Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is

15 mm
30 mm
50 mm
167 mm

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively

0.05 N/mm² and 45°
0.2 N/mm² and 0°
0.05 N/mm² and 0°
0.5 N/mm² and 30°

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The total discharge from two wells situated near to each other is

greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
sum of the discharges from individual wells
equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells

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