Soil Mechanics and Foundation Water content of soil can be greater than 100 % never be greater than 100 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % be less than 0 % be greater than 100 % never be greater than 100 % take values only from 0 % to 100 % be less than 0 % ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is 17 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 17 0 < PI < 7 7 PI>27 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Sand particles are made of rock minerals kaolinite illite montmorillonite rock minerals kaolinite illite montmorillonite ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose angle of internal friction cohesion None of these angle of repose ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on vertical plane only both horizontal and vertical planes horizontal plane only all planes except horizontal and vertical planes vertical plane only both horizontal and vertical planes horizontal plane only all planes except horizontal and vertical planes ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 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 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP