Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 17 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 17 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Compressibility of sandy soils is much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils much greater than that of clayey soils None of these much less than that of clayey soils almost equal to that of clayey soils ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of angle of internal friction only both cohesion and angle of internal friction both cohesion and angle of internal friction cohesion only angle of internal friction only both cohesion and angle of internal friction both cohesion and angle of internal friction cohesion only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Valid range for S, the degree of saturation of soil in percentage is 0 ≤ S ≤ 100 S < 0 S > 0 0 < S < 100 0 ≤ S ≤ 100 S < 0 S > 0 0 < S < 100 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is directly proportional to the compression index None of these directly proportional to the voids ratio inversely proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the compression index None of these directly proportional to the voids ratio inversely proportional to the compression index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP