Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is

20 mm
None of these
10 mm
40 mm

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as

consolidated undrained test
unconsolidated undrained test
unconsolidated drained test
consolidated drained test

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a deposit of normally consolidated clay

effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth
effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth

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