Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation assumes

Soil is homogeneous and fully saturated
All listed here
Deformation of the soil, is entirely due to change in volume
Water and soil particles are incompressible

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil

Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio
Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio
Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit
Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Effective stress on soil

Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability
Increases both voids ratio and permeability
Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability
Decreases both voids ratio and permeability

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

None of these
percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition
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

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