Question

An arrangement composed of ‘flocs’ of soil particle is known as __________

(a) Dispersed structure

(b) Cohesive matrix structure

(c) Honey comb structure

(d) Flocculent structure

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

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

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) Flocculent structure

The best I can explain: An arrangement composed of ‘flocs’ of soil particle is known as flocculent structure. As the particles are oriented ‘edge-to-edge’ (or) ‘edge-to-face’ with respect to one another.