Q. 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

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Q. The total weight of a pycnometer with water and oven dried soil 20 (g) is 1600 g. The pycnometer filled with water alone weighs 1500 g. The specific gravity of the soil, is

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Q. The consolidation time for soils

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Q. According to IS : 2720 - 1965, the composition of a dispersing solution used in pipette analysis for determining the size of particles, is

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Q. Cohesive soils are generally

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Q. If the coefficient of the active pressure Ka is 1/3, the coefficient of passive pressure Kp, is

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Q. The inventor of the term soil mechanics, was

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Q. Compression of soil occurs rapidly if voids are filled with

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Q. A saturated soil sample has water content of 40% and specific gravity of soil particles 2.7. The void ratio of the soil, is

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Q. For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended, is

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Q. The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, increases with

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Q. If drainage is permitted throughout the test, during the application of both normal, and shear stresses so that full consolidation occurs and no excess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test, is known as

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Q. A soil sample of mass specific gravity 1.92, has a moisture content 30%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.75, the degree of saturation, is

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Q. For slopes of limited extent the surface of slippage, is usually along

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Q. For a base failure of a slope, depth factor

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Q. A critical hydraulic gradient may occur when

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Q. A clay subjected to pressure in excess to its present over-burden, is said to be

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Q. The total active earth pressure due to dry back fill with no surcharge, acts at H/3 above the base of the wall and is directly proportional to

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

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

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