Q. The air content ratio is defined as the ratio of _____

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Q. For a perfectly dry sample, the degree of saturation is equal to zero.

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Q. The degree of saturation is defined as the ratio of _____

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Q. The relationship between porosity n and void ratio e is given by _______

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Q. The range of degree of saturation is between 0 and 0.25 for a humid soil sample.

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Q. What will be the degree of saturation of a soil sample whose specific gravity G=2.7, void ratio e=0.66 and water content w=20%?

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Q. In wet soil mass, air occupies one-seventh of its volume and water occupies one- eighth of its volume. The void ratio of the soil is ______

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Q. The density index Iᴅ does not express the relative compactness of a natural cohesion-less soil.

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Q. The term density index Iᴅ is used for cohesion-less soil only.

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Q. The formula for density index Iᴅ is ______

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Q. When the natural state of cohesion-less soil is in its loosest form, its density index Iᴅ is equal to ____

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Q. The density index of natural deposit in its densest state is ______

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Q. A soil has porosity of 30%. Its voids ratio in the loosest and densest state is 0.35 and 0.92 respectively. What will be its density index?

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Q. The density index Iᴅ in terms of densities is given by ______

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Q. The relative density of loose granular soil is given by the range ______ in percentage.

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Q. A soil has a dry density of 17.5kN/m³. It has densities corresponding to most compact and loosest state as 18.5 kN/m³ and 13 kN/m³ respectively. The relative density of the soil is ______

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Q. The relative compaction Rc is given by _______

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Q. When the soil is in loosest form, density index is zero and its relative compaction Rc is ______

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Q. The relative compaction Rc is related to the void ratio of soil by _______

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Q. A soil has a dry unit weight of 17 kN/m³ and water content of 20%, then what will be its bulk unit weight?

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