Description : According to IISS, the particle size of course sand
Last Answer : Ans. 2 - 0.2 mm
Description : The particle size of clay
Last Answer : Ans. < 0.002
Description : The particle size of silt
Last Answer : Ans. 0.02 – 0.002
Description : Bucket elevators are not suitable for the vertical lifting of __________ materials. (A) Fine (e.g. - 200 mesh size coal) (B) Sticky (e.g. clay paste) (C) Small lumpy (e.g. grains and sand) (D) Free flowing
Last Answer : (B) Sticky (e.g. clay paste
Description : Pick up the correct statement about silt soil from the following: (A) The silt soil has particle size from 0.02 mm to 0.06 mm (B) In organic fine grained silt soil possesses no ... The least plastic type normally consists of more or less equidimensional grains of quartz (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The minimum particle size of fine aggregate is (a) 0.0075mm (b) 0.075mm (c)0.75mm (d)0.95m
Last Answer : (b) 0.075mm
Description : The fine earth covering land surface acts as a reservoir of nutrients and water
Last Answer : Ans. Soil
Description : The relative proportion of sand, silt and clay is termed as
Last Answer : Ans. Soil texture
Description : Lime stone, Sand stone and Dolomite are
Last Answer : Ans. Sedimentary rocks
Description : In diffusion, particle/molecules moves from region of
Last Answer : Ans. Higher to lower concentration
Description : Commonly followed soil particle classified in India is
Last Answer : Ans. International Society of Soil Science (ISSS)
Description : Widely accepted fixed value of particle density is
Last Answer : Ans. 2.65 g/cc
Description : The formulae of particle density of soil
Last Answer : Ans. PD (g/cc) =
Description : If you have fine sand and sea water what kind of structure can you build?
Last Answer : Sand castles! Waiting for the more scientific replies. If there are any.
Description : The diameter of very fine sand particles is- (a) Below 0.002 mm (b) 0.05-0.002mm (c) 0.01-0.05 mm (d) 0.05-0.10mm
Last Answer : (c) 0.01-0.05 mm
Description : The soil which contains finest grain particles, is (A) Coarse sand (B) Fine sand (C) Silt (D) Clay
Last Answer : (D) Clay
Description : Fine sand possesses (A) Good plasticity (B) Limited plasticity (C) Reasonable plasticity (D) clay
Description : The most suitable material for the central impervious core of a zoned embankment type dam is (A) Clay (B) Coarse sand (C) Silty clay (D) Clay mixed with fine sand
Description : Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be (A) 40 cm (B) 52 cm (C) 64 cm (D) 76 cm
Description : If fineness modulus of sand is 2.5, it is graded as (A) Very fine sand (B) Fine sand (C) Medium sand (D) Coarse
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Bulking of sand is caused due to formation of a thin film of surface moisture (B) Fine sand bulks more than coarse sand (C) The volume of fully saturated sand, is equal to the volume of dry and loose sand (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Adding 5% to 6% of moisture content by weight, increases the volume of dry sand from 18% to 38% (B) The bulking of fine sand is ... the percentage content of moisture exceeds 10%, increase in bulk of sand starts increasing (D) All the above
Description : Which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Adding 5% to 6% of moisture by weight increases the volume of dry sand from 18% to 38% (b) The bulking of fine sand is more than that of coarse sand (c ) Volume of fully saturated sand is equal to that of dry sand (d) All of the above
Last Answer : (d) All of the above
Description : In order to prepare a test specimen, it is necessary to (a) Mix the cement and fine aggregate (sand ) dry hand (b) Mix the coarse aggregate (c) Mix water to the cement, fine aggregate and coarse aggregate (d) All of the above
Description : If th fineness modules of sand is 3, then the sand is graded as (a) Very fine sand (b) Fine sand (c)Medium sand (d) Coarse sand
Last Answer : (d) Coarse sand
Description : High quality crop soil requires humus as a major component. Which of the following best describes the composition of humus w) fine sand particles x) decaying organic matter y) mineral like clay matter z) chemical fertilizers
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER
Description : . The most suitable equipment for removing the fine dust particle (< 1 micron dia.) from air below its dew point will be a/an (A) Bag filter (B) Electrostatic precipitator (C) Cyclone separator (D) Wet scrubber
Last Answer : (B) Electrostatic precipitator
Description : The technique of reducing the size of replication over a number of blocks at the cost of loosing some informations on same effect
Last Answer : Ans. Confounding Design
Description : The test used for comparing two means when sample size is small (up to 30)
Last Answer : Ans. ‘T’ test
Description : For a group of 10-25, people use flash cards of size
Last Answer : Ans. 10"x12" (25 cm x 30 cm)
Description : Mostly widely used pamphlet size
Last Answer : Ans. 12 to 24 pages
Description : The most common size of poster
Last Answer : Ans. 50cm x 75cm
Description : The most common pit size for fruit planting
Last Answer : Ans. 1 m × 1 m × 1 m
Description : The irreversible change in any plant part (s) with respect to size, form, weight, volume etc.
