Q. Arrange the following to obtain the correct procedure of sand replacement method.

I. Measurement of soil density
II. Determination of water content and dry density
III. Calibration of the cylinder

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Q. For calibration of cylinder _______ is used.

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Q. Arrange the following to obtain the correct procedure of soil density by sand replacement method.

I. Cylinder is placed over a tray
II. Tray with central hoe is placed in ground
III. Test hole is dug
IV. The cylinder valve is opened

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Q. In sand replacement method, if the mass of sand filling the calibrating container is 1450g and volume of calibrating container is 1000cm³, then its buk density is_______ g/cm³.

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Q. The IS code for determination of dry density by sand replacement method is ________

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Q. The inner diameter of the core cutter is_____ cm.

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Q. The principle of submerged mass density method is_______

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Q. The plasticity of clay depends on which of the following?

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Q. The typical activity value of illite, present in clay is________

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Q. Based on activity number, clays can be classified in to_______ categories.

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Q. A clay is said to be inactive, if the activity is_________

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Q. Clay containing kaolinite, will relatively have a_________ activity.

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Q. Activity of a clay can be determined by laboratory test like __________

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Q. Based on the observation made by Skempton, for a given soil __________

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Q. For a clay to be active, the activity of it should be __________

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Q. The sensitivity of most clays usually falls in a range of _________

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Q. Highly over consolidating clays tends to be _________

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Q. The consistency of an undisturbed sample of clay is altered, even at the same water content, if it is remoulded.

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Q. Remoulding of clay results in _______

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Q. The degree of disturbance of undisturbed sample of clay due to remoulding is expressed by______

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