Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of

both cohesion and angle of internal friction
angle of internal friction only
cohesion only
both cohesion and angle of internal friction

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The effect of cohesion on a soil is to

reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity
reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity
increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99]
increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the

total stress is increased due to decrease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effective stress does not change

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
With the increase in the amount of compaction energy

both optimum water content and maximum dry density decrease[ES 93]
both optimum water content and maximum dry density increase
optimum water content decreases but maximum dry density increases
optimum water content increases but maximum dry density decreases

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