Soil Mechanics And Foundation - Practice Test

(A) increases by 25%

(B) increases by 50%

(C) increases by 33.3%

(D) decreases by 33.3%

(B) increases by 50%

(A) same shear strength of small magnitude

(B) same shear strength of large magnitude

(C) different shear strengths of small magnitude

(D) different shear strengths of large magnitude

(A) same shear strength of small magnitude

(A) percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition

(B) ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state

(C) ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids

(D) none of the above

(B) ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state

(A) Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve.

(B) For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of curvature are nearly unity.

(C) A soil is said to be well graded if it has most of the particles of about the same size

(D) none of the above

(D) none of the above

(A) decreases

(B) increases

(C) remains unchanged

(D) first increases and then decreases

(A) decreases

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