Soil Mechanics and Foundation Within the consolidation process of a saturated clay a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase both neutral pressure and effective pressure decrease a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase both neutral pressure and effective pressure decrease a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant 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 both horizontal and vertical planes vertical plane only all planes except horizontal and vertical planes horizontal plane only both horizontal and vertical planes vertical plane only all planes except horizontal and vertical planes horizontal plane only ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as None of these ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids None of these ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In the plate loading test for determining the bearing capacity of soil, the size of square bearing plate should be greater than 1 m between 750 mm and 1 m less than 300 mm between 300 mm and 750 mm greater than 1 m between 750 mm and 1 m less than 300 mm between 300 mm and 750 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of both effective stress and total stress total stress only effective stress only None of these both effective stress and total stress total stress only effective stress only None of these 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 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 reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity increase 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 reduce both the active earth pressure intensity and passive earth pressure intensity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP