variations of the axial load for all sections of the span of a beam, is called (A) Bending moment diagram (B) Shear force diagram (C) Thrust diagram (D) Stress diagram

Description : A diagram which shows the variations of the axial load for all sections of the span of a beam, is called (A) Bending moment diagram (B) Shear force diagram (C) Thrust diagram (D) Stress diagram

Last Answer : Answer: Option C

In non-cohesive soil in passive state of plastic equilibrium (A) Major principal stress is horizontal (B) Minor principal stress is vertical (C) Major principal stress is vertical (D) Minor and major principal stresses are equally inclined to the horizontal

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Last Answer : (B) Minor principal stress is vertical

In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface (A) Major principal stress is horizontal (B) Minor principal stress is vertical (C) Major principal stress is vertical (D) Minor and major principal stresses are equally inclined to horizontal

Description : In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface (A) Major principal stress is horizontal (B) Minor principal stress is vertical (C) Major principal stress is vertical (D) Minor and major principal stresses are equally inclined to horizontal

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A force 2P is acting on the double transverse fillet weld. Leg of weld is h and length l. Determine the shear stress in a plane inclined at θ with horizontal. a) PSinθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl b) P(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl c) Pcosθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl d) None of the listed

Description : A force 2P is acting on the double transverse fillet weld. Leg of weld is h and length l. Determine the shear stress in a plane inclined at θ with horizontal. a) PSinθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl b) P(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl c) Pcosθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl d) None of the listed

Last Answer : a) PSinθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl

A force 2P is acting on the double transverse fillet weld. Leg of weld is h and length l. Determine the shear stress in a plane inclined at θ with horizontal. a) PSinθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl b) P(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl c) Pcosθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl d) None of the listed

Description : A force 2P is acting on the double transverse fillet weld. Leg of weld is h and length l. Determine the shear stress in a plane inclined at θ with horizontal. a) PSinθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl b) P(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl c) Pcosθ(Sinθ+Cosθ)/hl d) None of the listed

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The diaphragm of a stadia theodolite is fitted with two additional (A) Horizontal hairs (B) Vertical hairs (C) Horizontal and two vertical hairs (D) None of these

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Last Answer : (A) Horizontal hairs

The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is (A) Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium (B) Vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium (C) Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane (D) None of the above

Description : The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is (A) Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium (B) Vertical if the ... state of plastic equilibrium (C) Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane (D) None of the above

Last Answer : Answer: Option A

The truss element can deform only in the a.vertical direction b.horizontal direction c.inclined direction d.axial direction

Description : The truss element can deform only in the a.vertical direction b.horizontal direction c.inclined direction d.axial direction

Last Answer : d.axial direction

A open helical spring under axial torque is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Description : A open helical spring under axial torque is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Last Answer : d) None

A closed helical spring under axial torque is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Description : A closed helical spring under axial torque is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Last Answer : (c) Bending

A closed helical spring under axial load is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Description : A closed helical spring under axial load is designed on the basis of (a) Shear (b) Compression (c) Bending (d) None

Last Answer : (a) Shear

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Isotropic consolidation of clay can be obtained in the triaxial apparatus under equal all￾round pressure (B) If the present effective stress is the maximum to which the clay has ever been subjected, it is called normally consolidated clay (C) If the present effective stress in the past was more than present effective stress, it is called over-consolidated clay (D) All the above

Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Isotropic consolidation of clay can be obtained in the triaxial apparatus under equal all￾round pressure (B) If the present effective stress is the ... more than present effective stress, it is called over-consolidated clay (D) All the above

Last Answer : Answer: Option D

A beam is a structural member which is subjected to (a) Axial tension or compression (b) Transverse loads and couples (c) Twisting moment (d) No load, but its axis should be horizontal and x-section rectangular or circular

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Last Answer : b) Transverse loads and couples

On the sea shore structures, the water wave impact causes (A) Direct compressive force due to its horizontal component (B) Shear force due to deflected vertical force (C) Compressive force due to collapse of the wave (D) All of the above

Description : On the sea shore structures, the water wave impact causes (A) Direct compressive force due to its horizontal component (B) Shear force due to deflected vertical force (C) Compressive force due to collapse of the wave (D) All of the above

Last Answer : (D) All of the above

A close coiled spring under axial load produces (a) Bending stresses (b) Shear stresses (c) Tensile stresses (d) None

Description : A close coiled spring under axial load produces (a) Bending stresses (b) Shear stresses (c) Tensile stresses (d) None

Last Answer : (b) Shear stresses

In a general two dimensional stress system, there are a. Two principal planes b. Only one plane c. Three principal planes d. No principal plane

Description : In a general two dimensional stress system, there are a. Two principal planes b. Only one plane c. Three principal planes d. No principal plane

Last Answer : a. Two principal planes

When a rectangular beam is loaded longitudinally, shear develops on (A) Bottom fibre (B) Top fibre (C) Middle fibre (D) Every-horizontal plane

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Last Answer : (D) Every-horizontal plane

0 Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The point through which the resultant of the shear stresses passes is known as shear centre(B) In the standard rolled channels, the shear centre is on the horizontal line passing through and away from the C.G. beyond web (C) In equal angles, the shear centre is on the horizontal plane and away from the C.G., outside of the leg projection (D) All the above

Description : 0 Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The point through which the resultant of the shear stresses passes is known as shear centre (B) In the standard rolled channels, the shear centre ... horizontal plane and away from the C.G., outside of the leg projection (D) All the above

Last Answer : (D) All the above

In a bar of large length when held vertically and subjected to a load at its lower end, its own￾weight produces additional stress. The maximum stress will be (A) At the lower cross-section (B) At the built-in upper cross-section (C) At the central cross-section (D) At every point of the bar

Description : In a bar of large length when held vertically and subjected to a load at its lower end, its own￾weight produces additional stress. The maximum stress will be (A) At the lower cross-section (B) At the built-in upper cross-section (C) At the central cross-section (D) At every point of the bar

Last Answer : (B) At the built-in upper cross-section

In a general two dimensional stress system, planes of maximum shear stress are inclined at ___ with principal planes. a. 90 degree b. 180 degree c. 45 degree d. 60 degree

Description : In a general two dimensional stress system, planes of maximum shear stress are inclined at ___ with principal planes. a. 90 degree b. 180 degree c. 45 degree d. 60 degree

Last Answer : c. 45 degree

Principal planes are those planes on which a. Normal stress is maximum b. Normal stress is minimum c. Normal stress is either maximum or minimum d. Shear stress is maximum

Description : Principal planes are those planes on which a. Normal stress is maximum b. Normal stress is minimum c. Normal stress is either maximum or minimum d. Shear stress is maximum

Last Answer : c. Normal stress is either maximum or minimum

In a R.C section under flexure, the assumption that “a plane section before bending remains plane after bending” leads to (a) Strain distribution being linear across the depth (b) Stress distribution being linear across the depth (c) Both stress and strain distribution being linear across the depth (d) Shear stress distribution being uniform along the depth

Description : In a R.C section under flexure, the assumption that a plane section before bending remains plane after bending leads to (a) Strain distribution being linear across the depth (b) ... strain distribution being linear across the depth (d) Shear stress distribution being uniform along the depth

Last Answer : (a) Strain distribution being linear across the depth

While rotating the theodolite in the horizontal plane, the bubble of the bubble tube takes up the same position in its tube, it indicates (A) The rotation axis is vertical (B) The trunnion axis is horizontal (C) The line of collimation is perpendicular to vertical axis (D) None of the above

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Last Answer : (A) The rotation axis is vertical