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

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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

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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

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