Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is

greater than 25 mm
15 mm
between 15 mm and 25 mm
25 mm

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following statements is correct?

Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.
A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size
None of these
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Quick sand is a

flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils
type of sand

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