Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as___________________? A. percentage of volume change of soil under saturated conditionB. ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state C. ratio of volume of voids…
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__________________?…
If the shearing stress is zero on two planes, then the angle between the two planes is________________? A. 45°B. 90° C. 135° D. 225°
If a cohesive soil specimen is subjected to a vertical compressive load, the inclination of the cracks to the horizontal is__________________? A. 90°B. 45° C. 22.5° D. 0°
A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of…
Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________? A. effective stress only B. total stress only C. both effective stress and total stress D. none of the above
Unconfmed compressive strength test is________________? A. undrained test B. drained test C. consolidated undrained test D. consolidated drained test
In a deposit of normally consolidated clay_________________? A. effective stress increases with depth but water content of soil and un-drained strength decrease with depth B. effective stress and water content increase with depth but undrained strength decreases with depthC. effective…
Skempton’s pore pressure coefficient B for saturated soil is________________? A. 1 B. zero C. between 0 and 1 D. greater than 1
The shear strength of a soil_________________? A. is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil B. is inversely proportional to the angle of internal friction of the soil C. decreases with increase in normal stressD. decreases…