195 Soil Mechanics McQ Chapter Wise McQ Online Test of 25 Question #1 Soil Mechanics McQ Chapter Wise McQ online Test of 25 Question for PSC, NEC, UPSC, SSC and Many more. 1 / 25 1. Soils are basically A. Organic materials B. Inorganic materials C. Mineral materials D. Organic and inorganic materials 2 / 25 2. Who coined the term soil mechanics? A. Terzaghi B. Cassagrande C. Newmark D. Rankine 3 / 25 3. Generally soils are arranged according to: A. boulder size B. rock size C. only silt size D. grain size 4 / 25 4. Maximum size of clay particle is A. 0.1mm B. 0.3mm C. 0.002mm D. 0.005mm 5 / 25 5. Minimum size of the particles of silt soil, is A. 0.002mm B. 0.04mm C. 0.08mm D. 1mm 6 / 25 6. The soil which contains finest grain particles, is A. coarse sand B. fine sand C. silt D. clay 7 / 25 7. For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by A. particle size classification system B. textural classification system C. High Way Research Board (HRB), classification system D. unified soil classification system 8 / 25 8. If you are asked to classify soils into 3 categories, which of the following categorizations would you prefer? A. clay, silty and sandy B. clay, silty and granular C. clay, silty and loamy D. coarse grained, fine grained and highly organic 9 / 25 9. Inorganic soils with low plasticity is denoted by A. ML B. CH C. MH D. SH 10 / 25 10. Coarse grained soil contains material half of which is larger than A. 600 micron B. 300 micron C. 150 micron D. 75 micron 11 / 25 11. Pick up the cohesive soil from the following: A. Red earth B. Clay C. Black cotton soil D. Compacted ground 12 / 25 12. Cohesive soils are generally A. plastic and also compressible B. elastic and also compressible C. plastic but incompressible D. none of these 13 / 25 13. Cohesionless soil is A. sand B. silt C. clay D. clay and silt 14 / 25 14. Generally, soil is considered as A. Single phase system B. Two phase system C. Three phase system D. None of above 15 / 25 15. Soil is considered as three phase system because it contains A. solid particles, water and air B. vegetation, soil and gas C. dust, grass and water D. none of above 16 / 25 16. A soil mass is said to be A. Two phase system with soil and water B. Two phase system with soil and air C. Three phase system with soil, water and air D. Both (A) and (B) 17 / 25 17. A partially saturated soil is classified as A. one phase soil B. two phase soil C. three phase soil D. four phase soil 18 / 25 18. Pick up the correct statement from the following: A. The void space between the soil grains, is filled partly with air and partly with water B. In perfectly saturated soil, the voids are completely filled with water C. In dry soil, the voids are completely filled with air D. all of the above 19 / 25 19. Bulk density of typical soil is A. 20 KN/m³ B. 15 KN/m³ C. 10 KN/m³ D. 5 KN/m³ 20 / 25 20. The bulk density of soil can be defined as A. Ratio of weight of the solids to the volume of solids B. Ratio of unit weight of soil to that of water C. Unit weight of soil D. Unit weight of soil under saturated condition. 21 / 25 21. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as A. Weight of soil in water to its volume B. Weight of soil minus weight of equivalent water to volume of soil C. Weight of soil less weight of water in voids to the volume of solids plus voids in the soil D. Unit weight of saturated soil 22 / 25 22. Buoyant unit weight equals the saturated density A. multiplied by unit weight of water B. divided by unit weight of water C. plus unit weight of water D. minus unit weight of water 23 / 25 23. Dry density of soil equals to the: A. mass of solids to the volume of solids B. mass of solids to the total volume of soil C. density of soil in the dried condition D. none of above 24 / 25 24. The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known A. porosity B. specific gravity C. void ratio D. water content 25 / 25 25. The ratio of unit weight of soil solids to that water is called A. void ratio B. porosity C. specific gravity D. degree of saturation Your score is The average score is 65% 0% Restart quiz Exit civil engineermcq civilmock testpscsoil mechanics mcqupsc
