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
consolidated undrained test
unconsolidated undrained test

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

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

Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.
None of these
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.
A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size

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