Question

For the following statements:

P - The lateral stress in the soil while being tested in an oedometer is always at-rest.

Q - For a perfectly rigid strip footing at deeper depths in a sand deposit, the vertical normal contact stress at the footing edge is greater than that at its centre.

R - The corrections for overburden pressure and dilatancy are not applied to measured SPT-N values in case of clay deposits.
The correct combination of the statements is ?

• A. P - TRUE; Q - TRUE; R - FALSE
• B. P - TRUE; Q - TRUE; R - TRUE
• C. P - FALSE; Q - FALSE; R - TRUE
• D. P - FALSE; Q - FALSE; R - FALSE

Answer 1

The correct option is B P - TRUE; Q - TRUE; R - TRUE

P - TRUE; Q - TRUE; R - TRUE