Soil Mechanics McQ Chapter Wise McQ Online Test of 25 Question #3

1. A pycnometer is used to determine

2. You are given a sample of soil containing coarse grains to determine its water content, you will use

3. Pycnometer method for water content determination is more suitable for:

4. The gas formed by the reaction of calcium carbide with water is:

5. The functional equation for specific gravity (G), water content (w), void ratio (e) and degree of saturation (Sr) is

6. A soil sample have the following characteristics- S = 50%, G=2.6, w=30%, find the void ratio (e)

7. If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids will be

8. Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is

9. Hygroscopic water can be removed by

10. The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called

11. The effective stress is

12. The pressure that builds up in pore water due to load increment on the soil, is termed

13. The neutral stress in a soil mass is

14. The effective stress controls the following properties of soils:

15. The quantity of seepage of water in soil is

16. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

17. The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to

18. Darcy’s law is applicable to seepage if a soil is

19. The maximum particle size for which Darcy’s law is applicable is

20. For determining the velocity of flow of underground water, the most commonly used non-empirical formula is

21. The property of a soil which permits water to percolate through it, is called

22. If the coefficient of permeability of a soil is 0.08 cm/sec, that soil will be

23. Permeability of soil varies as

24. Which of the following soil has largest permeability?

25. The permeability of given soil is