Foundation Engineering (2180609) MCQs

MCQs of Retaining walls

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21.
the shear key is provided to
(a) avoid friction behind the wall
(b) improve appearance
(c) Increase passive resistance
(d) All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (c)

22.
The wall friction of retaining wall
(a) Decreases active earth pressure but increases passive earth pressure.
(b) Decreases passive earth pressure but increases active earth pressure
(c) decrease both active and passive earth pressure
(d) increases both active and passive earth pressure
Answer:

Option (a)

23.
the earth pressure behind a bridge abutment is
(a) Active
(b) Passive
(c) Rest
(d) Constant always and everywhere
Answer:

Option (c)

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