Question

A combined footing may be rectangular in shape if both the columns carry ___________

(a) Unequal loads

(b) Equal loads

(c) No load

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

I'd like to ask this question from Shallow Foundations topic in portion Shallow Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Equal loads

The explanation: The combined footing may be rectangular in shape if both the columns carry equal loads, or may be trapezoidal if they carry unequal loads.