Soil Mechanics and Foundation The clay mineral with the largest swelling and shrinkage characteristics is kaolinite None of these illite montmorillonite kaolinite None of these illite montmorillonite ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Dispersed type of soil structure is an arrangement comprising particles having edge to edge orientation edge to face orientation All of these face to face or parallel orientation edge to edge orientation edge to face orientation All of these face to face or parallel orientation ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil Decreases 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 Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio Decreases 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 Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index 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 the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase 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] reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the sand in-situ is in its densest state, then the relative density of sand is between 0 and 1 1 zero greater than 1 between 0 and 1 1 zero greater than 1 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP