Top 150+ Solved Foundation engineering MCQ Questions Answer
Q. When a pile hammer hits the pile, the total driving energy is equal to
a. weight of hammer times the height of drop
b. weight of the ram time times the height of the stroke
c. sum of the impact of the ram
d. sum of the impact of ram plus the energy delivered by explosion
Q. The load carrying capacity of a pile can be determined by which of the following
a. fine grained soil
b. coarse grained soil
c. cohesive soil
d. none of the mentioned
Q. Dynamic formula does not indicate about
a. temporary change in soil structure and future settlement
b. allowable load
c. none of the mentioned
d. all of the mentioned
Q. The dynamic formula is valueless for which of the following type of soil?
a. loose sand
b. saturated soil
c. clay soil
d. compacted soil
Q. In dynamic formulae what are the energy losses, that is not accounted?
a. energy loss due to vibration and energy loss due to heat
b. frictional loss
c. none of the mentioned
d. all of the mentioned
Q. The greater objection to any of the pile driving formulae is
a. uncertainty in relation between dynamic and static resistance
b. shear strength of the soil
c. uncertainty in the allowable pressure
d. none of the mentioned
Q. The static formula is based on the assumption that the ultimate bearing capacity Qup is equal to
a. rf + qa
b. rf + rp
c. as + ap
d. q up / f
Q. The efficiency of pile group depends upon
a. characteristic of pile and spacing of pile
b. bearing capacity of soil
c. all of the mentioned
d. none of the mentioned
Q. In which of the following rule, the value of each pile is reduced by one-sixteenth?
a. converse labarre formulae
b. feld’s formulae
c. seiler-keeney formulae
d. all of the mentioned
Q. The bearing capacity of a single pile in clay is mainly due to
a. friction
b. shear strength of soil
c. allowable load
d. ultimate load
Q. d) Hiley’s formulae
a. skin friction
b. negative skin friction
c. frictional force
d. none of the mentioned
Q. The area of the pile group along the failure surface is equal to
a. perimeter × area of cross section
b. breadth × length
c. perimeter × length
d. perimeter/area of cross section
Q. The pile load test should be performed on
a. working pile
b. test pile
c. all of the mentioned
d. none of the mentioned
Q. For pile in cohesive soil is neglected for individual pile action.
a. frictional resistance
b. surface area of pile
c. shear strength of soil
d. all of the mentioned