EXAMIANS
Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?
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Effective stress is
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The rise of water table below the foundation influences the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing
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Clay layer A with single drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv takes 6 months to achieve 50% consolidation. The time taken by clay layer B of the same thickness with double drainage and coefficient of consolidation Cv/2 to achieve the same degree of consolidation is
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The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is
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Contact pressure beneath a rigid footing resting on cohesive soil is
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At liquid limit, all soils possess
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Which of the following methods is most accurate for the determination of the water content of soil ?
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A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm². The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is
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Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is
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