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This section includes 69 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geotechnical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Coarse grained skeleton is a structure of soil which is present in _________ |
| A. | fine grained |
| B. | composite soil with large amount of coarse grained particles |
| C. | composite soil with large amount of fine grained particle |
| D. | coursed grained |
| Answer» C. composite soil with large amount of fine grained particle | |
| 2. |
________ is decomposed volcanic ash containing a high percentage of clay mineral. |
| A. | Moorum |
| B. | Peat |
| C. | Dune sand |
| D. | Bentonite |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
The type of bond in kaolinite crystal is _____________ |
| A. | Cationic linkage bond |
| B. | Hydrogen bond |
| C. | Linkage bond |
| D. | Ionic bond |
| Answer» B. Hydrogen bond | |
| 4. |
Coarse-grain skeleton structure, consist of arrangement of __________ |
| A. | Soil forming honey comb structure |
| B. | Coarse grain forming a skeleton |
| C. | Soil oriented ‘edge-to-edge’ with one another |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Soil oriented ‘edge-to-edge’ with one another | |
| 5. |
The cells in the honey comb structure is made of ___________ |
| A. | Multi mineral grains |
| B. | Single mineral grains |
| C. | Multi layered structure |
| D. | Platelets |
| Answer» C. Multi layered structure | |
| 6. |
Coarse- grained soil may be deposited in a _____________ |
| A. | Loose state |
| B. | Dense state |
| C. | Solid state |
| D. | Liquid state |
| Answer» B. Dense state | |
| 7. |
Clay particles behave like ___________ |
| A. | Colloids |
| B. | Amorphous solids |
| C. | Crystalline particles |
| D. | Non-colloids |
| Answer» B. Amorphous solids | |
| 8. |
A montmorillonite platelet has a specific surface/volume equal to ____________ |
| A. | 120/μ |
| B. | 100/ μ |
| C. | 500/ μ |
| D. | 1000/ μ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
The structure of honey comb might be broken down due to ___________ |
| A. | Decrease in volume |
| B. | Increase in volume |
| C. | Excessive volume change |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Increase in volume | |
| 10. |
The single grained structure is characteristic of fine-grained soils. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 11. |
The skeleton and matrix structure represent ___________ |
| A. | Coarse-grained soil |
| B. | Fine-grained soil |
| C. | Composite soil |
| D. | Loose-grained soil |
| Answer» D. Loose-grained soil | |
| 12. |
The soil structure, having comparative loose stable structure is ____________ |
| A. | Honey comb |
| B. | Cohesive matrix |
| C. | Flocculent |
| D. | Single grained |
| Answer» B. Cohesive matrix | |
| 13. |
The kaolinite structural unit is made up of ____________ layer or sheet. |
| A. | Gibbsite sheet |
| B. | Silica sheet |
| C. | Oxygen layer |
| D. | Aluminum sheet |
| Answer» B. Silica sheet | |
| 14. |
The cationic linkage is similar to the intersheet bonds of ____________ |
| A. | Kaolinite |
| B. | Illite |
| C. | Dichite |
| D. | Montmorillonite |
| Answer» C. Dichite | |
| 15. |
The 15 clay minerals are mainly divided in to ________ groups. |
| A. | 3 groups |
| B. | 2 groups |
| C. | 9 groups |
| D. | 4 groups |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
________ structure is highly compressible and less permeable. |
| A. | Flocculent |
| B. | Dispersed |
| C. | Honeycomb |
| D. | Singe grained |
| Answer» C. Honeycomb | |
| 17. |
An Example of kaolinite crystal or mineral is ___________ |
| A. | China clay |
| B. | Crystal |
| C. | Clay mineral |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Crystal | |
| 18. |
Which of the following type of attraction force act between two-particle carrying negative charges? |
| A. | Vander Waal’s London force |
| B. | Water-dipole linkage |
| C. | Ionic bond |
| D. | Cationic linkage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Kaolinite exhibit the characteristic of ___________ |
| A. | Shrinkage limit |
| B. | Plasticity |
| C. | All of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. All of the mentioned | |
| 20. |
The fine-grained soil are composed of __________ |
| A. | Crystalline minerals and Amorphous materials |
| B. | Primary minerals |
| C. | All of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Primary minerals | |
| 21. |
The behavior of bulky particles in coarse grained soil is governed by ___________ |
| A. | Gravitational force and Mass energy |
| B. | Colloidal force |
| C. | All of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Colloidal force | |
| 22. |
The structure of illite is similar to that of __________ crystal. |
| A. | Kaolinite |
| B. | Dickite |
| C. | Montmorillonite |
| D. | Attapulgite |
| Answer» D. Attapulgite | |
| 23. |
There are __________ fundamental building blocks for the clay mineral structures. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Between the soil particles, the cation charge may be entirely balanced by ____________ |
| A. | Particle repulsion |
| B. | Negative charge |
| C. | Cationic charge |
| D. | Particle charge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Intermolecular distance of bond in secondary valence bond is ____________ |
