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  • You are given a sample of soil containing coarse grains to determine its water content, you will use


  • Options
  • A. pycnometer
  • B. oven-drying method
  • C. calcium carbide method
  • D. alcohol method.

  • Correct Answer
  • pycnometer 


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    • 1. Pick up the in-correct statement from the following: The soils which contain montmorillonite minerals

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    • A. swell more when wet
    • B. shrink more when dry
    • C. possess high plasticity
    • D. possess high coefficient of internal coefficient
    • E. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The ratio of settlement at any time 't' to the final settlement, is known as

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    • A. co-efficient of consolidation
    • B. degree of consolidation
    • C. consolidation index
    • D. consolidation of undisturbed soil.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 260 g of wet soil was taken in a pycnometer jar of weight 400 g in order to find the moisture content in the soil, with specific gravity of soil particles 2.75. The weight of soil and remaining water filled in pycnometer without air bubbles was 1415 g and the weight of pycnometer filled with water alone was 1275 g. The moisture content in the soil is

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    • A. 24.2%
    • B. 18.2%
    • C. 53.8%
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. Kaolinite is most stable clay
    • B. Kaolinite shows a very little sign of swelling on wetting
    • C. Kaolinite when wet, becomes moderately plastic because negative electro magnetic charges on platelets attrack water
    • D. Kaolinite is also called China clay
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The degree of saturation of the soil sample stated in Q. No, 216, is

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    • A. 60%
    • B. 62%
    • C. 64%
    • D. 66%
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. The property of a soil that enables it to become stiff in a relatively short time on standing is called thixotropy
    • B. The ratio of shear strength in natural state to the remoulded shear strength under undrained conditions, is called degree of sensitivity.
    • C. The difference between the undisturbed shear strength and remoulded shear strength is known remoulding loss
    • D. The tendency of dense sand to expand on application of shearing load, is known as dilatancy
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. For a clay slope of height of 10 m, the stability number is 0.05, ? = 2.0 t/m3, C = 2.5 t/m2, the critical height of the slope of the soil, is

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    • A. 4.0 m
    • B. 12.5 m
    • C. 25.0 m
    • D. 15.0 m
    • Discuss
    • 8. Water formed transported soil is

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    • A. alluvial
    • B. marine
    • C. lacustrine
    • D. loess.
    • Discuss
    • 9. For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because

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    • A. it can be performed under all three drainage conditions
    • B. precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible
    • C. stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform
    • D. state of stress within the specimen during any stage of the test as well as at failure, is completely determined
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest state and its natural void ratio (e) to the difference between the void ratios in the loosest and fully dense state, is generally termed as

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    • A. degree of density
    • B. relativity
    • C. density index
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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