Question

Coarse-grain skeleton structure, consist of arrangement of __________

(a) Soil forming honey comb structure

(b) Coarse grain forming a skeleton

(c) Soil oriented ‘edge-to-edge’ with one another

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.

My question comes from Soil Structure topic in section Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) Coarse grain forming a skeleton

To explain: An arrangement of coarse grains forming a skeleton with its interstices partly filled by relatively loose aggregation of the finest soil grains is shown in coarse-grained skeleton structure.