Question

The density of wet sand is:

(a) 1922 kg/m^3

(b) 1682 kg/m^3

(c) 1281 kg/m^3

(d) 1522 kg/m^3

The question was posed to me in a national level competition.

This intriguing question comes from Properties of Sand topic in division Materials for Construction of Basic Civil Engineering

Answer 1

The correct option is (a) 1922 kg/m^3

To explain: 1682 kg/m^3 is density of rammed sand, 1281 kg/m^3 is density of dry sand and 1522 kg/m^3 is of silica sand.