Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Rise of water table above the ground surface causes

Increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
Decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress
Equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
Equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following statements is correct?

For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.
Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.
None of these
A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size

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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
type of sand
flow condition occurring in cohesive soils

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