Geotechnical Engineering Mock Test 3

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Question 1 of 10

1. Capillary tension is developed in saturated soil, when ___________

Soil is dry

Water content is reduced

Soil particle is large

Water content is increased

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Question 2 of 10

2. The cationic linkage is similar to the intersheet bonds of ____________

Kaolinite

Illite

Dichite

Montmorillonite

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ground water may be also called as ___________

Capillary water

Gravitational water and Free water

All of the mentioned

None of the mentioned

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Question 4 of 10

4. The soil suction is maximum, when angle of contact(α) is _____________

α=0

α=1

α=60

α=90

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Question 5 of 10

5. If the void ratio is 40% in saturated soil, then the expansion of the soil will be __________

3.6 %

2.3 %

4 %

5 %

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Question 6 of 10

6. What are the types of soils, that are prone to frost action?

Clay

All of the mentioned

Sand and Silt

None of the mentioned

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Question 7 of 10

7. Coarse-grain skeleton structure, consist of arrangement of __________

None of the mentioned

Soil forming honey comb structure

Coarse grain forming a skeleton

Soil oriented ‘edge-to-edge’ with one another

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Question 8 of 10

8. The surface tension of water (TS) is __________

0.29 dynes per cm

29 dynes per cm

2.45 dynes per cm

72.8 dynes per cm

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Question 9 of 10

9. There is no strong repulsive force between soil particles because ____________

Cations replace each other

Cation will move opposite to each other

None of the mentioned

Mobile cation will move along the surface

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Question 10 of 10

10. Chemically, the clay minerals are silicates of ____________

Magnesium

All of the mentioned

Iron

Aluminum

Question 10 of 10