A. the liquid limit of soil always increases
B. the liquid limit of soil always decreases
C. the liquid limit of soil may increase
D. the liquid limit of soil may decrease
Related Mcqs:
- If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in______________?
A. liquid state
B. plastic state
C. semi-solid state
D. solid state - When the plastic limit of a soil is greater than the liquid limit, then the plasticity index is reported as_____________?
A. negative
B. zero
C. non-plastic (NP)
D. 1 - 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 - At liquid limit, all soils possess________________?
A. same shear strength of small magnitude
B. same shear strength of large magnitude
C. different shear strengths of small magnitude
D. different shear strengths of large magnitude - The value of compression index for a remoulded sample whose liquid limit is 50% is______________?
A. 0.028
B. 0.28
C. 036
D. 0.036 - The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as_________________?
A. liquid limit
B. plastic limit
C. shrinkage limit
D. plasticity index - If the voids of a soil mass are full of air only, the soil is termed as_______________?
A. air entrained soil
B. partially saturated soil
C. dry soil
D. dehydrated soil - A soil has a bulk density of 22 kN/m3 and water content 10 %. The dry density of soil is_______________?
A. 18.6 kN/m3
B. 20.0 kN/m3
C. 22.0 kN/m3
D. 23.2 kN/m3 - If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is______________?
A. sand
B. silt
C. clay
D. clayey silt - If the permeability of a soil is 0.8 mm/sec, the type of soil is_______________?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay
