| With an increase in the liquid limit, compression index |
A) Decreases
B) Increases
C) Remain constant
D) May increase or decrease
| Single-sheet pile coffer dams are suitable upto a height of |
A) 5 m
B) 10 m
C) 15 m
D) More than 15 m
| A well foundation is a type of |
A) Open caisson
B) Pneumatic caisson
C) Floating caisson
D) Drilled pier
| Which of the following are used as a standard sedimentation method in a laboratory? |
A) Sedimentation analysis method
B) Hydrometer method
C) Pipette method
D) Sand replacement method
| The seismic refraction methods cannot be used if the wave velocity in the lower layer is _____ that in the upper layer |
A) Greater than
B) Less than
C) More than four times
D) More than thrice
| The standard penetration test is useful to measure |
A) Shear strength of soft clays
B) Shear strength of sands
C) Consistency of clays
D) None of the above
| Vaccum well points are generally used for draining |
A) Coarse sands
B) Fines sands and silly sands
C) Silts
D) Clays
| Dry density of soil is equal to the |
A) Mass of solids to the volume of solids
B) Mass of solids to the total volume of soil
C) Density of soil in the dried condition
D) None of the above
| In hydrometer analysis for a soil mass |
A) Both meniscus correction and dispersing agent correction are negative
B) Both meniscus correction and dispersing agent correction are positive
C) Meniscus correction is positive while dispersing agent correction is negative
D) Meniscus correction is negative while dispersing agent correction is positive
| The following type of soil is not glacier-deposited |
A) Drift
B) Till
C) Outwash
D) Bentonite
