Cohesionless soil is
For general engineering purposes, soils are classified by
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
During seepage through a soil, direction of seepage is always
The pressure that builds up in pore water due to load increment on the soil, is termed
The coefficient ka of the active earth pressure, is given by
On wetting, cohesive soils,
A phreatic line is defined as the line within a dam section below which there are
An unsaturatedcm3 sample of soil weighsg. If its dried weight isg, water content of the soil, is
The shearing force acting along the slice of a curved surface of slippage, causes the soil to slide
If there is no impervious boundary at the bottom of a hydraulic structure, stream lines tend to follow :
'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of
A suspended particle falls through a height H cm in water in t minutes. If the viscosity of water is η and specific gravity of the particle is G, the diameter of the particle is (where M is a constant factor)
The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest state and its natural void ratio (e) to the difference between the void ratios in the loosest and fully dense state, is generally termed as
The seepage exit gradient in a soil is the ratio of
The change of moisture content of soils, changes the
The maximum possible value nf dry density is referred to as
The total active earth pressure due to dry back fill with no surcharge, acts at H/3 above the base of the wall and is directly proportional to
According to the Indian Standards the specific gravity is the ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water at a temperature of
According to Rankine's fromula, the minimum depth of foundation
If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 30.5%, 42.and 22.respectively, the ratio of liquidity index and plastic index, is
The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to
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