UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

A vane shear test on a soil sample gives a moment of total resistance M. The shear stress at failure, 'S' being more of less uniform at top bottom and surface of cylinder of soil is given by (where H = height of vane, D = Diameter of vane)

A

B

C

D

ANS:C -

It should be [H+D/3].