Topicwise MCQs on Foundation Engineering

If you are a Civil Engineer then this section is for you. This section focus on all topics of the Foundation Engineering subject. These questions will help you to prepare for interviews, entrance exams, online tests, and semester exams. This also helps you to understand Foundation Engineering deeply. Here, You can practice these MCQs chapter-wise for FREE.

1. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure

This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on mohr-colomb failure envelope, earth pressure basics, active and passive states, rankines theory, cohesive soils earth pressure and coulombs wedge theory.

  • The Mohr–Colomb Failure Envelope
  • Earth Pressure Introduction Part-1
  • Earth Pressure Introduction Part-2
  • Earth Pressure at Rest
  • Active and Passive States
  • Active Earth Pressure: Rankines Theory Part-1
  • Active Earth Pressure: Rankines Theory Part-2
  • Active Earth Pressure: Rankines Theory Part-3
  • Active Earth Pressure of Cohesive Soils
  • Coulombs Wedge Theory



  • 2. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Shafts, Tunnels and Conduits

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on positive and negative projecting conduits, conduits classes and stress distribution in vicinity.

  • Load on Positive and Negative Projecting Conduits
  • Stress Distribution in the Vicinity of Shafts
  • Classes of Underground Conduits



  • 3. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Stability of Slopes

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on stability analysis with infinite slopes as well as finite slopes, swedish slip circle method and friction circle method.

  • Stability Analysis of Infinite Slopes
  • Stability Analysis of Finite Slopes
  • The Swedish Slip Circle Method
  • Friction Circle Method



  • 4. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Bearing Capacity

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on types of bearing capacities and its failures, terzaghi’s as well as brinch hansens analysis, plate load test, rankines analysis, standard penetration test and i.s. codes.

  • Rankines Analysis
  • Types of Bearing Capacity Failures
  • Terzaghis Analysis
  • Brinch Hansens Analysis
  • Effect of Water Table on Bearing Capacity
  • I.S. Code Method for Computing Bearing Capacity
  • Plate Load Test
  • Standard Penetration Test



  • 5. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Shallow Foundations

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on types of foundations and footings like combined footing and strap footing.

  • Types of Foundation
  • Settlement of Footings
  • Combined Footing and Strap Footing
  • I.S. Code of Practice for Design of Raft Foundations



  • 6. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Pile Foundations

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on types of piles like concrete piles, reamed piles and situ concrete piles.

  • Types of Piles
  • Load Carrying Capacity of Piles
  • Pile Load Tests
  • Group Action in Piles
  • Reamed Pile Foundations
  • Cased Cast - Situ Concrete Piles
  • Uncased Cast - Situ Concrete Piles



  • 7. Foundation Engineering MCQs on Well Foundations

    This part contains foundation engineering multiple-choice questions and answers on shapes and analysis of well foundation, well sinking and pneumatic caissons.

  • Shapes of Wells and Component Parts
  • Analysis of Well Foundation
  • Well Sinking
  • Pneumatic Caissons