Quiz  /  Foundation engineering Gate & PSU MCQ Questions With Answers

  • 1. 
    Mini-piled underpinning is generally used when the loads from the foundations need to be transferred to stable soils at considerable depths - usually in excess of 5 meters

  • True
  • False

  • 2. 
    The following are the ways of achieving underpinning except

  • soil treatment
  • Piling
  • Load transfer and soil treatment
  • Load transfer

  • 3. 
    How is mathematics used in science and engineering?

  • in estimating materials and cost
  • in measurements
  • to analyze data
  • All of above

  • 4. 
    Pile testing on site in an expensive procedure, no matter whether being performed on a special pile or service pile

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 5. 
    What is the formula for Gravitational Potential Energy?

  • PE = mgh
  • KE = 1/2mv2
  • W = Fd
  • P = W/t

  • 6. 
    How much KE does a moving 6 kilogram object have if it moves with a velocity of 3 m/s?

  • 27 J
  • 18 J
  • 9 J
  • 2 J

  • 7. 
    Identify the figure

  • Jacked pile underpinning
  • Mini-piled Underpinning
  • Beam and base underpinning
  • None of the above

  • 8. 
    Belt of an electric motor is broken, it needs

  • Corrective maintenance
  • Scheduled maintenance
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Timely maintenance

  • 9. 
    A systematic approach for maintenance is

  • Problem – Cause – Diagnosis – Rectification
  • Problem– Diagnosis – Cause – Rectification
  • Problem – Measure – Diagnosis – Rectification
  • Problem– Diagnosis – Measure – Rectification

  • 10. 
    A large factor of safety should be adopted in the design of _____ as it is difficult to assess the actual loads.

  • Pile method
  • Horizontal shore
  • Pit method
  • Vertical shores

  • 11. 
    A system can be defined as

  • A collection of parts that work together to complete a purpose
  • A system
  • A piece of a whole
  • A group that individually does work

  • 12. 
    In ____ method, the piles are driven along both the sides of existing wall and the needle in the form of pile caps are provided through the existing one.

  • Miscellaneous method
  • Vibroflotation
  • Pit method
  • Pile method

  • 13. 
    Which of the following is a disadvantage of the pit method of underpinning?

  • Simplicity of the engineering
  • Having moderate deformation of the structure
  • Low cost of labor to produce result
  • None of the above

  • 14. 
    Usually in design of wall, Pu=____ * T

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

  • 15. 
    For a continuous balanced anchor, the ultimate resistance of anchor/m run is obtained by

  • Considering active force
  • Considering passive force
  • Difference of active and passive forces
  • Summation of lateral forces
  • None of these

  • 16. 
    It occurs when an asset requires immediate attention in order to keep a facility operational or safe. What type of maintenance is this?

  • Planned maintenance
  • Corrective maintenance
  • Running maintenance
  • Emergency maintenance

  • 17. 
    What type of device is this?

  • Input
  • Output
  • Storage

  • 18. 
    The placing of new Foundation below and existing foundation of the process of strengthening the existing Foundation is known as the ___________ of foundation.

  • Shoring
  • Underpinning
  • Grouting
  • Scaffolding

  • 19. 
    With the increase in preventive maintenance cost, breakdown maintenance cost

  • Increases
  • Decreases
  • Remain same
  • Any of the above

  • 20. 
    The occurrence of negative skin friction around a pile is primarily dependent on

  • type of surrounding soil
  • type of pile
  • both type of pile and soil
  • none of these

  • 21. 
    When one building is higher than the other, _________ may be provided on the horizontal shores.

  • Pit Underpinning
  • Flying shore
  • Pile Underpinning
  • Raking shore

  • 22. 
    As mass increases, KE ...

  • increases
  • decreases
  • stays the same
  • All of above
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