Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A plane inclined at an angle ‘φ’ to the horizontal at which the soil is expected to stay in the absence of any lateral support, is known as

All listed here
Repose line
The φ line
Natural slope line

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The shear strength of a soil

Decreases with increase in normal stress
Decreases with decrease in normal stress
Is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil
Is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as

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

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