GTE Week -1 Mock

Which of the following soil types has the highest permeability?

• Gravel

• Clay

• Silt

• Loam

The specific gravity of soil solids is generally in the range of

• 1.2 to 1.8
  

• 4.0 to 5.5

• 2.6 to 2.75

• 3.5 to 4.5

The Atterberg limits are useful for classifying

• Sandy soils

• Fine-grained soils

• Gravelly soils

• All types of soils

Which soil classification system is widely used for engineering purposes?

• MIT system

• IS classification

• Unified Soil Classification System

• Indian Roads Congress system

If the plastic limit of a soil is 20% and liquid limit is 40%, the plasticity index is:

• 60%

• 50%

• 30%

• 20%

A soil has a shrinkage limit of 17% and plastic limit of 20%. Its consistency index is most likely:

• Negative

• Zero

• Between 0 and 1

• Greater than 1

Which of the following soils is more likely to show capillary rise?

• Gravel

• Sand

• Silt

• Coarse sand

Liquidity index is defined as:

• (PL - SL) / PI

• (LL - PI) / PL

• (W - PL) / (LL - PL)

• (W - LL) / (PL - SL)

Which type of soil shows the greatest cohesion?

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Gravel

For a given soil, as water content increases from dry state, the first limit it reaches is:

• Shrinkage limit

• Plastic limit

• Liquid limit

• Plasticity index