Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Effective stress on soil

Decreases both voids ratio and permeability
Increases voids ratio and decreases permeability
Decreases voids ratio and increases permeability
Increases both voids ratio and permeability

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
If the water table rises upto ground surface, then the

effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effective stress does not change
total stress is increased due to decrease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of compressibility is

different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
constant for any type of soil
different for different types of soils but same for a soil under different states of consolidation
independent of type of soil but depends on the stress history of soil

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