According to USCS, the fined grained soil are classified on the basis of ________

Civil Engineering : Soil Mechanics - Quiz(MCQ)

Plasticity

Group index

Grain size distribution

Particle size composition

Correct Answer : Plasticity

Explanation : According to USCS the fine grained soils, whose behavior is controlled by plasticity, are classified on the basis of their plasticity.

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The property of a soil which allows it to be deformed rapidly without rupture, elastic rebound and also a volume change, is known______.

ductility

porosity

permeability

plasticity

Correct Answer : Option (D) : plasticity

During seepage through a soil, direction of seepage is always_______.

perpendicular to stream lines

parallel to equipotential lines

perpendicular to equipotential lines

None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (C) : perpendicular to equipotential lines

The ratio of the weight of water to the weight of solids in a given mass of soil, is known_______.

porosity

water content

void ratio

specific gravity

Correct Answer : Option (B) : water content