Soil Mechanics and Foundation
A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of

7°
12°
10°
17°

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The ultimate consolidation settlement of a structure resting on a soil

Decreases with the decrease in the plastic limit
Decreases with the increase in the initial voids ratio
Increases with the increase in the initial voids ratio
Increases with the decrease in the porosity of the soil

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Which of the following statements is correct?

A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size
None of these
For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.
Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.

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