Soil Mechanics and Foundation The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A fully saturated soil is said to be two phase system with soil and air three phase system two phase system with soil and water one phase system two phase system with soil and air three phase system two phase system with soil and water one phase system ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear decreases increases remains unchanged first increases and then decreases decreases increases remains unchanged first increases and then decreases ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is greater than 25 mm 15 mm 25 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm greater than 25 mm 15 mm 25 mm between 15 mm and 25 mm ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation The total and effective stresses at a depth of 5 m below the top level of water in a swimming pool are respectively 0.5 kg/cm² and zero 0.5 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² 1.0 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² zero and zero 0.5 kg/cm² and zero 0.5 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² 1.0 kg/cm² and 0.5 kg/cm² zero and zero ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Select the incorrect statement. Effective angle of shearing resistance is rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil is limited to a maximum value of 45° increases as the size of particles increases increases as the soil gradation im-proves is rarely more than 30° for fine grained soil is limited to a maximum value of 45° increases as the size of particles increases increases as the soil gradation im-proves ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP