Description : The arrangement of primary particles of soil
Last Answer : Ans. Soil structure
Description : Which property of soil depends upon the amount, size, shape, arrangement and mineral constituent. a. Physical b. Biological c. Taxonomic d. None of these
Last Answer : a. Physical
Description : Tilth is related to a. Soil aggregates shape b. Soil aggregates size distribution c. Soil aggregates arrangement d. All of these
Last Answer : d. All of these
Description : 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
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Infiltration capacity of soil depends upon (A) Number of voids present in the soil (B) Shape and size of soil particles (C) Arrangement of soil particles (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : It is a machine used for placing the seeds in a continuous stream in furrows at uniform rate and at controlled depth with an arrangement of covering the seeds with soil. a. Seed tube b. Seed dropper d. None of the above.
Last Answer : Ans - c. Seed drill
Last Answer : Clay soil particles are the smallest.
Description : What is largest particle in soil?
Last Answer : Which soil particle is the largestA_ GRAVEL.
Description : Commonly followed soil particle classified in India is
Last Answer : Ans. International Society of Soil Science (ISSS)
Description : The formulae of particle density of soil
Last Answer : Ans. PD (g/cc) =
Description : In wind erosion floating of less than 0.1 mm soil particle is observed in — stage a. Saltation b. Surface creep c. Suspension d. None of these
Last Answer : c. Suspension
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Nitrogen is normally supplied in fertiliser either in Ammoniacal or the nitrate form, from which the soil takes it up in the form of ammonium ions ornitrate ... nitrate fertiliser is obtained as a by-product in an integrated steel plant having by-product coke ovens
Last Answer : (D) Ammonium nitrate fertiliser is obtained as a by-product in an integrated steel plant having by-product coke ovens
Description : If the specific gravity of a soil particle of 0.05 cm diameter is 2.67, its terminal velocity while settling in distilled water of viscosity, 0.01 poise, is (A) 0.2200 cm/sec (B) 0.2225 cm/sec (C) 0.2250 cm/sec (D) 0.2275 cm/sec
Last Answer : (D) 0.2275 cm/sec
Description : Soil classification of composite soils, exclusively based on the particle size distribution, is known (A) Particle classification (B) Textural classification (C) High Way Research Board classification (D) Unified soil classification
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Which of the following statements is correct? (A) Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve. (B) For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of ... if it has most of the particles of about the same size (D) None of the above
Description : For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by (A) Particle size classification system (B) Textural classification system (C) High Way Research Board (HRB), classification system (D) Unified soil classification system
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
Description : In India soils are classified by a) MIT classification b) Unified soil classification system* c) International classification system d) Particle size classification
Last Answer : b) Unified soil classification system*
Description : Draw particle size distribution curve. Explain mechanical sieve analysis for grading of soil with a sketch.
Last Answer : Mechanical sieve analysis -The process of analyzing the particle size present in soil by using mechanical means, is known as mechanical sieve Analysis. By performing mechanical sieve analysis, a particle size ... c) Fine grained soil d) Coarse grained soil e) Uniformly graded soil