Civil Engineering MCQ Question||soil mechanics Question for SSCJE and RRB JE

This test completely based on Exam pattern and Syllabus, So give this test and Improve your preparations! Wish you very all the best!

Q.1 The ratio of liquid limit to plasticity index for a soil mass is called

(A) liquidity index

(B) shrinkage ratio

(C) consistency index

(D) none of the above

Q.2 The moisture content of a soil below which the soil volume becomes constant is called the

(A) liquid limit

(B) plastic limit

(C) shrinkage limit

(D) none of the above

Q.3 Gravel and sand belongs to the following categories of soil

(A) Alluvial soil

(B) cohesive soil

(C) expansive soil

(D) Marian

Q.4 When the plastic limit of a soil is greater than the liquid limit then the plasticity index is reported is

(A) 1

(B) negative

(C) zero

(D) none plastic

Q.5 Specific gravity has a unit

(A) gram per cc

(B) kg per metre cube

(C) Newton per metre cube

(D) Non-unit dimensionless

Q.6 Black cotton soil is not suitable for foundation because of its

(A) load bearing capacity

(B) cohesive particles

(C) swelling and shrinkage

(D) black colour

Q.7 Optimum moisture content(OMC) is obtained from

(A) triaxial test

(B) standard proctor test

(C) consolidation test

(D) hydrometer test

Q.8 The void ratio for saturated soil is equal to ________ of water content and specific gravity of solid

(A) same

(B) product

(C) difference

(D) ratio

Q.9 Which of the following is responsible for the formation of residual soil

(A) Glacier

(B) water

(C) wind

(D) none of these

Q.10 Which of the following method is used to find the specific gravity of soil in a laboratory

(A) hydrometer analysis

(B) pycnometer method

(C) radiation method

(D) sand bath method