Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as

ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids
percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition
ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state
None of these

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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.
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
None of these

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is

less than both the active and passive earth pressures
greater than both the active earth pressure and passive earth pressure
less than active earth pressure but greater than passive earth pressure
greater than active earth pressure but less than passive earth pressure

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