A. 0 < PI < 7
B. 7
C. 17
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Sand particles are made of________________?
A. rock minerals
B. kaolinite
C. illite
D. montmorillonite
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as__________________?
A. consolidated drained test
B. consolidated undrained test
C. unconsolidated drained test
D. unconsolidated undrained test
✅ The correct answer is option B.
When the degree of saturation is zero, the soil mass under consideration represents______________?
A. one phase system
B. two phase system with soil and air
C. two phase system with soil and water
D. three phase system
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________?
A. effective stress only
B. total stress only
C. both effective stress and total stress
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Which of the following methods is most accurate for the determination of the water content of soil ?
A. oven drying method
B. sand bath method
C. calcium carbide method
D. pycnometer method
✅ The correct answer is option A.
If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is______________?
A. 40%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 100%
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as_________________?
A. liquid limit
B. plastic limit
C. shrinkage limit
D. plasticity index
✅ The correct answer is option A.