UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

What is the type of soil structure having arrangement of soil particles with a 'face to face' or parallel orientation generally recognized as

A Honeycomb structure

B Single-grained structure

C Flocculent structure

D Dispersed structure

ANS:D - Dispersed structure

DISPERSED STRUCTURE: the particles will have face to face contact.

FLOCCULATED STRUCTURE: Edge to edge or edge to face contact.