List of top Civil Engineering Questions on Soil Mechanics asked in AP PGECET

Cohesive soils are ____
In a soil sample of a consolidometer test, pore water pressure is
Quick sand condition occurs when
A clay deposit suffers a total settlement of \(4\,\mathrm{cm}\) with one-way drainage. With two-way drainage, it suffers a total settlement of
The best method for compaction of cohesion-less soils is
When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the wall is termed as
The critical hydraulic gradient \(i_c\) for a soil with a grain specific gravity \(G\) and a void ratio \(e\) is given by
The shear strength for a structural clay from the unconfined compression test is
Textural classifications are merely based on
Compressibility of a field deposit is
The pore water pressure in the capillary zone is
Cohesive soils are ____
In a soil sample of a consolidometer test, pore water pressure is
Quick sand condition occurs when
The shear strength for a structural clay from the unconfined compression test is
When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the wall is termed as
Textural classifications are merely based on
Compressibility of a field deposit is
The pore water pressure in the capillary zone is
A clay deposit suffers a total settlement of \(4\,\mathrm{cm}\) with one-way drainage. With two-way drainage, it suffers a total settlement of
The best method for compaction of cohesion-less soils is
The critical hydraulic gradient \(i_c\) for a soil with a grain specific gravity \(G\) and a void ratio \(e\) is given by
Toughness index gives a measure of shear strength of soil at _____.
Permeability of soil:
The minimum water content at which soil is fully saturated is ____