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Clay is essentially made of extremely __________

(a) Large particles

(b) Small particles

(c) Intermediate particles

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in an internship interview.

This question is from Solid Particles in Soil in chapter Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

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The correct choice is (b) Small particles

The explanation is: Clay is generally made of small particles of either a book of sheets like units (or) bundle of tubes or fibers.

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