Question

Recommended design value for permissible load on soil under the action of static load, for rock type soil group is ________

(a) Greater than 10

(b) 5-10

(c) 3.5-5

(d) Greater than 5

The question was asked in unit test.

Question is from Machine Foundations topic in portion Machine Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) Greater than 5

For explanation I would say: The recommended design value of the co-efficient of elastic uniform compression for permissible load on soil under action of static load only is greater than 5 kg/cm^2.