Test: B.M.C Soil,Concrete- 2 - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

In the limit state design of concrete structures, the strain distribution is assumed to be:

For slabs spanning in two directions for calculating the span to effective depth ratio:

The clear distance between the lateral restraints for a simply supported or continuous beam toensure lateral stability should not exceed:

In doubly reinforced sections, total reinforcement percentage of steel should not exceed:

A simply supported beam is considered as a deep beam if the ratio of effective span to overall depth is less than:

The term ‘Characteristic load’ means that load which has a probability of not being exceeded,during the life of the structure is equal to:

For reinforced concrete members totally immersed in sea water, the additional cover thickness recommended by the code is:

If the soil sample is having porosity 50% and degree of saturation at 90% then its percentage air voids is:

The commonly used method for quick determination of water content at field embankments is:

The toughness index is define as the ratio of:

According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index (PI) is:

A soil has liquid limit 65%, plastic limit of 30% and shrinkage limit of 25%, and it has natural moisture content of 45%. The liquidity index of soil is.

Void ratio of a soil is 0.9 its porosity shall be:

A soil has percentage air voids of the order of 30%. It has a porosity of 0.4 The air content of that soil shall be: -

The ratio of plasticity index and flow index of soil is called:

Plasticity chart gives a relation between:

A negative value of the group index of a soil is reported as:

A soil with a plasticity index equal to zero may be called as:

The meniscus and dispersing agent corrections, in the hydrometer analysis, respectively are

An inorganic clay of high compressibility is represented by the symbol

If void ratio is 0.67, water content = 0.188 and Sp. Gr. = 2.68, the degree of saturation of soil is

A sample of saturated clay has a porosity of 0.562, the void ratio of the clay is