Department of Civil Engineering

Roll No. Date: 23-07-2018 Soil Mechanics Class Test-01

1. The science dealing with the structure of clay minerals on microscopic, molecular and atomic scale.

a)- Soil Mechanics b)- Geotechnical Engineering c)- Clay Mineralogy

2. Basic structural units of clay are.

a)- Tetrahedral unit b)- octahedral unit c)- Both a & b

3. Silicon atom and oxygen atoms combine to form

a)- Tetrahedral unit b)- octahedral unit c)- Both a & b

4. Name of the sheet shown in (figure-1) is

Fig-1

a)- Brucite b)- Gibbsite c)- Silica

Fig-2
5. Name of the sheet shown in (figure-2) is

a)- Brucite b)- Gibbsite c)- Silica

6. The combination of Gibbsite and silica sheet forms

a)- Kaolinite Mineral b)- Montmorillonite Mineral c)- Both a & b

7. The most common example of kaolinite Mineral is

a)- China clay b)- Bentonite c)- silty clay

8. Montmorillonite is found in

a)- Brucite b)- Bentonite c)- silty clay

9. The layer extending from the clay particle surface to the limit of attraction is known as

a)- Absorbed water layer b)- Diffuse double layer c)- clay layer

10. The water held in the diffused double layer is known as

a)- Absorbed water b)- oriented water c)- Both a & b

11. Which structure Develops in clays that have been reworked and remoulded

a)- Dispersed structure b)- flocculated structure c)- None of these

12. The science which deals with the study of the engineering properties and behavior of the soils is known as the

a)- Geotechnical Eng. b)- Mechanics c)- Soil Mechanics

13. Term “Geo” means

a)- water. b)- wind c)- Soil

14. When the soil has been deposited at a place away from the place of its origin, its called

a)- Residual soil. b)- Transported soil c)- Disturbed soil

15. Are rock fragments of large size, more than 300 mm in size.

a)- Cobbles. b)- Boulders c)- sand