A. Void ratio
B. Degree of compaction
C. Degree of saturation
D. Volume of saturation
Related Mcqs:
- The field capacity is the amount of water retained by a saturated soil mass after being acted by gravity. The amount of water required to bring the soil moisture content of that soil up to field capacity is called__________________?
A. Soil-moisture deficiency
B. Field-moisture deficiency
C. Equivalent-moisture deficiency
D. a and b are correct - At the end of hydraulic structure, the upward force of sub-soil water just becomes equal to the submerged weight of soil grains Then exit gradient will be called______________?
A. Submerged exit gradient
B. Critical exit gradient
C. Balanced exit gradient
D. All are correct - The field capacity is the water retained by a saturated soil after free drainage of surplus water to the ground water table but the water retained by a saturated soil after being centrifuged by a centrifugal force of 1000 times that of gravity is called________________?
A. Soil moisture
B. Equivalent moisture
C. Field moisture
D. Available moisture - The law that states that the discharge of sub-soil water is directly proportional to the loss of head and the area of soil sample and inversely proportional to to the length of soil sample ___________________?
A. Archimed’s principle
B. Darcy’s law
C. Permeability law
D. Thiem’s law - The total dissolved solids in drinking water should not exceed_________________?
A. 1000 mg/litre
B. 1200 mg/litre
C. 1300 mg/litre
D. 1500 mg/litre - Volume of water that unit volume of aquifer will give up by gravity pull is called ____________________?
A. Specific volume
B. Specific yield
C. Specific retention
D. All are correct - The property of soil which indicates the volume of water stored in the formation is called ___________________?
A. Specific yield
B. Porosity
C. Field capacity
D. Specific retention - The minimum moisture content at which a water drop if placed on a smooth surface of soil will not be absorbed immediately by the soil is called __________________?
A. Soil moisture content
B. Moisture content
C. Soil saturation
D. All are correct - That part of the flow in a stream comes from sub-soil or valley, may be beneath the top surface of channel bed is called__________________?
A. Sub-surface flow
B. Base flow
C. Ground flow
D. All are correct - Specific weight of a liquid is defined as the weight per unit volume at standard Temperature & pressure therefore specific weight of water of water is equal to ____________ kg/m3 in MKS system ?
A. 990
B. 995
C. 999
D. 1000
