Geotechnical Engineering MCQ questions.

  1. chemical weatherin may  include (1)

oxidation  (2) leaching  (3) hydration  (4) desillication.  Of these  statements -

 (a) 1,2 & 3 are correct 
 (b) 2,3 & 4 are correct 
 (c) 3,4 & 1are correct 
 (d)  all are correct 
Answer : d

 2. Alluvial soil is transported by -

 (a)  water 
 (b) Ice
 (c) Gravitational force 
 (d) Air
 Answer : a

 3. Soil is a -

  (a)  Three phase system only 
  (b)  Two phase system only 
  (c)   Three phase system as well as some time two phase system 
  (d)  None of this 
 Answer : c

 4.Chemical weathering of soil is caused due to -

 (a) Oxidation         (b)Carbonation
                            

 (c)  Hydration 
 (d) All the above 

 Answer : d


 5. Residual soil are formed by - 

  (a) winds  (b) glaciers 
  (c) water   (d) none of the above 
Answer : d

 6. Water -transported soil are termed as - 

 (a) aeoline soil  (b) alluvial soil (c)  colluvial soil  (d) till
 Answer : b

 7. The weathered rock material which is transported by the moving ice before getting deposited somewhere downstream,  to form a new soil deposit,  is called a - 

 (a)  residual soil
 (b) glacial soil
 (c)  lacustrine soil
 (d)  none of above 
 Answer : b

 8. The soil which are transported by the running water are called  - 

  (a) lacustine soil 
  (b) Aeolian soil
  (c) marine soil
  (d) Alluvial soil 
Answer : d

 9. The soils which are formed by transportation of the weathered rock resources by the wind are called - 

 (a)  Aeolian soils  
 (b) lacustine soils  
 (c)  alluvial soils
 (d)  marine soils
 Answer : a

11. Among the clay minerals, the one having the maximum swelling tendency is -  Montmorillonite








 







 

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