Geotechnical Engineering (3130606) MCQs

MCQs of Type of Soils, Index Properties, Inter-relationships and Soil Characterization

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71.

What are the Soil properties, which are influenced by soil structure?

(a)

Permeability
(b)

Compressibility
(c)

 Shear strength
(d)

 All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (d)

72.

The single grained structure is a characteristic of __________

(a)

 Coarse-grained soil
(b)

Fine-grained soil
(c)

 None of the mentioned
(d)

 All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

73.

Soil structure usually defines __________

(a)

Arrangement of soil particles and Stage of aggregation of soil particle in soil
(b)

Composition of the soil mass
(c)

 None of the mentioned
(d)

All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

74.

. An arrangement composed of ‘flocs’ of soil particle is known as __________

(a)

 Dispersed structure
(b)

Cohesive matrix structure
(c)

 Honey comb structure
(d)

Flocculent structure
Answer:

Option (d)

75.

An arrangement composed of soil particle having a parallel orientation is ___________

(a)

Dispersed
(b)

Coarse grained skeleton
(c)

Honey comb
(d)

Single grained
Answer:

Option (a)

76.

 The skeleton and matrix structure represent ___________

(a)

Coarse-grained soil
(b)

 Fine-grained soil
(c)

Composite soil
(d)

Loose-grained soil
Answer:

Option (c)

77.

The honey comb, flocculent and dispersed structure are found in ___________

(a)

Fine-grained soil
(b)

Coarse grained soil
(c)

Composite soil
(d)

All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (b)

78.

The particle of coarse-grained are composed of ___________

(a)

Primary minerals
(b)

Non-clay minerals
(c)

 Clay minerals
(d)

Crystalline minerals
Answer:

Option (a)

79.

The behavior of bulky particles in coarse grained soil is governed by ___________

(a)

Gravitational force and Mass energy
(b)

Colloidal force
(c)

All of the mentioned
(d)

All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

80.

 Clay particles behave like ___________

(a)

Colloids
(b)

Amorphous solids
(c)

Crystalline particles
(d)

Non-colloids
Answer:

Option (a)

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