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AE-JE Foundation CE: Soil Mechanics Quiz 1

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Question 1

If the void ratio is 0.67, water content is 0.188 and specific gravity is 2.68, the degree of saturation of the soil, is _______.

Question 2

A sample of wet soil has a mass of 12kg. On ovendrying the mass reduces to 10kg, the water content of the soil is

Question 3

Hydrometer analysis is used to determine the

Question 4

For a sand to be well graded

(i) coefficient of uniformity > 6

(ii) Coefficient of uniformity > 4

(iii) Coefficient of curvature lies between 1 to 3

Question 5

The void ratio of a soil sample is given by 0.58. What is the porosity of soil sample?

Question 6

A soil sample has void ratio of 0.5 and its porosity will be close to _______.

Question 7

If the voids of a soil are completely filled with air, then it is called __________

Question 8

The laboratory test on a soil sample yields the following results:
natural moisture content = 18%, liquid limit = 60%,
plastic limit = 25%,
percentage of clay sized fraction = 25%.
The liquidity index and activity (as per the expression proposed by skempton) of the soil,
respectively, are

Question 9

Using the Plasticity chart, for a low compressible soil sample with a liquid limit of 32% and Plastic limit of 25% will read the plasticity Index value (in %) as

Question 10

The results for sieve analysis carried out for three types of sand, P, Q and R, are given in the adjoining figure. If the fineness modulus values of the three sands are given as FM_P, FM_Q and FM_R, it can be stated that

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