Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends upon

none of above
ultimate bearing capacity of soil only
allowable settlement only
both allowable settlement and ultimate bearing capacity

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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 cohesionless soils
type of sand
flow condition occurring in cohesive soils

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

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

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