Soil Mechanics and Foundation
In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as

consolidated undrained test
consolidated drained test
unconsolidated undrained test
unconsolidated drained test

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing

effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance
effective angle of shearing resistance
cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance

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

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

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