Chapter: Properties of Soil | MCQ Practice Set-1

Geotechnical Engineering

1. For the meadium and small size project, the depth of soil is considered for engineering concern_

a) 25 m to 30 m
b) 10 m to 15 m
c) 5 m to 10 m
d) 40 m to 60 m

2. The soil particle size, which is visible to the naked eye_

a) 0.0001 mm
b) 0.0075 mm
c) 0.075 mm
d) 0.00005 mm

3. The ratio of weight of water to dry weight of the soil_

a) dry density
b) Void Ratio
c) Water content
d) Porosity

4. For uniformly graded coarse soil, having parfectly sperical grain size when particles are arranged in cubical array, the maximum void ratio_

a) 75 %
b) 65 %
c) 35%
d) 91 %

5. If the degree of saturation is in the range of 0.75 to 1, then the soil is_

a) Wet Soil
b) Dry soil
c) Damp Soil
d) Humid Soil

6. The sperific gravity for inorganic soil_

a) 1.2 to 1.4
b) 2.8 to 3.2
c) 2.6 to 2.75
d) 0.2 to 1.2

7. High value of dry density indicates_

a) loose soil
b) Dense Soil
c) Highly Compressible soil
d) None of the above

8. Specific gravity of soil is measured by_

a) Oven drying Method
b) Pyconometer method
c) Le chatelier's apparatus
d) Sand bath method

9. The relaton between specific gravity and mass specific gravety _

a) Gm > G
b) Gm =G
c) Gm< G
d) Gm/G=1.2

10. In oven drying method, the water can not be removed-

a) Capillary water
b) free water
c) adsorbed water
d) structural water

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