Category: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

A. a dimensional parameter
B. directly proportional to permeability of soil
C. inversely proportional to drainage path
D. independent of thickness of clay layer

A. decrease in liquid limit and increase in plasticity index
B. decrease in liquid limit and no change in plasticity index
C. decrease in both liquid limit and plasticity index
D. increase in both liquid limit and plasticity index

A. only in fixed ring type consolido-meter
B. only in floating ring type consolido-meter
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the above

A. liquid state
B. plastic state
C. semi-solid state
D. solid state

A. constant for any type of soil
B. different for different types of soils and also different for a soil under different states of consolidation
C. different for different types of soils but same for a soil under different states of consolidation
D. independent of type of soil but depends on the stress history of soil

A. the principle of test
B. the method of taking observations
C. the method of preparation of soil suspension
D. all of the above

A. directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to drainage path
B. directly proportional to time and inversely proportional to square of drainage path
C. directly proportional to drainage path and inversely proportional to time
D. directly proportional to square of drainage path and inversely proportional to time

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

A. never be greater than unity
B. be zero
C. take any value greater than zero
D. take values between 0 and 1 only

A. cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance
B. cohesion and effective unit weight of soil
C. effective unit weight of soil and effective angle of shearing resistance
D. effective angle of shearing resistance