| A. | 1-2 |
| B. | 2-3 |
| C. | 0.5-5 |
| D. | >5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
The honey comb, flocculent and dispersed structure are found in ___________ |
| A. | Fine-grained soil |
| B. | Coarse grained soil |
| C. | Composite soil |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Composite soil | |
| 27. |
Which of the following clay minerals are considered as colloidal? |
| A. | Kaolinite |
| B. | Dichite |
| C. | Attapulgite |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Clay is essentially made of extremely __________ |
| A. | Large particles |
| B. | Small particles |
| C. | Intermediate particles |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Intermediate particles | |
| 29. |
Honey comb structure exist commonly in ___________ |
| A. | Grains of silts and Rock flour |
| B. | Coarse-grained soil |
| C. | All of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Coarse-grained soil | |
| 30. |
The nature of surface bonding force in soil is classified in to ___________ types. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 31. |
Which of the following is correct, with respect to honey comb structure? |
| A. | The structure has high void ratio and It can carry out heavy load |
| B. | It has high compact structure |
| C. | All of the mentioned |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. It has high compact structure | |
| 32. |
Flocculated structure is formed when there is a _______ |
| A. | net repulsive force |
| B. | net attractive force |
| C. | cohesive force |
| D. | adhesion force |
| Answer» C. cohesive force | |
| 33. |
The diameter of coarse-grained soils having single grained structure is ____________ |
| A. | <0.002 mm |
| B. | >0.002 mm |
| C. | |
| Answer» C. | |
| 34. |
The thickness of each sheet in montmorillonite is ______________ |
| A. | 5 Å |
| B. | 7 Å |
| C. | 10 Å |
| D. | 15 Å |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Which of the following force play an important role in honey comb structure? |
| A. | Adhesion force |
| B. | Gravitational force |
| C. | Surface force |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 36. |
There is no strong repulsive force between soil particles because ____________ |
| A. | Mobile cation will move along the surface |
| B. | Cation will move opposite to each other |
| C. | Cations replace each other |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Cation will move opposite to each other | |
| 37. |
The dispersed occurs in_______ |
| A. | sand |
| B. | remoulded clay |
| C. | gravel |
| D. | silts |
| Answer» C. gravel | |
| 38. |
The gravitational force between two soil particle is ____________ |
| A. | Proportional to charge |
| B. | Proportional to area |
| C. | Proportional to mass |
| D. | Proportional to surface |
| Answer» D. Proportional to surface | |
| 39. |
Chemically, the clay minerals are silicates of ____________ |
| A. | Aluminum |
| B. | Iron |
| C. | Magnesium |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
The behaviour of coarse-grained soils is not governed by ________ |
| A. | gravitational forces |
| B. | mass energy |
| C. | colloidal forces |
| D. | interaction with pore fluid |
| Answer» D. interaction with pore fluid | |
| 41. |
The force causing coarse-grained soil, deposition is ____________ |
| A. | Gravitational force |
| B. | Surface force |
| C. | Secondary valence force |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Surface force | |
| 42. |
There are _________ possible type of attractive forces. |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» D. 2 | |
| 43. |
The particle of coarse-grained are composed of ___________ |
| A. | Primary minerals |
| B. | Non-clay minerals |
| C. | Clay minerals |
| D. | Crystalline minerals |
| Answer» B. Non-clay minerals | |
| 44. |
Atoms in one molecule bonding to atom in another molecule are called ____________ |
| A. | Primary valence bond |
| B. | Secondary valence bond |
| C. | Hydrogen bond |
| D. | Electrostatic bond |
| Answer» C. Hydrogen bond | |
| 45. |
There are __________ types of primary valence bond. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 46. |
Which of the following bond is considered to be strongest? |
| A. | Covalent bond |
| B. | Heterpolar bond |
| C. | Ionic bond |
| D. | Co-ordinate bond |
| Answer» D. Co-ordinate bond | |
| 47. |
The ionic bond, sometimes may be also called as ____________ |
| A. | Electrovalent bond |
| B. | Covalent bond |
| C. | Metallic bond |
| D. | Heteropolar bond |
| Answer» B. Covalent bond | |
| 48. |
The hydrogen bond occurs when ____________ |
| A. | Atoms of hydrogen strongly attracted by two other atoms |
| B. | Molecules of one atom bonding to atom of another |
| C. | Atom of hydrogen is attracted by one atom |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Molecules of one atom bonding to atom of another | |
| 49. |
In kaolinite crystal, the layers are held by _________ bond. |
| A. | Ionic bond |
| B. | Cationic linkage |
| C. | Hydrogen bond |
| D. | Electro static bond |
| Answer» D. Electro static bond | |
| 50. |
The repulsive force between the soil colloids become effective when? |
| A. | They approach other |
| B. | They combine with each other |
| C. | They are at a distance |
| D. | They overlap |
| Answer» B. They combine with each other | |