Q. The specific gravity of sandy soils is ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
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Q. Stoke's law is applicable to particles upto ............. effective diameter ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
0.0002 mm
Q. The unit weight of soil mass is expressed in ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
N/m³
Q. When the plastic limit is equal to or greater than the liquid limit, then the plasticity index is ?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
zero
Q. A line showing the dry density as a function of water content for soil containing no air voids, is called ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
saturation line
Q. The unconfined compressive strength of a hard ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
above 400 kN/m²
Q. Sieving is not practicable for grain sizes smaller than about ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
0.075 mm
Q. Glacial soils are those soils which are ?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
none of these
Q. The flow net in the seepage of water through a soil medium is a network of ?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
flow lines and equi-potential lines
Q. The frictional resistance of clayey soil is ......... sandy soil ?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
less than
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