Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Degree of consolidation is

directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time
directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely proportional to time
directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path
directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The effect of cohesion on a soil is to

reduce 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
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]

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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

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The total discharge from two wells situated near to each other is

sum of the discharges from individual wells
equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells
less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a deposit of normally consolidated clay

effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depth
effective stress, water content and undrained strength decrease with depth
effective stress and undrained strength increase with depth but water content decreases with depth
effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth

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