Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Compressibility of sandy soils is

None of these
much greater than that of clayey soils
almost equal to that of clayey soils
much less than that of clayey soils

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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
consolidated drained test
unconsolidated undrained test
unconsolidated drained test

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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
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.
None of these
Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil

Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio
Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil
Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit
Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio

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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
flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
type of sand

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