An unsaturated 100 cm3 sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Home Aptitude

Discussion

Home ‣ Civil Engineering ‣ Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Comments

Question
An unsaturated 100 cm³ sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is
Options
A. 0.188
B. 0.288
C. 0.388
D. 0.488
E. 0.588

Correct Answer

0.188

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering problems

Search Results

3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options
A. When stress decreases, void, ratio decreases
B. When stress decreases, coefficient of permeability decreases
C. When stress decreases, coefficient of volume change decreases
D. When stress decreases void ratio, co-effi-cients of per-meability and volume change decrease.

4. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon
Options
A. size of the particles
B. shape of the particles
C. cohesive properties of particles
D. internal frictional resistance of particles
E. all the above.

5. A suspended particle falls through a height H cm in water in t minutes. If the viscosity of water is ? and specific gravity of the particle is G, the diameter of the particle is (where M is a constant factor)
Options
A. 10³M
B. 10⁴M
C. 10⁵M
D. 10²M

8. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 30.5%, 42.5% and 22.5% respectively, the ratio of liquidity index and plastic index, is
Options
A.
B.
C. 2
D.

10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options
A. The object of classifying soils is to arrange them into groups according to their properties and behaviour
B. A soil classification system is meant to provide an accepted and systematic method of describing the various types of soils eliminating personal factors
C. The first category of soil classification is based on grain size of the soil
D. The second category of soil classification is based on fine as well as coarse grains
E. All the above.

Comments

More in Civil Engineering: