To use textural classification chart ___________ lines must be drawn.

Civil Engineering : Soil Mechanics - Quiz(MCQ)

Parallel to the three sides of the triangle

Adjacent to the one sides of the triangle

Adjacent to the three sides of the triangle

Parallel to the only one side of the triangle

Correct Answer : Parallel to the three sides of the triangle

Explanation : To use the textural classification chart, for a given percentage of three constituents forming a soil, lines are drawn parallel to three sides of the equilateral triangle.

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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______.

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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_______.

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void ratio

specific gravity

Correct Answer : Option (B) : water content

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