Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be

between 750 mm and 1 m
between 300 mm and 750 mm
greater than 1 m
less than 300 mm

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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

unconsolidated undrained test
unconsolidated drained test
consolidated drained test
consolidated undrained test

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes

decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index
decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index
increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index
decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index

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