Soil Mechanics and Foundation Water content of soil can take values only from 0 % to 100 % never be greater than 100 % be greater than 100 % be less than 0 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % never be greater than 100 % be greater than 100 % be less than 0 % ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is silt clayey silt sand clay silt clayey silt sand clay ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as plasticity index liquid limit shrinkage limit plastic limit plasticity index liquid limit shrinkage limit plastic limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The effect of cohesion on a soil is to increase the active earth pressure in-tensity but to reduce the passive earth pressure intensity [GATE 99] 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 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] 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 reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is 1 between 0 and 1 greater than 1 [CS 95] zero 1 between 0 and 1 greater than 1 [CS 95] zero ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Coefficient of consolidation for clays normally decreases with increase in liquid limit first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit remains constant at all liquid limits increases with increase in liquid limit decreases with increase in liquid limit first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit remains constant at all liquid limits increases with increase in liquid limit ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP