According to IS classification, the range of silt size particles is_________________?
(A) 4.75 mm to 2.00 mm
(B) 2.00 mm to 0.425 mm
(C) 0.425 mm to 0.075 mm
(D) 0.075 mm to 0.002 mm
If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the___________________?
(A) effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
(B) effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
(C) total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effec-tive stress does not change
(D) total stress is increased due to de-crease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
Highway Research Board (HRB) classification of soils is based on__________________?
(A) particle size composition
(B) plasticity characteristics
(C) both particle size composition and plasticity characteristics
(D) none of the above
Rise of water table above the ground surface causes________________?
(A) equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress
(B) equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
(C) increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
(D) decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress
Quick sand is a________________?
(A) type of sand
(B) flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
(C) flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils
(D) flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively__________________?
(A) zero and zero
(B) 0.5 kg/cm2 and zero
(C) 0.5 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
(D) 1.0 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is_______________?
(A) kaolinite
(B) illite
(C) montmorillonite
(D) none of the above
Sand particles are made of________________?
(A) rock minerals
(B) kaolinite
(C) illite
(D) montmorillonite
Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having______________?
(A) face to face or parallel orientation
(B) edge to edge orientation
(C) edge to face orientation
(D) all of the above
Inorganic soils with low compressibility are represented by_________________?
(A) MH
(B) SL
(C) ML
(D) CH