Description : The ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in a given soil mass, is known (A) Porosity (B) Specific gravity (C) Void ratio (D) Water content
Last Answer : (C) Void ratio
Description : The ratio of the volume of water present in a given soil mass to the total volume of its voids, is known (A) Porosity (B) Void ratio (C) Percentage voids (D) Degree of saturation
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The ratio of the weight of given volume of soil solids to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at the given temperature, is known (A) Porosity (B) Specific gravity (C) Void ratio (D) Water content
Last Answer : (B) Specific gravity
Description : The ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil, is known (A) Porosity (B) Specific gravity (C) Void ratio (D) Water content
Description : The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called (A) Air content (B) Porosity (C) Percentage air voids (D) Voids ratio
Last Answer : (B) Porosity
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The ratio of total volume of voids in soil aggregates to the total volume of aggregate, is called Porosity (B) Water retained by the interstices ... (C) Sum of the percentage of specific yield and specific retention is 100 (D) All the above
Description : The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of total voids, is known as (A) Air content (B) Percentage air voids (C) Percentage voids (D) Porosity
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : PROBLEM FA sample of soft saturated clay weighs 350 grams and has a volume of 205cc. After oven drying, the soil weighs 225 grams. Calculate the values of saturated unit weight, void ratio, porosity and specific gravity?
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Description : The ratio of volume of water present in a given soil sample to the total volume of voids in it is known as a) Percentage of air voids b) Degree of saturation * c) Void rat
Last Answer : b) Degree of saturation *
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The volume of underground water extracted by gravity drainage from a saturated soil, is known as yield (B) The ratio of volume ... ) The sum of specific yield and specific retention, is equal to porosity (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample is (A) Less than specific gravity of soil (B) Equal to specific gravity of soil (C) Greater than specific gravity of soil (D) Independent of specific gravity of soil
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil mass, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are (A) 1.0 and 0.0 (B) 0.0 and 1.0 (C) 0.5 and 1.0 (D) 1.0 and 0.5
Last Answer : (C) 0.5 and 1.0
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The void ratio in soils is defined as the ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of solids (B) The bulk density of a soil is defined as the ... of a soil is defined as weight of solids to the total volume of the soil (D) All the above
Description : A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92 has moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the void ratio, is (A) 0.858 (B) 0.860 (C) 0.862 (D) 0.864
Last Answer : Option C
Description : If voids ratio is 0.67, water content is 0.188 and specific gravity is 2.68, the degree of saturation of the soil, is (A) 25 % (B) 40 % (C) 60 % (D) 75 %
Description : The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of (A) Volume of water to volume of given soil (B) Volume of water to volume of voids in soil (C) Weight of water to weight of air in voids (D) Weight of water to weight of solids of given mass of soil
Description : The ratio of volume of air voids to the volume of voids is known as a) Percentage of air voids b) Porosity c) Degree of saturation d) Air content*
Last Answer : d) Air content*
Description : Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5, is (A) 50 % (B) 60 % (C) 75 % (D) 80 %
Last Answer : (C) 75 %
Description : A saturated soil sample has water content of 40% and specific gravity of soil particles 2.7. The void ratio of the soil, is (A) 0.4 (B) 0.52 (C) 1.08 (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) 1.08
Description : The natural water content of the soil sample was found to be 40%, specific gravity is 2.7 and void ratio 1.2; then the degree of saturation of the soil will be (a) 100% (b) 69% (c) 87% (d) 90%
Last Answer : (d) 90%
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) O.M.C. refers to the moisture corresponding to the maximum point on the moisture content dry density curve (B) The line which shows moisture content dry ... void line (C) The free fall of hammer for compaction is 30.5 cm (D) All the above
Description : A soil mass coated with a thin layer of paraffin weighs 460 g. When immersed, it displaces 299 cc of water. The weight of paraffin is 10 g. If specific gravity of solids is 2.5 and that of paraffin 0.9, the void ratio of soil, is (A) 0.55 (B) 0.60 (C) 0.65 (D) 0.70
Description : A pycnometer is used to determine (A) Water content and voids ratio (B) Specific gravity and dry density (C) Water content and specific gravity (D) Voids ratio and dry density
Last Answer : (C) Water content and specific gravity
Description : The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil (A) Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio (B) Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit (C) Increases ... increase in the initial voids ratio (D) Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil
Description : A fundamental equation of void ratio (e), specific gravity (G), water content and degree of saturation (Sr ) is (A) e = /Sr (B) = eG/Sr (C) G = /S (D) Sr = /G
Last Answer : (A) e = /Sr
Description : A coarse-grained soil has a voids ratio 0.75, and specific gravity as 2.75. The critical gradient at which quick sand condition occurs, is (A) 0.25 (B) 0.50 (C) 0.75 (D) 1.00
Last Answer : (D) 1.00
Description : The porosity of a soil sample having its void ratio equal unity would be (a) 33.33% (b) 50.0% (c) 66.66% (d) 75.0%
Last Answer : (b) 50.0%
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The phenomenon of quicksand generally occurs in the cohesionless soil (B) At critical hydraulic gradient, the saturated sand becomes quick (C) The critical gradient depends on the void ratio and the specific gravity (D) All the above
Description : If dry density, water density and specific gravity of solids of a given soil sample are 1.6 g/cc, 1.84 g/cc and 2.56 respectively, the porosity of the soil sample, is (A) 0.375 (B) 0.370 (C) 0.380 (D) 0.390
Last Answer : (A) 0.375
Description : PROBLEM GThe moist unit weights of the soil are 105.73 pcf and 112.67 pcf, and the respective degree of saturation are 50.0% and 75.0%, compute the values of thevoid ratio, porosity, and specific gravity of the given soil?
