Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Direct measurement of permeability of the specimen at any stage of loading can be made

both (A) and (B)
None of these
only in fixed ring type consolido-meter
only in floating ring type consolido-meter

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the

effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
total stress is increased due to decrease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effective stress does not change
effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a deposit of normally consolidated clay

effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth
effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively

0.05 N/mm² and 45°
0.2 N/mm² and 0°
0.05 N/mm² and 0°
0.5 N/mm² and 30°

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