The method of the slices is applicable to

Soils containing organic matters

A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall

Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:

When the seepage pressure becomes equal to the pressure due to submerged weight of a soil, the effective pressure is reduced to zero and the soil particles have a tendency to move up in the direction of flow. This phenomenon is generally known

A soil not fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called

Stoke's law does not hold good if the size of particle is smaller than

Plasticity index is defined as the range of water content between

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

For determining the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, the recommended size of a square bearing plate to be used in load plate test should betocm square with a minimum thickness of

The reduction in volume of soil due to squeezing out of water from the voids, is termed

Pile foundations are generally preferred to for

The phreatic line in an earth dam may be

The angle of internal friction is maximum for

In a purely cohesive soil, the critical centre lies at the intersection of

The minimum depth of building foundations on

The shear strength of a soil

The water content in a soil sample when it continues to loose weight without loosing the volume, is called

'Drift' is the material picked up, mixed, disintegrated, transported and redeposited by

The angle of internal friction of clays, is usually

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

The angle of internal friction, is least for

The ratio of the undrained strength in the undrained state to the undrained strength, at the same water content, in the remoulded state, is called the sensivity of the clay. Its value for quick clays is

The property of a soil which permits water to percolate through it, is called

The consistency index of a soil is defined as the ratio of

The shearing strength of a cohesion-less soil depends upon

A grillage foundation

In non-cohesive soil in passive state of plastic equilibrium

The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil(g) isg. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighsg. The specific gravity of the soil, is

The triaxial apparatus is usually used for