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

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

167 mm

50 mm

30 mm

15 mm

167 mm

50 mm

30 mm

15 mm

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

All listed here

Soil is homogeneous and fully saturated

Deformation of the soil, is entirely due to change in volume

Water and soil particles are incompressible

All listed here

Soil is homogeneous and fully saturated

Deformation of the soil, is entirely due to change in volume

Water and soil particles are incompressible

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The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is

illite

None of these

kaolinite

montmorillonite

illite

None of these

kaolinite

montmorillonite

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A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of

17°

12°

7°

10°

17°

12°

7°

10°

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Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by

20%

40%

30%

50%

20%

40%

30%

50%

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Compressibility of sandy soils is

almost equal to that of clayey soils

None of these

much less than that of clayey soils

much greater than that of clayey soils

almost equal to that of clayey soils

None of these

much less than that of clayey soils

much greater than that of clayey soils

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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

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

Soil Mechanics and Foundation The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Compressibility of sandy soils is

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

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by

Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Compressibility of sandy soils is