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The contact pressure for a rigid foundation on a cohesionless soil is — Answer & Solution | Civexa

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Foundation Engineering · Shallow Foundations

Shallow Foundations MCQ with answer and solution

Easy level · Asked in SSC JE, RRB JE, UPSC ESE, State AE, State JE

The contact pressure for a rigid foundation on a cohesionless soil is

AUniform
BGreater at the centre and decreases towards the outer edgeCorrect
CSmallest at the centre and increases towards the outer edge
DZero at the centre and maximum at the outer edgeM

Solution

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Contact pressure distribution beneath rigid and flexible footings on clay versus cohesionless soils depends on the rigidity of the footing and the nature of the soil.

Correct answer: B) Greater at the centre and decreases towards the outer edge

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