Q. The critical gradient for all soils is normally ?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
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Q. The density of soil mass is expressed in ?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
kg/m³
Q. The maximum size of grains of silts is about ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
0.06 mm
Q. The water content in a soil at which just shear strength develops is called ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
liquid limit
Q. Which of the following is practically impermeable ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Clay
Q. The density of sand at which there is no change in volume under the influence of shearing strain produced due to shear stress, is called ?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
critical density
Q. By an agriculturist, soil is defined as ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
the loose mantle at the surface of the earth which favours the growth of plant
Q. The angle of internal friction of round-grained dense sand is about ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
32? to 37?
Q. Black cotton soil ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
all of these
Q. A sample of soil has liquid limit 45 %, plastic limit 25 %, shrinkage limit 17 % and natural moisture content 30%. The consistency index of the soil is ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
15/20
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