1.

Modes of failure of slopes

a. Base failure
b.Toe failure
c. Slope failure
d. All above
2. Base failure of finite slope occurs when
a. Soil below level of toe is strong
b. Slope is steep
c. There is a weak zone in the upper part of slope
d. Soil below level of toe is weak and soft
3. Failure of slopes generally occurs along
a. A curved surface
b. A horizontal surface
c. A vertical surface
d. All the surfaces
4. Factor of safety of coarse soil in infinite slope is controlled by
a. Depth of slope
b.Unit weight of soil
c. A and B
d.Angle of friction
5. A slope of infinite slope in dense sand inclines with horizontal
with 30. The angle of friction of 36, Factor of safety is
a.1.05 b. 1.26
b.1.51 d. 1.56
6. Factor of safety for cohesive soil in infinite slope is
a. Inversely proportional to cohesion, and directly to height of
slope
b. Directly proportional to cohesion, and Inversly to height of
slope
c. Inversely proportional to cohesion and height of slope
d. Directly proportional to cohesion and height of slope
7. In case of submerged slope, factor of safety in cohesionless
soil is
a. Higher than that in dry soil
b.Smaller than that in dry soil
c. Equal to that in dry soil
d.None of these
8. In circular arc method, analysis is based on
a. Stability of slices in the stability mass
b. Stability of the whole sliding mass
c. A and b
d. Other analysis
9. Methods of analysis of finite slope in short term
a. Consider the angle of friction
b. Accounts for the dissipation of water
c. Accounts for the total stresses
d. Accounts for effective stress
10 In circular arc method, as water fills the tension cracks, the
factor of safety
a. Is increased due to pore pressure
b. Might increase or decrease
c. Is reduced due to pore pressure
d. Is not affected by pore pressure
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11. In infinite slope, failure surface is ‫ﺍﻟﻤﻔﺮﻭﺽ ﻳﺘﺼﻠﺢ ﻝ‬
Surface of failure in
a. Horizontal surface b. vertical surface infinite slope is planner
c. Curved surface d. All above surface parallel to slope
surface
12. Factor of safety of finite slope in c-∅ soil is
𝒄 𝒕𝒂𝒏∅ ‫=ﺳﻄﺢ‬Planner surface
a. 𝜸𝒛 𝒄𝒐𝒔∅ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜷
+
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜷 ‫ﻣﺘﺴﺎﻭﻱ‬

𝒄 𝒕𝒂𝒏∅
b. 𝜸𝒛 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜷 𝒔𝒊𝒏∅ +
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜷
𝒄 𝒕𝒂𝒏∅
c. 𝜸𝒛 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜷 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜷
+
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜷
𝒄 𝒕𝒂𝒏∅
d. 𝜸𝒛 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜷 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜷 +
𝒕𝒂𝒏∅