Soil Mechanics - Soil Mechanics objective questions and answers

11. The frost heave in the following type of soils is generally high

   A.Coarse sands

   B.Clays

   C.Fine sands and silts

   D.Gravels

12. The permeability of soil varies

   A.Inversely as square of grain size

   B.As square of grain size

   C.As grain size

   D.Inversely as void ratio

13. The shear strength of a cohensionless soil is

   A.Proportional to the angle of shearing tresistaance

   B.Inversely proportional to the angle of shearing resistance

   C.proportional to the tangent of the angle of shearing resistance

   D.None of the above

14. Line stabilisation of clayey soils generally leads to

   A.Decrease in shrinkage limit

   B.Decrease in plastic limit

   C.Increase in liquid limit

   D.Flocculation of particles

15. When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be in

   A.Soil state

   B.Liquid state

   C.Semi solid state

   D.Plastic state

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next>