A number of good books are available on Theoretical Soil Mechanics but the author felt that the students are in need of a book which can help them in solving practical problems in Soil Mechanics. While on one hand students find difficulty in solving the problems, on teh other, they do not get a sufficient number of problems for their practice for University Examnsations. Keeping this in view, all the solved problems as well as the problems given for practice have been based on the same pattern as set in different University and Competitive Examinations. In the beginning of each chapter, some theoretical background has been given so that students may be able to follow the problems easily; at the same time, it will help those who want to have a brief idea of the subject. The book also contains Objective Type Questions and Answers at end of each chapter to serve overall purpose of students referring this book for any type of examination.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.P. Verma
B.P. Verma (b. 1946) is presently Professor and Chairman, Department of Education. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his MA (Hindi) and .ED. Degrees from Meerut University, Meerut, and M.Phil. (Edu.) and Ph. D. (Edu.) degrees from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla(H.P.). He joined as Lecturer in the Department of Education Correspondence Courses (now known as International Centre for distance Education and Open Learning) at Himachal Preadesh University in the year 1972. After serving in this unit of the University for eighteen years in the capacities of Lecturer and Reader, he shifted to the main Department of Education of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla , as Reader in 1994 and served as Dean, Faculty of Education, H.P. University for two terms. The author has been actively engaged in teaching and research for the last thirty years. During this period, he guided 12 Ph.D. theses, 12 M.Phil. dissertations and 75 M.E.d. dissertations. He has done several independent project in the newly emerging fields of styles of learning, thinking and teaching and has also developed several psychological and criterion referenced tests useful to educational researchers. He has published more than 100 research papers in journals of national and international repute. He also has a book on ‘Hindi’ Vocabulary Building’ in programmed instruction format. His areas of research include Cognition, Creativity, Teaching and Learning. Besides, he has a keen interest in Educational Technology, Teacher Education, Educational Psychology and Research Methodology.
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