Last Answer : Pressuron theory (2013) by Olivier Minazzoli and Aurélien Hees
Description : Fundamental relationship between dry density ( d), specific gravity (G), water content ( ) and percentage of air voids (na) is: (A) d = (1 - na) G (1 + ) (B) d = (1 + na) G (1 + ) (C) d = (1 + na) G (1 - ) (D) d = (1 - na) G (1 - )
Description : The quantity of water retained by the sub-soil against gravity, is known (A) Yield (B) Porosity (C) Specific yield (D) Specific retention
Description : PROBLEM EA Sample of moist soil has a water content of 20.0% and the moist unit weight of 21.09 KN/cu.meter. The specific gravity of the soil is 2.75. Compute the degree of saturation and the value of porosity?
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Description : A moist soil sample weighing 108 g has a volume of 60 cc. If water content is 25% and value of G = 2.52, the void ratio is (A) 0.55 (B) 0.65 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.80
Last Answer : (C) 0.75
Description : Define void ratio; porosity; water content and degree of saturation.
Last Answer : i) Voids Ratio: Voids ratio e of a given soil sample is the ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of soil solids in the given soil mass. e=Vv/Vs ii) Porosity: The ratio of volume of voids ( ... ratio of the volume of water in the voids to the volume of voids. It is expressed as per cent
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The void space between the soil grains, is filled partly with air and partly with water (B) In perfectly saturated soil, the voids are completely filled with water (C) In dry soil, the voids are completely filled with air (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) A highly absorptive aggregate reduces the workability of concrete considerably (B) The specific gravity of aggregate is important for the determination ... and porosity of an aggregate influence the property of the concrete (D) All the above
Description : The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, is (A) Directly proportional to the voids ratio (B) Inversely proportional to the specific gravity (C) Directly proportional to the specific gravity (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : If the specific gravity and voids in soil sample are G and e respectively, the hydraulic gradient i, is (A) (G - 1)/(1 + e) (B) (G + 1)/(1 - e) (C) (1 - G)/(1 + e) (D) (1 + G)/(1 + e)
Description : The hydraulic head that would produce a quick condition in a sand stratum of thickness 1.5 m, specific gravity 2.67 and voids ratio 0.67 is equal to (A) 1.0 m (B) 1.5 m (C) 2.0 m (D) 3 m
Last Answer : (B) 1.5 m
Description : The porosity of a certain soil sample was found to be 80% and its specific gravity was 2:7; the critical hydraulic gradient will be estimated as (a) 0.34 (b) 0.92 (c) 1.0 (d) 1.5
Last Answer : (a) 0.34
Description : The relationship between void ratio (e) and porosity ratio (n) is: (A) n = (1 + e )/(1 - e) (B) e = (1 + n)/(1 - e) (C) n = e/(1 - e) (D) e = n/(1 - n)
Last Answer : (D) e = n/(1 - n)
Description : The general relationship between specific gravity (G), weight of water ( ), degree of saturation (Sr ), void ratio (e) and bulk density ( ), is (A) = (S - eSr ) /(1 + e) (B) = (G + eSr ) /(1 + e) (C) = (1 + e) /(G + Sr ) (D) = (1 - Sr ) e/(G + Sr )
Last Answer : (B) = (G + eSr ) /(1 + e)
Description : The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, increases with (A) An increase in specific gravity (B) A decrease in specific gravity (C) A decrease in void ratio (D) Both (a) and (c)
Description : Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as (A) Percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition (B) Ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state (C) Ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids (D) None of the above
Description : Define voids ratio and porosity.
Last Answer : Voids ratio: It is the ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids called as voids ratio. Porosity: It is the ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil; called as porosity.
Description : A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3 . If the specific gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the degree of saturation of the soil is (A) 11.1 % (B) 55.6 % (C) 69.6 % (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) 55.6 %
Description : A sample of saturated soil has 30% water content and the specific gravity of soil grains is 2.6. The dry density of the soil mass in g/cm3 , is (A) 1.47 (B) 1.82 (C) 1.91 (D) None of these
Description : If water content of a soil is 40%, G is 2.70 and void ratio is 1.35, the degree of saturation is (A) 70 % (B) 75 % (C) 80 % (D) 85 %
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Voids ratio of a soil mass can (A) Never be greater than unity (B) Be zero (C) Take any value greater than zero (D) Take values between 0 and 1 only
Last Answer : (C) Take any value greater than zero