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Unit 2 - Week 1
Course
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Week 1 Assignment
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Week 1 1) The maximum water content after which further reduction in water content does 1 point
not cause a decrease in volume of a soil mass, is known
Lecture 1 :
Rock cycle liquid limit
Lecture 2 : Soil plastic limit
Formation
shrinkage limit
Lecture 3 : Soil
Classification permeability limit
Lecture 4 : Soil No, the answer is incorrect.
Classification
Score: 0
Lecture 5 : Soil Accepted Answers:
Classification
shrinkage limit
Quiz : Week 1
2) The coefficient of curvature (Cc) for a well graded soil, must be between 1 point
Assignment
Funded by
4) If wn = natural moisture
Powered by content of the soil; wL = liquid limit of the soil; wp = 1 point
Week 11
plastic limit of the soil; Ip = plasticity index of the soil, The consistency index of a soil is
Week 12 defined as the ratio of
5) The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into a 1 point
thread of 3 mm in diameter, is known as
liquid limit
plastic limit
shrinkage limit
permeability limit
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
plastic limit
6) The weight and volume of a fully saturated soil sample are 55.4 gm and 29.2 cc 1 point
respectively. After drying in an oven for 24 hours, its weight and volume reduces to 39.8
gm and 21.1 cc respectively. The shrinkage limit of the soil is
39.2%
28.2%
18.8%
15.2%
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
18.8%
7) A soil has a liquid limit of 45% and lies above the A-line when plotted on a 1 point
plasticity chart. The group symbol of the soil as per IS soil classification is
CH
CL
MI
CI
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
CI
8) On flow curve, liquid limit is water content corresponding to 1 point
10 blows
25 blows
15 blows
50 blows
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
25 blows
9) Chemical weathering of soil is caused due to 1 point
Oxidation
Carbonation
Hydration
All the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
All the above
10)Metamorphic rock can be formed from 1 point