A. one phase system
B. two phase system with soil and air
C. two phase system with soil and water
D. three phase system
Related Mcqs:
- If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is______________?
A. 40%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 100% - Valid range for S, the degree of saturation of soil in percentage is______________?
A. S>0
B. S<0
C. 0<S<100
D. 0 < S < 100 - If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is______________?
A. sand
B. silt
C. clay
D. clayey silt - 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 - 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 cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively______________________?
A. 0.5 N/mm2 and 30°
B. 0.05 N/mm2 and 0°
C. 0.2 N/mm2 and 0°
D. 0.05 N/mm2 and 45° - A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is_______________?
A. 15 mm
B. between 15 mm and 25 mm
C. 25 mm
D. greater than 25 mm - Voids ratio of a soil mass can_________________?
A. never be greater than unity
B. be zero
C. take any value greater than zero
D. take values between 0 and 1 only - If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids ratio of the sample is________________?
A. less than specific gravity of soil
B. equal to specific gravity of soil
C. greater than specific gravity of soil
D. independent of specific gravity of soil - Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is______________?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 16
