Soil Mechanics and Foundation Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition None of these ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition None of these ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively 1.0 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² 0.5 kg/cm² and zero zero and zero 0.5 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² 1.0 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² 0.5 kg/cm² and zero zero and zero 0.5 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is None of these Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane Vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium None of these Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane Vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A fully saturated soil is said to be two phase system with soil and air one phase system two phase system with soil and water three phase system two phase system with soil and air one phase system two phase system with soil and water three phase system ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Degree of consolidation is directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely proportional to time directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely proportional to time directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 horizontal plane only both horizontal and vertical planes all planes except horizontal and vertical planes vertical plane only horizontal plane only both horizontal and vertical planes all planes except horizontal and vertical planes vertical plane only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP