Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is directly proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these inversely proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the compression index directly proportional to the voids ratio None of these inversely proportional to the compression index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is 25 mm 15 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm greater than 25 mm 25 mm 15 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm greater than 25 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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