Question

Particle size classification system does not signify __________

(a) Soil types

(b) Soil Particle size

(c) All of the mentioned

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in a job interview.

Enquiry is from Soils in division Classification of Soils of Geotechnical Engineering I

Answer 1

Right option is (a) Soil types

To explain: Particle size classification used only as a designation of particle sizes, and do not signify the naturally occurring types which are mixtures of a particle of different sizes.