Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of consolidation for clays normally

increases with increase in liquid limit
first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit
decreases with increase in liquid limit
remains constant at all liquid limits

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as

ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state
None of these
ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids
percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition

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