Q. An unsaturated 100 cm³ sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is

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Q. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 30.5%, 42.5% and 22.5% respectively, the ratio of liquidity index and plastic index, is

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Q. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon

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Q. A direct shear test possesses the following disadvantage:

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Q. Through a point in a loaded soil mass, there exists n typical planes mutually orthogonal on which the stress is wholly normal and no shear stress acts, if n is

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

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Q. Soils containing organic matters

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Q. A soil not fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called

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Q. The angle of internal friction is maximum for

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Q. A grillage foundation

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Q. The slip at critical angle, is generally known

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Q. The property of a soil which allows it to be deformed rapidly without rupture, elastic rebound and also a volume change, is known

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Q. A soil mass is said to be in plastic equilibrium if

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the void ratio, is

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Q. The ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil, is known

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Q. During seepage through a soil, direction of seepage is always

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Q. The plasticity of fine soils may be assessed by means of

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Q. The density of soil can be increased

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Q. The length/diameter ratio of cylindrical specimens used in triaxial test, is generally

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