Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as

consolidated drained test
unconsolidated drained test
unconsolidated undrained test
consolidated undrained test

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Effective stress on soil

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

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

A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size
None of these
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.

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