Q. The property of soil mass pertaining to its susceptibility to decrease in volume under pressure is ____________

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Q. Every process involving a decrease in the water content of a saturated soil without replacement of water by air is called _________

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Q. When stress is applied to soil mass, the elastic deformation of solid particles is ____________

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Q. The compression resulting from a long term static load and consequent escape of pore water is _____________

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Q. If increases in the water content due to an increase in the volume of voids is known as _________

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Q. Compression of soil, under short duration of moving or vibratory loads is _________

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Q. Slow vertical deformation occurs when a compressive load is applied to a laterally confined layer of sand.

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Q. The compressibility of clays may also be caused by the following factor.

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Q. The mechanics of consolidation was demonstrated by ___________

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Q. Excess pore pressure is also known as ___________

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Q. In fluid flow calculations, water is considered as incompressible.

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Q. The delay caused in consolidation by the slow drainage of water out of a saturated soil mass is called as __________

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Q. The reduction in volume of soil which is due to squeezing out of water from the voids is __________

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Q. After the hydrostatic pressure is reduced to zero, some compression of soil takes place by the process of _________

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Q. Secondary consolidation is also known as __________

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Q. If a soil is confined in a consolidometer, then at equilibrium stage, the applied pressure is equal to ____________

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Q. The virgin compression curve is the curve between _______________

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Q. The straight portion of the virgin compression curve is given by the empirical formula _______________

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Q. In a semi logarithmic plot, the virgin compression curve becomes

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Q. The compression index is a dimensionless quantity.

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