Permeability(Engineering > Geotechnical Engineering ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. What are the types of water flow in the soil?
  1.    Turbulent flow and Laminar flow
  2.    Linear flow
  3.    None of the mentioned
  4.    All of the mentioned
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Turbulent flow and Laminar flow
Answer: (a).Turbulent flow and Laminar flow

Question 2. In what way, do the fluid particles travel in a turbulent flow?
  1.    Twisting
  2.    Crossing
  3.    Re-crossing
  4.    Definite path
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Definite path
Answer: (d).Definite path

Question 3. The law of flow of water through the soil was first studied by ___________
  1.    Taylor
  2.    Darcy
  3.    Lambe
  4.    Khosla
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Darcy
Answer: (b).Darcy

Question 4. Which of the following equation defines Darcy’s law?
  1.    q=KA
  2.    q=K/A
  3.    q=K i A
  4.    q=K i/A
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> q=K i A
Answer: (c).q=K i A

Question 5. Gravels are __________ permeable.
  1.    Highly
  2.    Least
  3.    Partially
  4.    All of the mentioned
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Highly
Answer: (a).Highly

Question 6. In falling head permeability test, change in the head at a time interval dt is denoted as ___________
  1.    dh
  2.    –dh
  3.    h
  4.    –h
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> –dh
Answer: (b).–dh

Question 7. Which of the following permeability test, can be done in Jodhpur permeameter?
  1.    Falling head test and Constant head test
  2.    Pumping-out test
  3.    None of the mentioned
  4.    All of the mentioned
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Falling head test and Constant head test
Answer: (a).Falling head test and Constant head test

Question 8. The Jodhpur permeameter, was designed by ___________
  1.    Louden
  2.    Kozney
  3.    Alam Singh
  4.    Poiseullie’s
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Alam Singh
Answer: (c).Alam Singh

Question 9. The Jodhpur permeameter apparatus is, meant for studying _________
  1.    Permeability characteristics
  2.    Coefficient of permeability
  3.    Capillary rise
  4.    All of the mentioned
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Permeability characteristics
Answer: (a).Permeability characteristics

Question 10. The Remoulded specimen in Jodhpur Permeameter, can be prepared by ___________
  1.    Static compaction and Dynamic compaction
  2.    Tensile compaction
  3.    None of the mentioned
  4.    All of the mentioned
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Static compaction and Dynamic compaction
Answer: (a).Static compaction and Dynamic compaction