41. Inorganic soils with low compressibility are represented by
a) MH
b) SL
c) ML
d) CH
Ans:c
42. Sand particles are made of
a) rock minerals
b) kaolinite
c) illite
d) montmorillonite
Ans:a
43. The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is
a) kaolinite
b) illite
c) montmorillonite
d) none of the above
Ans:c
44. Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having
a) face to face or parallel orientation
b) edge to edge orientation
c) edge to face orientation
d) all of the above
Ans:a
45. Effective stress is
a) the stress at particles contact
b) a physical parameter that can be measured
c) important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil
d) all of the above
Ans:c
46. Rise of water table above the ground surface causes
a) equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress
b) equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
c) increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
d) decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress
Ans:a
47. The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively
a) zero and zero
b) 0.5 kg/cm2 and zero
c) 0.5 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
d) 1.0 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
Ans:b
48. If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the
a) effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
b) effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
c) total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effec-tive stress does not change
d) total stress is increased due to de-crease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
Ans:b
49. Quick sand is a
a) type of sand
b) flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
c) flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils
d) flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
Ans:a
50. The hydraulic head that would produce a quick condition in a sand stratum of thickness 1.5 m, specific gravity 2.67 and voids ratio 0.67 is equal to
a) 1.0m
b) 1.5 m
c) 2.0 m
d) 3m
Ans:b
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a) MH
b) SL
c) ML
d) CH
Ans:c
42. Sand particles are made of
a) rock minerals
b) kaolinite
c) illite
d) montmorillonite
Ans:a
43. The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is
a) kaolinite
b) illite
c) montmorillonite
d) none of the above
Ans:c
44. Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having
a) face to face or parallel orientation
b) edge to edge orientation
c) edge to face orientation
d) all of the above
Ans:a
45. Effective stress is
a) the stress at particles contact
b) a physical parameter that can be measured
c) important because it is a function of engineering properties of soil
d) all of the above
Ans:c
46. Rise of water table above the ground surface causes
a) equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress
b) equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
c) increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
d) decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress
Ans:a
47. The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively
a) zero and zero
b) 0.5 kg/cm2 and zero
c) 0.5 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
d) 1.0 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
Ans:b
48. If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the
a) effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
b) effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
c) total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effec-tive stress does not change
d) total stress is increased due to de-crease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
Ans:b
49. Quick sand is a
a) type of sand
b) flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
c) flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils
d) flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
Ans:a
50. The hydraulic head that would produce a quick condition in a sand stratum of thickness 1.5 m, specific gravity 2.67 and voids ratio 0.67 is equal to
a) 1.0m
b) 1.5 m
c) 2.0 m
d) 3m
Ans:b
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