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Question 1. Pre-consolidated pressure is the pressure subjected in ________
  1.    past
  2.    present but not future
  3.    future but not present
  4.    present but not past
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> past
Answer: (a).past
Question 2. The soil deposits may be divided into _________ classes according to consolidation theory.
  1.    1
  2.    2
  3.    3
  4.    4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3
Answer: (c).3
Question 3. A clay is not said to be ___________ if it has been subjected to a pressure in excess of its present overburden pressure.
  1.    normally consolidated
  2.    pre-consolidated
  3.    over- consolidated
  4.    pre- compressed
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> normally consolidated
Answer: (a).normally consolidated
Question 4. The example of pre-consolidation pressure is _____________
  1.    ice sheet or glacier
  2.    desert soil
  3.    sea soil
  4.    marine soil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> ice sheet or glacier
Answer: (a).ice sheet or glacier
Question 5. The temporary over burden pressure to which a soil has been subjected and under which it got consolidated is known as ________
  1.    normally consolidation pressure
  2.    pre- consolidation pressure
  3.    under- consolidation pressure
  4.    pre- compression pressure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> pre- consolidation pressure
Answer: (b).pre- consolidation pressure
Question 6. A soil that is not fully consolidated is called ___________
  1.    normally consolidated
  2.    pre-consolidated
  3.    over- consolidated
  4.    under-consolidated
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> under-consolidated
Answer: (d).under-consolidated
Question 7. To find pre-consolidation pressure, __________ relationship in graph is plotted.
  1.    voids ratio and effective pressure
  2.    effective pressure and total pressure
  3.    effective pressure and pore pressure
  4.    total pressure and total pressure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> voids ratio and effective pressure
Answer: (a).voids ratio and effective pressure
Question 8. ___________ soil has never been subjected to an effective pressure greater than existing over-burden pressure and has completely consolidated.
  1.    normally consolidated
  2.    pre-consolidated
  3.    under- consolidated
  4.    pre- compressed
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> normally consolidated
Answer: (a).normally consolidated
Question 9. In case of normally consolidated and pre-consolidated soils, it is not fully consolidated under existing over-burden pressure.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    May be True or False
  4.    Can't say
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
Answer: (b).False
Question 10. To find pre-consolidation pressure, __________ sample is used.
  1.    undisturbed clay
  2.    disturbed clay
  3.    gravel
  4.    sand gravel
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> undisturbed clay
Answer: (a).undisturbed clay

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