Civil Engineering :: Soil Mechanics and Foundation
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear
- The effect of cohesion on a soil is to
- The hydrometer method of sedimentation analysis differs from the pipette analysis mainly in
- Rise of water table above the ground surface causes
- Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of
- If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is
- Water content of soil can
- Compressibility of sandy soils is
- A fully saturated soil is said to be
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A.
Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve. |
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B.
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity. |
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C.
A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size |
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D.
none of the above |
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A.
reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity |
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B.
increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity |
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C.
reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity |
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D.
increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] |