Assignment Week- I

Civil Engineering Department

(All questions carry one mark)
(Assume suitable data if necessary)

1. With the General notations if Sr= 0, water content

a) w < 0 c) 0 ≤ w ≤ 100
b) w = 0 d) w can be > 0
Ans: b)
2. The least count of the hydrometer reading is
a) 0.5 c) 0.005
b) 0.05 d) 0.0005
Ans-d)
3. The principle used in hydrometer analysis is
a) Newton’s law c) Stokes’s law
b) Darcy’s law d) Rehabann’s law
Ans-c)
4. Which one of the following represents the effective size or effective diameter of soil
particle?
a) D10 c) D60
b) D30 d) None
(Ans-a)
5. The mass specific gravity of a fully saturated clay specimen having a water content of
40% is 1.88. The specific gravity of clay will be
a) 1.95 c) 2.90
b) 2.67 d) None
(Ans-c)
6. Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of the particle is
a) <0.0002mm d) None
b) >0.2mm
c) between 0.2mm and
0.0002mm
(Ans-c)
7. The biggest size of clay particle is
a) 0.0002mm c) 0.002mm
b) 0.02mm d) 0.075mm
Ans-c)
8. In general, in oven dry method, if temperature is > 110 0C
a) may not cause complete evaporation
b) breaking of crystalline structure of soil particle
c) loss of structural water
d) (b) and (c)
Ans: d)
9. What will be the water content if 9.78 g of water was added in 100 g dry soil sample?
a) 8.90 % c) 7.98 %
b) 9.78 % d) 8.78 %
Ans: b)

10. The coefficient of uniformity and curvature of a soil are 4 and 1 respectively. The
ratio of D30/D10 is
a) 1 c) 3
b) 2 d) 4
(Ans-b)