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Question 51. Soil should possess___________for the formation of ice lens.
  1.    Low moisture content
  2.    High porosity
  3.    High capillarity
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> High capillarity
Answer: (c).High capillarity
Question 52. Total stress or unit pressure on a soil mass is ___________
  1.    Total load
  2.    Total surface area
  3.    Total volume
  4.    Total weight
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Total load
Answer: (a).Total load
Question 53. Which of the following action can be used to prevent deep frost penetration in the ground surface in building?
  1.    Removing the frost susceptible soil
  2.    Placing insulating blankets of sand and gravel
  3.    Providing proper drainage
  4.    Interposing a pervious gravel blanket
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Placing insulating blankets of sand and gravel
Answer: (b).Placing insulating blankets of sand and gravel
Question 54. At any plane, pore pressure is equal to ___________
  1.    Ratio of Piezometric head to weight of water
  2.    Equal to piezometric head times the unit weight of water
  3.    Ratio of weight of water to the piezometric head
  4.    None of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Equal to piezometric head times the unit weight of water
Answer: (b).Equal to piezometric head times the unit weight of water
Question 55. Which of the following is an effect of frost boils?
  1.    Formation of pot holes
  2.    Increased frost depth
  3.    Formation of capillary saturation
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Formation of pot holes
Answer: (a).Formation of pot holes
Question 56. Factor of unit cross-section χ, depends on ____________
  1.    degree of saturation
  2.    soil structure
  3.    stress change
  4.    all of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> all of the mentioned
Answer: (d).all of the mentioned
Question 57. For degree of saturation, it is recommended to take χ as _____________
  1.    0
  2.    1
  3.    2
  4.    ∞
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1
Answer: (b).1
Question 58. To check the seepage of water through the body of dam, the outer shells of dam provided is ________
  1.    pervious
  2.    semi-pervious
  3.    impervious
  4.    hollow
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> pervious
Answer: (a).pervious
Question 59. To check the seepage of water through the body of dam, the core provided is ________
  1.    pervious
  2.    semi-pervious
  3.    impervious
  4.    hollow
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> impervious
Answer: (c).impervious
Question 60. The capillary forces can rise the water in the capillary tube against the gravity force.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    May be True or False
  4.    Can't say
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
Answer: (a).True

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