Soil Mechanics and Foundation Water content of soil can take values only from 0 % to 100 % be greater than 100 % never be greater than 100 % be less than 0 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % be greater than 100 % never be greater than 100 % be less than 0 % ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to increase both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity 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 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 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] 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 15 mm 50 mm 30 mm 167 mm 15 mm 50 mm 30 mm 167 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil effective angle of shearing resistance effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance cohesion and effective unit weight of soil effective angle of shearing resistance effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation At liquid limit, all soils possess same shear strength of small magnitude different shear strengths of large magnitude same shear strength of large magnitude different shear strengths of small magnitude same shear strength of small magnitude different shear strengths of large magnitude same shear strength of large magnitude different shear strengths of small magnitude ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Which of the following statements is correct? For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity. Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve. A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size None of these For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity. Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve. A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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