Chapter: Properties of Soil | MCQ Practice Set-1

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Practice Set-1

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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

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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

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

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

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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 %

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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

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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

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7. High value of dry density indicates_

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

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8. Specific gravity of soil is measured by_

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

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

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

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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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