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According to Rankine's fromula, the minimum depth of foundation
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2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. When stress decreases, void, ratio decreases
B. When stress decreases, coefficient of permeability decreases
C. When stress decreases, coefficient of volume change decreases
D. When stress decreases void ratio, co-effi-cients of per-meability and volume change decrease.

3. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon
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A. size of the particles
B. shape of the particles
C. cohesive properties of particles
D. internal frictional resistance of particles
E. all the above.

4. A suspended particle falls through a height H cm in water in t minutes. If the viscosity of water is ? and specific gravity of the particle is G, the diameter of the particle is (where M is a constant factor)
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A. 10³M
B. 10⁴M
C. 10⁵M
D. 10²M

5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. The permeability of the coarse-grained soils may be reduced by grouting.
B. The process of injecting fluids (i.e. grouts) into the pores space of the soil, is called grouting.
C. The grouting increases the soil strength.
D. All the above.

9. If the natural moisture content, the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil sample are stated as 30.5%, 42.5% and 22.5% respectively, the ratio of liquidity index and plastic index, is
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C. 2
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