- (A) effective stress is reduced due to decrease in total stress only but pore water pressure does not change
- (B) effective stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but total stress does not change
- (C) total stress is reduced due to increase in pore water pressure only but effec-tive stress does not change
- (D) total stress is increased due to de-crease in pore water pressure but effective stress does not change
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- (A) particle size composition
- (B) plasticity characteristics
- (C) both particle size composition and plasticity characteristics
- (D) none of the above
- (A) equal increase in pore water pressure and total stress
- (B) equal decrease in pore water pressure and total stress
- (C) increase in pore water pressure but decrease in total stress
- (D) decrease in pore water pressure but increase in total stress
- (A) type of sand
- (B) flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
- (C) flow condition occurring in cohesionless soils
- (D) flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
- (A) zero and zero
- (B) 0.5 kg/cm2 and zero
- (C) 0.5 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
- (D) 1.0 kg/cm2 and 0.5 kg/cm2
- (A) kaolinite
- (B) illite
- (C) montmorillonite
- (D) none of the above
- (A) rock minerals
- (B) kaolinite
- (C) illite
- (D) montmorillonite
- (A) face to face or parallel orientation
- (B) edge to edge orientation
- (C) edge to face orientation
- (D) all of the above
- (A) MH
- (B) SL
- (C) ML
- (D) CH
- (A) sum of the discharges from individual wells
- (B) less than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
- (C) greater than the sum of the discharges from individual wells
- (D) equal to larger of the two discharges from individual wells
