Category: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

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

A. a gradual increase in neutral pressure and a gradual decrease in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant
B. a gradual decrease in neutral pressure and a gradual increase in effective pressure takes place and sum of the two is constant
C. both neutral pressure and effective pressure decrease
D. both neutral pressure and effective pressure increase

A. decreases with increase in liquid limit
B. increases with increase in liquid limit
C. first increases and then decreases with increase in liquid limit
D. remains constant at all liquid limits

A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains unchanged
D. first increases and then decreases

A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay

A. over-consolidated ciay with a high over-consolidation ratio
B. over-consolidated clay with a low over-consolidation ratio
C. normally consolidated clay
D. under-consolidated clay

A. effective stress only
B. total stress only
C. both effective stress and total stress
D. none of the above

A. S>0
B. S<0
C. 0<S<100
D. 0 < S < 100

A. 15 mm
B. 30 mm
C. 50 mm
D. 167 mm

A. silt
B. clay
C. coarse sand
D. fine sand