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
Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil
Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes

decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index
decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index
decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index
increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a deposit of normally consolidated clay

effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth
effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth

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