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Residual soils are formed by
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A 600 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in plate load test on a cohesionless soil under an intensity of loading of 0.2 N/ram2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is
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A 300 mm square bearing plate settles by 15 mm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when the intensity of loading is 0.2 N/mm2. The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1 m square under the same intensity of loading is
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The angle that Coulomb’s failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called
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Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?
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Which of the following soils has more plasticity index ?
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The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes
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Coefficient of permeability of soil
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The ultimate consolidation settlement of a soil is
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear
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The effect of cohesion on a soil is to
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The hydrometer method of sedimentation analysis differs from the pipette analysis mainly in
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Rise of water table above the ground surface causes
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Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of
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If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is
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Water content of soil can
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Compressibility of sandy soils is
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A fully saturated soil is said to be
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