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1. Which among the following are index properties of soil

A) atterbergs limit
B) permeability 
C) compressibility
D) all of these

... Answer is A 
Index properties indicates the behaviour of soil. These include grain size analysis, relative density distribution and atterbergs limit.

 

2. Which among the following are engineering properties of soil

A) grain size analysis
B) atterbergs limit
C) shear strength
D) none of these

... Answer is C
Engineering properties include permeability, shear strength, compressibility etc.
 

3. Sedimentation analysis is valid only of the flow is

A) laminar
B) particle settle independently
C) size is between 0.2 micro to 0.2mm
D) all of these

... Answer is D 

 

4. The method of sieve analysis used for coarse grained soil with no fines is____

A) sieve analysis
B) sedimentation analysis
C) wet sieve analysis
D) dry sieve analysis

... Answer is D

 

5. For coarse grained soil with >5% fines_________method of sieve analysis can be used. 

A) sedimentation analysis
B) wet sieve analysis
C) dry sieve analysis
D) none of these

... Answer is B

 

6. When hydrometer analysis is performed, the correction required is_______

A) temperature
B) meniscus
C) dispersion agent
D) all of these

... Answer is D 
Temperature correction +/- standard at 27°C || meniscus correction constant always +ve || dispersion agent correction -ve(sodium meta phosphate)
 

7. Log scale is used because

A) there is a large range for data
B) to get straight line
C) both above
D) none of these

... Answer is C 

 

8. As per grain size distribution curve, for well graded soil

A) has different sized 
B) same size particles
C) may or may not have both
D) none of these

... Answer is A 

 

9. Sieve analysis is also known as

A) mechanical analysis
B) sedimentation analysis
C) atterbergs limit
D) density analysis

... Answer is A 

 

10. For concrete____________aggregate should be used

A) uniformly graded
B) well graded
C) gap graded
D) none of these

... Answer is B

 

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