Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is

less than both the active and passive earth pressures
greater than active earth pressure but less than passive earth pressure
greater than both the active earth pressure and passive earth pressure
less than active earth pressure but greater than passive earth pressure

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

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A tri-axial shear test is preferred to direct shear test, because

Stress distribution on the failure plane, is non uniform
None of these
Precise measurement of pore pressure and change in volume during test, is not possible
It can be performed under all three drainage conditions with complete control

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