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

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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.
None of these
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of compressibility is

independent of type of soil but depends on the stress history of soil
different for different types of soils but same for a soil under different states of consolidation
different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
constant for any type of soil

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