Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as

ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids
percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition
ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state
None of these

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The effect of cohesion on a soil is to

reduce 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]
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

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