A. silt
B. clay
C. coarse sand
D. fine sand
Related Mcqs:
- In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as__________________?
A. consolidated drained test
B. consolidated undrained test
C. unconsolidated drained test
D. unconsolidated undrained test - Physical properties of a permeant which influence permeability are________________?
A. viscosity only
B. unit weight only
C. both viscosity and unit weight
D. none of the above - If the permeability of a soil is 0.8 mm/sec, the type of soil is_______________?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay - Which of the following methods is best suited for determination of permeability of coarse-grained soils ?
A. constant head method
B. falling head method
C. both the above
D. none of the above - Coefficient of permeability of soil______________?
A. does not depend upon temperature
B. increases with the increase in temperature
C. increases with the decrease in temperature
D. none of the above - Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil ?
A. constant head method
B. falling head method
C. horizontal permeability test
D. none of the above - The flownet for an earthen dam with 30 m water depth consists of 25 potential drops and 5 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of dam material is 0.03 mm/sec. The discharge per meter length of dam is________________?
A. 0.00018 nrVsec
B. 0.0045 m3/sec
C. 0.18m3/sec
D. 0.1125m3/sec - The average coefficient of permeability of natural deposits________________?
A. parallel to stratification is always greater than that perpendicular to stratification
B. parallel to stratification is always less than that perpendicular to stratification
C. is always same in both directions
D. parallel to stratification may or may not be greater than that perpendicular to stratification - Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made_______________?
A. only in fixed ring type consolido-meter
B. only in floating ring type consolido-meter
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the above - The slope of isochrone at any point at a given time indicates the rate of change of_______________?
A. effective stress with time
B. effective stress with depth
C. pore water pressure with depth
D. pore water pressure with time
