Civil Engineering Objective Questions { Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering }

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1. The inventor of the term soil mechanics, was

B. Dr. Karl Terzaghi

2. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

A. To an agriculturist, soil is the_substance existing on the earth's surface, which grows and develops plants

B. To a geologist, soils the material in a relatively thin surface zone within which roots oceur, and rest of the crust is termed as rock irrespective of hardness ,

C. To an engineer, soil is the unaggregated and uncemented deposits of minerals and organic particles covering the earth's crust

D. All the above.

3. Geologic cycle for the formation of soil, is

A. Upheavel-- >transportation -4 deposition -> weathering

B. Weathering ?> upheaval -4 transportation - > deposition

C. Transportation>upheaval ?> weathering --> deposition

D. Weathering --> transportation ---> deposition --> upheaval

4. Chemical weathering of soil is caused due to

D. all the above.

5. Transporting and redepositing soils, is done by

D. all the above.

6. Water formed transported soil is

7. 'Talus' is the soil transported by

D. gravitational force.

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