Soil Mechanics and Foundation The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as plastic limit liquid limit plasticity index shrinkage limit plastic limit liquid limit plasticity index shrinkage limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of repose None of these cohesion angle of internal friction angle of repose None of these cohesion angle of internal friction 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 increase in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Which of the following methods is more suitable for the determination of permeability of clayey soil ? constant head method horizontal permeability test falling head method None of these constant head method horizontal permeability test falling head method None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Effective stress on soil Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability Increases both voids ratio and permeability Decreases both voids ratio and permeability Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability Increases both voids ratio and permeability Decreases both voids ratio and permeability Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is 30 mm 15 mm 50 mm 167 mm 30 mm 15 mm 50 mm 167 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP