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  • 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


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  • A. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 3
  • B. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 3
  • C. 2
  • D. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 3

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    • 1. A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the void ratio, is

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    • A. 0.858
    • B. 0.860
    • C. 0.862
    • D. 0.864
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    • 2. The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of total voids, is known as

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    • A. air content
    • B. percentage air voids
    • C. percentage voids
    • D. porosity.
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    • 3. An unsaturated 100 cm3 sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is

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    • A. 0.188
    • B. 0.288
    • C. 0.388
    • D. 0.488
    • E. 0.588
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    • 4. According to Rankine's fromula, the minimum depth of foundation

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    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 5. If G is specific gravity of sand particles, e is porosity, the critically hydraulic gradient

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    • A. ic =
    • B. ic =
    • C. ic =
    • D. ic =
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    • 6. A soil mass is said to be in plastic equilibrium if

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    • A. it is stressed to maximum
    • B. it is on the verge of failure
    • C. it is in plastic stage
    • D. it starts flowing.
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    • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • 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.
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    • 8. The property of a soil which allows it to be deformed rapidly without rupture, elastic rebound and also a volume change, is known

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    • A. porosity
    • B. plasticity
    • C. permeability
    • D. ductility.
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    • 9. On wetting, cohesive soils,

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    • A. loose permeability
    • B. gain shear strength
    • C. loose elasticity
    • D. decrease their shear strength.
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    • 10. Tergazhi's theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

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    • A. load is applied in one direction
    • B. coefficient of permeability is constant
    • C. excess pore water drains out only in the vertical direction
    • D. time lag in consolidation is due entirely to permeability
    • E. all the above.
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