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    Agricultural Engineering : Soil Mechanics

1.
Moist density is also called as
A.  Dry density
B.  Density of soil
C.  Saturated density
D.  Bulk density

2.

Specific gravity (G) is

A.  Unit wt. of solid/ Unit wt. of water
B.  Unit wt. of water /unit wt. of Solid
C.  Unit wt. of solid
D.  Unit wt. of water

3.
The soil particles are artificially arranged and packed together into a closer state of contact by mechanical means in order to decrease the porosity of the soil and thus increase its dry density is known
A.  Shear strength
B.  Consolidation
C.  Compaction
D.  Swelling

4.
In field compaction methods, ramming equipments are
A.  Screw wheel, dropping weight internal compaction
B.  Pneumatic, track laying, shed food
C.  Dropping weight, shed food internal combustion
D.  Dropping weight, internal combustion, pneumatic

5.
The property of soil mass pertaining to it sociability to decrease in volume under pressure is known as
A.  Permeability
B.  Consolidation
C.  Compaction
D.  Compressibility