Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?

normally consolidated clay
over-consolidated clay with a low over-consolidation ratio
under-consolidated clay
over-consolidated ciay with a high over-consolidation ratio

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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]
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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as

unconsolidated drained test
unconsolidated undrained test
consolidated drained test
consolidated undrained test

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively

0.5 N/mm² and 30°
0.2 N/mm² and 0°
0.05 N/mm² and 0°
0.05 N/mm² and 45°

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