SSC JE CE QUIZ_Soil Mechanics Booster Quiz -10

Select the correct option with regard to the following two statements (S1, S2) pertaining to consolidation in soils.

S1: A soil is termed as normally consolidated, if the present effective overburden pressure is less than the maximum to which the soil was ever been subjected to in the past.

S2: The larger the value of coefficient of consolidation, the shorter it takes for full consolidation to occur.

Activity of soil is ratio of the plasticity index to:

How many groups of soils come under the Indian standard soil classification system?

A soil sample is tested for its plasticity index and the obtained value of plasticity index is 21. In such case, the soil sample can be described as :

Indicate the degree of denseness of a cohesion less soil of void ratio 0.5

Which of the following water is not removed soil under normal treatment conditions.

Which of the following statements ae correct regarding pycnometer.

1) It is used for both the cohesive and cohesion less soil.

2) It is used to determine the water content and specific gravity of soil.

The specific gravity of a soil having dry unit weight 18.5 kN/m³ and porosity 0.35 is

Boussinesq equation for finding vertical stress below concentrated load is valid for

The recompression index of a soil mass is always ______ than the compression index.