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To support a heavy structure in sandy soil, the type of foundation generally used, is
A Combined footing
B Raft footing
C Pier footing
D Strap footing
In soils possessing low bearing capacity, the type of foundation generally provided, is
A Column footing
B Grillage footing
C Raft footing
D All the above
Compressibility of sandy soils is
A almost equal to that of clayey soils
B much greater than that of clayey soils
C much less than that of clayey soils
D none of the above
The differential settlement in case of foundations on sandy soils should not exceed
A 25 mm
B 40 mm
C 65 mm
D 100 mm
For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as
A dry of OMC and wet of OMC
B wet of OMC and dry of OMC
C wet of OMC and wet of OMC
D dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content
In case of foundations on black cotton soils, the most suitable method to increase the bearing capacity of soils is to
A Increase the depth of foundation
B Drain the soil
C Compact the soil
D Replace the poor soil
A slight ____-of the soils' setting rate caused the building's foundation to____, which led to the buildings being deemed unnusable.
A estimation, settle
B deviation, bulge
C miscalculation, shift
D permutation, stabilize
The minimum depth of foundation in clayey soils is
A 0.5 m
B 0.7 m
C 0.9 m
D 1.2 m
The maximum total settlement for raft foundation on clayey soils should be limited to
A 25 mm
B 25 to 40 mm
C 40 to 65 mm
D 65 to 100 mm
If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weight 'w' per unit volume, the minimum depth (h) of the foundation from the free surface of the earth, is
A $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}\left$$
B $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}\left$$
C $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}{\left^2}$$
D $${\text{h}} = \sqrt {\frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}} {\left^2}$$

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