Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Time factor for a clay layer is

independent of thickness of clay layer
directly proportional to permeability of soil
inversely proportional to drainage path
a dimensional parameter

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

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

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Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Coefficient of earth pressure at rest is

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

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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

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

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