Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on

all planes except horizontal and vertical planes
horizontal plane only
vertical plane only
both horizontal and vertical planes

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing

effective angle of shearing resistance
cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance
cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of compressibility is

constant for any type of soil
different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
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

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

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

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