Chapter: Formation of Soil | MCQ Practice Set-2

Geotechnical Engineering

1. Black Cotton Soil formed due to_

a) Mechanical weathering
b) Physical weathering
c) Chemical weathering
d) Plant root

According to IRC

2. Cohesion less soil mostly formed due to_

a) Carbonation of rock
b) Physical weathering
c) chemical weathering
d) hydration

3. When a soil particle created at one location, transported and finally deposited to other location is called_

a) Sedentary soil
b) Sedimentary Soil
c) Residual Soil
d) None of the above

4. The soil deposit in lake is called_

a) Loess
b) Talus
c) Peat
d) lacustrine Soil

5. The soil formed due to gravitational force_

a) Varved clay
b) Loess
loam c) Talus
d) Humus

6. A soil with equal proportion of sand, slit and clay is known as_

a) Loamy Soil
b) Black cotton Soil
c) Alluvial Soil
d) Colluvial Soil

7. Glacial deposited soil gives_

a) Uniform strength
b) Non-Uniform Strength
c) very poor strength
d) Non of the above

8. The soil formed from fully decompose organic matter is also known_

a) Muck
b) Humus
c) Peat
d) Varved clay

9. The wel graded soil is _

a) Marin clay
b) Drift soil
c) varved clay
d) peat

10. The soil which is considered as best for sub-grade material is _

a) Mourum
b) Bentonite clay
c) Alluvial soil
d) Peat

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