Total number of stress components at a point within a soil mass loaded at its boundary is______________?

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1. If the natural water content of soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in______________?

   A. liquid state B. plastic state C. semi-solid state D. solid state...

2. In the triaxial compression test, the application of additional axial stress (i.e. deviator stress) on the soil specimen produces shear stress on__________________?

   A. horizontal plane only B. vertical plane only C. both horizontal and vertical planes D. all planes except horizontal and vertical planes...

3. If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is______________?

   A. sand B. silt C. clay D. clayey silt...

4. The major principal stress in an element of cohesionless soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is________________?

   A. vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium B. vertical if the soil is in a passive state of plastic equilibrium C. inclined at 45° to the vertical plane D. none of the above...

5. A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m2 when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of internal friction for the soil are respectively______________________?

   A. 0.5 N/mm2 and 30° B. 0.05 N/mm2 and 0° C. 0.2 N/mm2 and 0° D. 0.05 N/mm2 and 45°...

6. If the voids of a soil mass are full of air only, the soil is termed as_______________?

   A. air entrained soil B. partially saturated soil C. dry soil D. dehydrated soil...

7. If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is______________?

   A. 40% B. 60% C. 80% D. 100%...

8. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called______________?

   A. air content B. porosity C. percentage air voids D. voids ratio...

9. The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as_________________?

   A. liquid limit B. plastic limit C. shrinkage limit D. plasticity index...

10. A normally consolidated clay settled 10 mm when effective stress was increased from 100 kN/m2 to 200 kN/ m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 kN/ m2 to 400 kN/ m2, then the settlement of the same clay is__________________?

    A. 10 mm B. 20 mm C. 40 mm D. none of the above...