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 both the active earth pressure intensity and 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 reduce the active earth pressure in-tensity but to increase the passive earth pressure intensity increase both the active earth pressure intensity and 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 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Rise of water table in cohesionless soils upto ground surface reduces the net ultimate bearing capacity approximately by 40% 50% 20% 30% 40% 50% 20% 30% ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The shear strength of a soil Decreases with increase in normal stress Decreases with decrease in normal stress Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Decreases with increase in normal stress Decreases with decrease in normal stress Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is between 15 mm and 25 mm 25 mm 15 mm greater than 25 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm 25 mm 15 mm greater than 25 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is 225° 90° 135° 45° 225° 90° 135° 45° ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of internal friction None of these cohesion angle of repose angle of internal friction None of these cohesion angle of repose ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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