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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. Isotropic consolidation of clay can be obtained in the triaxial apparatus under equal all-round pressure.
B. If the present effective stress is the maximum to which the clay has ever been subjected, it is called normally consolidated clay
C. If the present effective stress in the past was more than present effective stress, it is called over-consolidated clay
D. All the above.

Correct Answer

All the above.

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2. Soil classification of composite soils, exclusively based on the particle size distribution, is known
Options
A. particle classification
B. textural classification
C. High Way Research Board classification
D. unified soil classification.

6. The plasticity index is the numerical difference between
Options
A. liquid limit and plastic limit
B. plastic limit and shrinkage limit
C. liquid limit and shrinkage limit
D. none of these.

8. Coulomb's wedge theory assumes that
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A. back fill is dry, cohesionless, homogeneous and isotropic
B. slip surface is the plane which passes through the heel of the wall
C. sliding wedge itself acts as a rigid body and the value of earth pressure is obtained by considering the limiting equilibrium of the wedge
D. position and direction of the resultant earth pressure, are known
E. all the above.

10. In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface
Options
A. major principal stress is horizontal
B. minor principal stress is vertical
C. major principal stress is vertical
D. minor and major principal stresses are equally inclined to horizontal.

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