Last Answer : Ans. Growth
Description : An average size of rain drop
Last Answer : Ans. 2 mm dia
Description : What to take into consideration when choosing size and paper for printing fine art images?
Last Answer : binding option will make you think about borders. PLAN the whole project before printing.
Description : Which of the following terminology is not used for size reduction of materials to fine sizes or powders? (A) Comminution (B) Dispersion (C) Pulverisation (D) Compression
Last Answer : (D) Compression
Description : Grizzlies are used for separating __________ solids. (A) Coarse (B) Fine (C) Any size (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Fine
Description : In a size reduction crushing operation, the feed size is 10 to 50 mm, while the product size is 2 to 10 mm. This is a case of __________ crushing. (A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Fine
Last Answer : (C) Fine
Description : In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 100 to 300 mm. while the product size is 10 to 50 mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing. (A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Fine (D) Ultrafine
Last Answer : (B) Secondary
Description : General mechanism of size reduction in intermediate and fine grinder is by (A) Cutting action (B) Compression (C) Compression and tearing (D) Impact and attrition
Last Answer : (D) Impact and attrition
Description : Cement clinker is reduced to fine size by a (A) Roll crusher (B) Ball mill (C) Tube mill (D) Hammer mill
Last Answer : (C) Tube mill
Description : In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 300 to 1500 mm while the product size is 100 to 300 mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing. (A) Secondary (B) Fine (C) Primary (D) Ultrafine
Last Answer : (C) Primary
Description : which of the following statements is not true for scattering of light? (a) Colour of the scattered tight depends on the size of particles of the atmosphere. (b) Red light is least scattered in the ... air scatter the blue, light more strongly than red. So the scattered blue light enters our eyes.
Last Answer : (c) Scattering of light Lakes place as various colours of white light travel with different speed in fir.
Description : Froth floatation is used for (A) Washing fine coal dust (< 0.5 mm size) (B) Washing lump coal (> 80 mm size) (C) Removing ash from the coal based on difference in specific gravity of coal and ash
Last Answer : (A) Washing fine coal dust (< 0.5 mm size)
Description : Select the incorrect statement. Effective angle of shearing resistance (A) Increases as the size of particles increases (B) Increases as the soil gradation improves (C) Is limited to a maximum value of 45° (D) Is rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil
Last Answer : (C) Is limited to a maximum value of 45°
Description : Secondary hardening in steels arises out of the (A) Precipitation of fine alloy carbides at high temperatures (B) Refinement of ferrite grain size by working (C) Decomposition of retained austenite upon heat treatment (D) Precipitation of complex inter-metallic upon heat treatment
Last Answer : Option C
Description : The void ratio of (A) Single size coarse aggregate is roughly 0.45 (B) Graded coarse aggregate is roughly 0.040 (C) Fine aggregate is roughly 0.45 (D) All the above
Description : The size of fine aggregates does not exceed (A) 2.75 mm (B) 3.00 mm (C) 3.75 mm (D) 4.75 mm
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The maximum size of a coarse aggregate, is 75 mm and minimum 4.75 mm (B) The maximum size of the fine aggregate, is 4.75 mm and minimum 0.075 mm ( ... having particles of size varying from 0.06 mm to 0.002 mm, is known as silt (D) All the ab