The deviator stress Δσ is given by __________

State whether the following sentence is true or false.

We should use the soil at plastic limit to determine the linear shrinkage.

Moisture content (w %) of a soil sample is express as:

State whether the following sentence is true or false considering the liquid limit test

Liquid limit (LL) = moisture content at 30 blow counts

During linear shrinkage test, if the mould length is 250 mm and air dry sample length is 230 mm. What is the measured linear shrinkage (as a %)?

Two soil samples  were prepared for the plastic limit test, but later it was found that both samples are not at the plastic limit.

The soil sample which is too wet, crumbles with a thread diameter _______ and the soil sample which is too dry, crumbles with thread diameter_________.

Select the correct response for the two blanks respectively.

Which of the following is true considering dense sand?

The shear box has internal dimensions of 60mm x 60mm. If the shear displacement “x” (the relative horizontal displacement of top and bottom shear box) is 1 mm at failure, what is the effective plan area of the shear box at failure?

Which graph represents the vertical and horizontal-displacement response of loose sand?

If the coefficient of friction µ = 0.3, what is the minimum force required to move that object?